Robert S. Gailey

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Robert S. Gailey Jr. (born 1957) is an American physical therapist, professor at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy, and the Director of the Neil Spielholz Functional Outcomes Research & Evaluation Center. His research efforts include amputee rehabilitation, prosthetic gait, and functional assessment. [1] [2]

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He developed the Amputee Mobility Predictor (AMP), an outcome measure designed to evaluate the ambulatory potential of lower-limb amputees with and without the use of a prosthesis. [3]

In 2002, he was appointed as a Special Advisor to the United States Department of Defense for amputee rehabilitation. [4] In the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, he served as the rehabilitation coordinator for Project Medishare. [5]

Career

In 1986, Gailey joined the University of Miami Division of Physical Therapy as an associate professor. He received tenure in 2007. [1]

Gailey's academic work has focused on amputee rehabilitation. He has developed a variety of exercise and training programs for people with lower limb amputations. The topics of these programs range from post-amputation surgery, to prosthetic gait training, to high-level activities and sports. [6] [7]

He has also developed or modified several outcome measures of amputee mobility. In 2002, he published the Amputee Mobility Predictor (AMP), designed to determine the mobility of lower-limb amputees. [3] The measure can assess amputees with and without the use of a prosthesis, and assists with the Medicare Functional Classification Level (MFCL) assignment by clinicians. [8] In 2013, he published the Comprehensive High-level Activity Mobility Predictor (CHAMP), a measure developed for the United States military to evaluate high-level mobility of people with lower limb amputations. [9]

According to Scopus, as of August 2020, he has authored 57 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters. His works have been cited 1389 times in 1044 documents. [10]

Peer-reviewed publications

Selected honors and awards

References

  1. 1 2 "Full-Time Faculty | Faculty and Staff | Physical Therapy: Academics at Miller School of Medicine". pt.med.miami.edu.
  2. "Robert Gailey - PubMed - NCBI". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
  3. 1 2 Gailey, Robert S.; Roach, Kathryn E.; Applegate, E. Brooks; Cho, Brandon; Cunniffe, Bridgid; Licht, Stephanie; Maguire, Melanie; Nash, Mark S. (May 23, 2002). "The amputee mobility predictor: an instrument to assess determinants of the lower-limb amputee's ability to ambulate". Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 83 (5): 613–627. doi:10.1053/ampr.2002.32309. PMID   11994800.
  4. Affairs, Office of Public and Intergovernmental. "News Releases - Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs". www.va.gov.
  5. Audra D. S. Burch (5 April 2010). "UM team sends new limbs for Haiti quake amputees". Sun-Sentinel.com.
  6. "Physical Therapy Management of Adult Lower-Limb Amputees" . Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  7. Gailey, Robert (1998). "Rehabilitation of a traumatic lower limb amputee". Physiotherapy Research International. 3 (4): 239–243. doi:10.1002/pri.147. PMID   9859132 . Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  8. "VA/DoD CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR REHABILITATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH LOWER LIMB AMPUTATION" (PDF). Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  9. Gailey, Robert S.; Gaunaurd, Ignacio A.; Raya, Michele A.; Roach, Kathryn E.; Linberg, Alison A.; Campbell, Stuart M.; Jayne, Daniel M.; Scoville, Charles (December 23, 2013). "Development and reliability testing of the Comprehensive High-Level Activity Mobility Predictor (CHAMP) in male servicemembers with traumatic lower-limb loss". Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development. 50 (7): 905–918. doi: 10.1682/JRRD.2012.05.0099 . PMID   24301428.
  10. "Scopus preview - Scopus - Author details (Gailey, Robert S.)". www.scopus.com.
  11. "APTA Honors and Awards Recipients". APTA.
  12. 1 2 "Academy Awards - American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists". www.oandp.org.
  13. "Florence Kendall Award Winners" (PDF).
  14. "Catch Thranhardt Lectures at AOPA National Assembly - OPEDGE.COM". opedge.com.
  15. "Amputee Coalition Announces Burgess Award Recipients".