Jim Cavanaugh co-authors article in ‘Physical Therapy’ journal

jcavanaughJim Cavanaugh, PT, Ph.D., NCS, assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, co-authored an article that appears in the April issue of the journal Physical Therapy. The article is titled "Comparative utility of the BESTest, Mini-BESTest, and Brief-BESTest for predicting falls in individuals with Parkinson disease: a Cohort Study."

Cavanaugh’s research was done in collaboration with investigators from the University of Utah, Washington University St. Louis, University of Alabama Birmingham, and Boston University.


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