Eric Sawyer, DPT, PT, OCS, STC

Research Interests

My educational research interests are primarily focused on student debt and financial literacy as it affects current students in the health professions. I have recently completed a multi-institutional study as PI on financial literacy in matriculating DPT students. I recently developed a financial education curriculum and am studying the changes in financial literacy following reception of this content in DPT students.

Publications

• Sawyer EE, Eigsti H, Gorman I, Reinking M, Struessel T. A Financial Literacy Pilot Project: Are Matriculating DPT Students Prepared to Manage Their Debt?. J Allied Health. 2024 Fall;53(3):196-202. PubMed PMID: 39293006
• Sawyer, E. E., Eigsti, H., Gorman, I., Reinking, M., & Struessel, T. (2024). A Financial Literacy Pilot Project: Are Matriculating DPT Students Prepared to Manage Their Debt? APTA Combined Sections Meeting, Boston, MA.
• Patel VV, Sawyer EE, Mintken PE, Michener LA, Cofer CL, Lindley EM. Initial Validation of a Sacroiliac Joint-Specific Disability Questionnaire. Orthopedics. In Press. (2023)
• Patel VV, Sawyer EE, Mintken PE, Michener LA, Cofer CL, Lindley EM. Initial Validation of a Sacroiliac Joint-Specific Disability Questionnaire. Orthopedics. 2023 Nov-Dec;46(6):345-351. PubMed PMID: 37126835
• Hammerich A, Whitman J, Mintken P, Denninger T, Akuthota V, Sawyer E, Hofmann M, Childs J and Cleland J. Effectiveness of Physical Therapy Combined with Epidural Steroid Injection for Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Randomized Parallel-Group Trial. Archives Phys Med Rehabil. 2019. 100(5):797-810.
• Sawyer EE, McDevitt AW, Louw A, Puentedura EJ, Mintken PE. Use of Neuroscience Education, Tactile Discrimination, Limb Laterality and Graded Motor Imagery in an Individual with Frozen Shoulder. JOSPT. 2018; 48(3):174-184.

Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Board Certification
• Board Certified in Orthopedics, Board Certification (2020)
• Certified Sports Specialist, Specialized Training (2003)

Conditions & Treatments

• Rehabilitation Therapy - Physical Therapy
• Rehabilitation Therapy