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Sheila Clemens, PT, MPT, PhD
Office Location

Room 204P Wethington Building

900 South Limestone Street

Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0200

Office Phone Number

(859) 323-8245

Email

sheila.clemens@uky.edu

Position Title
Assistant Professor
Department
Physical Therapy

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 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. As a clinician-scientist, her research focuses on examining factors associated with optimal outcomes after lower limb amputation. Dr. Clemens teaches amputation rehabilitation and prosthetics, and evidence-informed practice in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program.

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: