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Carol Vance, PT, PhD

Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science

Current Positions

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science

Education

  • BA in Biology, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, United States
  • Certificate in Physical Therapy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
  • MA in Physical Therapy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
  • PhD in Rehabilitation Science, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Research Interests

  • KT-1000 Validity Study in Experienced and Novice Examiners
  • Counterforce Arm Band and Its Effect on Tennis Elbow
  • TENS and Pharmacological Agents
  • TENS and Time Frames of Application
  • TENS and Neurotransmitters
  • Body Composition Testing in Wrestlers

Licenses & Certifications

  • Exercise Test Technologist, American College of Sports Medicine
  • Health Fitness Instructor, American College of Sports Medicine
  • Physical Therapist #01141, Iowa Department of Public Health Bureau of Professional Licensure (Board of Physical and Occupational Therapy), Iowa

Selected Publications

  • Van Gorp B, Lesnak J, Fleagle T, Hulshizer K, Nielsen-Wise A, Kestel L, Vance CCT, Sluka KA. Categories of the Patient-Specific Functional Scale Activities in Chronic Neck Pain and Their Relationship to the Neck Disability Index. Rehabil Res Pract. 2024 Sep 23;2024:3126892. doi: 10.1155/2024/3126892. eCollection 2024.
  • Leroux A, Crainiceanu C, Zeger S, Taub M, Ansari B, Wager TD, Bayman E, Coffey C, Langefeld C, McCarthy R, Tsodikov A, Brummet C, Clauw DJ, Edwards RR, Lindquist MA, A2CPS Consortium. Statistical modeling of acute and chronic pain patient-reported outcomes obtained from ecological momentary assessment. Pain. 2024 Sep 1;165(9):1955-1965. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003214. Epub 2024 May 7. PMID: 38718196.
  • Berardi G, Dailey DL, Chimenti RL, Merriwether E, Vance CGT, Rakel BA, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA. Influence of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) on Pressure Pain Thresholds and Conditioned Pain Modulation in a Randomized Controlled Trial in Women With Fibromyalgia. J Pain. 2024 Jun;25(6):104452. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2023.12.009. PMID:38154621.
  • Fleagle TR, Post AA, Dailey DL, Vance CGT, Zimmerman MB, Bayman EO, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA, Chimenti RL. Minimal Clinically Important Change of Movement Pain in Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions. J Pain. 2024 Mar 12:S1526-5900(24)00424-3. doi. 10.1016/j.jpain.2024.03.003. PMID: 38479557.
  • Plumb AN, Lesnak JB, Berardi G, Hayashi K, Janowski AJ, Smith AF, Bailey D, Kerkman C, Kienenberger, Martin B, Patterson E, Van Roekel H, Vance CGT, Sluka KA. Standing on the shoulders of bias: lack of transparency and reporting of critical rigor characteristics in pain research. Pain. 2023 Aug 1;164(8):1775-1782. PMID: 36877823. PMCID: PMC10356741. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002874. Epub 2023 Mar 6.
  • Sluka KA, Wager TD, Sutherland SP, Labosky PA, Balach T, Bayman EO, Berardi G, Brummett CM, Burns J, Buvanendran A, Caffo B, Calhoun VD, Clauw D, Chang A, Coffey CS, Dailey DL, Ecklund D, Fiehn O, Fisch KM, Frey Law LA, Harris RE, Harte SE, Howard TD, Jacobs J, Jacobs JM, Jepsen K, Johnston N, Langefeld CD, Laurent LC, Lenzi R, Lindquist MA, Lokshin A, Kahn A, McCarthy RJ, Olivier M, Porter L, Qian W-J, Sankar CA, Satterlee J, Swensen AC, Vance CGT, Waljee J, Wandner LD, Williams DA, Wixson RL, Zhou ZJ, A2CPS Consortium. Predicting chronic postsurgical pain: current evidence and a novel program to develop predictive biomarker signatures. Pain. 2023 Sep 1;164(9):1912-1926. PMID: 37326643. PMCID: PMC10436261.  doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002938. Epub 2023 Jun 15.
  • Vance CGT, Dailey DL, Chimenti RL, Van Gorp BJ, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA. Using TENS for Pain Control: Update on the State of the Evidence. Medicina 2022, 58:1332. doi: 10.3390/medicina58101332.
  • Post AA, Dailey DL, Bayman EO, Chimenti RL, Costigan M, Franck C, Huff T, Johnson E, Koepp M, Lafontant DE, McCabe ME, Neill-Hudson T, Vance CGT, Van Gorp B, Zimmerman BM, Ecklund D, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA. The Fibromyalgia Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in Physical Therapy Study (FM-TIPS) Protocol: A Multisite Embedded Pragmatic Trial. Phys Ther. 2022 Aug 29:pzac116. PMID: 36036838. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzac116. Online ahead of print.
  • Berardi G, Frey Law LA, Sluka KA, Bayman EO, Coffey CS, Ecklund D, Vance CGT, Dailey DL, Burns J, Buvanendran A, McCarthy RJ, Jacobs J, Zhou XJ, Wixson R, Balach T, Brummett CM, Clauw D, Colquhoun D, Harte SE, Harris RE, Williams DA, Chang AC, Waljee J, Fisch KM, Jepsen K, Laurent LC, Olivier M, Langefeld CD, Howard TD, Fiehn O, Jacobs JM, Dakup P, Qian W-J, Swensen AC, Lokshin A, Lindquist M, Caffo BS, Crainiceanu C, Zeger S, Kahn A, Wager T, Taub M, Ford J, Sutherland SP, Wandner LD, The Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures Consortium.  Multi-site Observational Study to Assess Biomarkers for Susceptibility or Resilience to Chronic Pain: The Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures (A2CPS) Study Protocol.  Front Med. 2022 Apr 25;9:849214.  PMID: 35547202. PMCID: PMC9082267. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.849214
  • Dailey DL, Vance CGT, Chimenti RL, Rakel BA, Zimmerman MB, Williams JM, Sluka KA, Crofford LJ. The Influence of Opioids on Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Effects in Women with Fibromyalgia. J Pain. 2022 Mar 12;S1526-5900(22)00046-3. PMID: 35292378. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2022.02.008