Dr. Sheila Clemens is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Kentucky and a research scientist at the Lexington VA Medical Center. She received her BS in Biology from Michigan State University in 1992 and her Master of Physical Therapy from the University of Michigan in 1995. After many years as a clinician, she returned to academia to attain her PhD in 2017 from the University of Miami with a specialization in amputation rehabilitation. Her research and teaching interests focus on examining outcomes after lower limb amputation and the effects of socioenvironmental factors on prosthetic gait mechanics and mobility.

Research/Scholarship:

• Outcomes after lower limb amputation
• Health disparities and social determinants of health in people with amputations
• Pelvic floor dysfunction and associations to lower limb amputation
• Prosthetic gait biomechanics

Educational Focus:

• Prosthetics and amputation rehabilitation
• Normal and pathological gait evaluation
• Fundamental principles of research

Publications:

Disparities in functional recovery after dysvascular lower limb amputation are associated with employment status and self-efficacy

Variables that Influence Basic Prosthetic Mobility in People With Non-Vascular Lower Limb Amputation

Using theoretical frameworks to examine fall history and associated prosthetic mobility in people with nondysvascular lower limb amputation

Usability Assessment of the Rehabilitation Lower-limb Orthopedic Assistive Device by Service Members and Veterans With Lower Limb Loss

Current and Emerging Trends in the Management of Fall Risk in People with Lower Limb Amputation

Inertial sensor-based measures of gait symmetry and repeatability in people with unilateral lower limb amputation

The Relationship Between Vestibular Sensory Integration and Prosthetic Mobility in Community Ambulators With Unilateral Lower Limb Amputation

The Effectiveness of the DoD/VA Mobile Device Outcomes-Based Rehabilitation Program for High Functioning Service Members and Veterans with Lower Limb Amputation

Temporal-Spatial Values During a 180° Step Turn in People with Unilateral Lower Limb Amputation

The Component Timed-Up-and-Go test: the utility and psychometric properties of using a mobile application to determine prosthetic mobility in people with lower limb amputations