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Stacey L. DeJong, PT, PhD, PCS

Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science

Current Positions

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science

Education

  • BS in Biology, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska
  • MPT in Physical Therapy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
  • MS in Medical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
  • PhD in Movement Science Program, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri
  • Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuroplasticity, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas

Research Interests

  • Recovery of motor control and function after stroke
  • Neuroplasticity in the sesorimotor system
  • Cortical mapping of motor cortex using transcranial magnetic stimulation
  • Operant conditioning of spinal reflexes and motor evoked potentials
  • Abnormal muscle activation patterns (synergies) after stroke

Licenses & Certifications

  • Physical Therapist #077209, Iowa Department of Public Health Bureau of Professional Licensure (Board of Physical and Occupational Therapy), Iowa
  • Certified Clinical Instructor, American Physical Therapy Association
  • Certified Clinical Specialist in Pediatric Physical Therapy (PCS), American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties
  • Physical Therapist #2011009760, Missouri Division of Professional Registration, Missouri
  • Physical Therapist (inactive), Kansas State Board of Healing Arts, Kansas
  • Physical Therapy (inactive), Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Nebraska

Selected Publications

  • Holman EA, Cramer SC; STRONG Study Investigators. Lifetime and Acute Stress Predict Functional Outcomes Following Stroke: Findings From the Longitudinal STRONG Study. Stroke. 2023 Nov;54(11):2794-2803. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.123.043356. Epub 2023 Sep 28. PMID: 37767737; PMCID: PMC10615770.
  • Young BM, Holman EA, Cramer SC; STRONG Study Investigators. Rehabilitation Therapy Doses Are Low After Stroke and Predicted by Clinical Factors. Stroke. 2023 Mar;54(3):831-839. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.041098.  Epub 2023 Feb 3. PMID: 36734234; PMCID: PMC9992003.
  • Bisson JA, Dupre JR, DeJong SL. Training of isometric force tracking to improve motor control of the wrist after incomplete spinal cord injury: a case study. Physiother Theory Pract. 2022 Mar 14:1-12. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2022.2049405. Epub ahead of print.  PMID: 35287525
  • Bringman CL, Shields RK, DeJong SL. Corticospinal modulation of vibration-induced H-reflex depression. Exp Brain Res. 2022 Jan 4. doi: 10.1007/s00221-022-06306-w.
  • Barbay S, Zhang H, Frost SB, Peterson JC, Guggenmos DJ, Hudson HM, Bundy DT, DeJong SL, Nudo RJ. A cortical injury model in a non-human primate to assess execution of reach and grasp actions: implications for recovery after traumatic brain injury.  J Neurosci Methods. 2021 Sep 1;361:109283.  PMID: 34237383. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2021.109283.
  • DeJong SL, Bisson JA, Darling WG, Shields RK. Simultaneous Recording of Motor Evoked Potentials in Hand, Wrist and Arm Muscles to Assess Corticospinal Divergence. Brain Topogr. 2021 May 4. PMID: 33945041.  doi: 10.1007/s10548-021-00845-1. Epub ahead of print.
  • Chang, Y. J., Liu, Y. C., Hsu, M. J., Fang, C. Y., Wong, A., DeJong, S. L. & Shields, R. K. (2020). Novel human models for elucidating mechanisms of rate-sensitive H-reflex depression. Biomed J 43 (1) 44-52. DOI: 10.1016/j.bj.2019.07.007. PMID: 32200955. PMCID: PMC7090317.
  • Barbay, S., Zhang, H., Frost, S. B., Peterson, J. C., Guggenmos, D. J., Hudson, H. M., Bundy, D. T., DeJong, S. L. & Nudo, R. J. (2016). A Translational Model of Traumatic Brain Injury: Motor Recovery from a Focal Controlled Cortical Impact to Primary Motor Cortex. PM R 8 (9S) S227. DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2016.07.240. PMID: 27672964.
  • Shahdoost, S., Frost, S., Dunham, C., DeJong, S. L., Barbay, H. S., Nudo, R. J. & Mohseni, P. (2015). Cortical control of intraspinal microstimulation: Toward a new approach for restoration of function after spinal cord injury. (Vols. 2015). pp. 2159-2162. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318817. PMID: 26736717.
  • Kurz, M. J., Stuberg, W. A., DeJong, S. L. & Arpin, D. J. (2013). Overground body-weight-supported gait training for children and youth with neuromuscular impairments. Phys Occup Ther Pediatr 33 (3) 353-365. DOI: 10.3109/01942638.2013.771719. PMID: 23477615.