Robyn Gisbert, DPT, PT

Professional Titles

• Assitant Professor

Recognitions

• Dance and Physical Therapy, Telly Award (2006)
  Healthcare Video
• Professor Bernie Karshmer Teaching Award, Center for Bioethics and Health Humanities (2019)
• J. Warren Perry Distinguished Author Award, Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions:Journal of Allied Health (2020)
• Physical Therapy Program Excellence in Teaching Award, CU Physical Therapy Program (2021)

Research Interests

Publications

• Bowman J, Schenkman M, Butler R, Gisbert R. Clinical Neuroanatomy for Doctors of Physical Therapy. Textbook. New York, NY: Prentice Hall; 2010. Accepted for publication.
• Schenkman M, Bowman J, Gisbert R, Butler R. Clinical Neuroanatomy for Rehabilitation Professionals Textbook. New York, NY: Pearson; 2012. Accepted for publication.
• Textbook will be going to production Spring/Summer 2012. Will spend Spring completing page proofs. Additionally, complete contract to develop supplementary on-line material for textbook to include 26 Power Points and test banks for instructors and online materials for students. To be completed June 2012.
• Submitted item writing questions for Chapter 18 Parkinson's Disease for -6th edition of Physical Rehabilitation by Drs. O Sullivan and Schmitz;
• Schenkman, M, Bowman J, Gisbert R, Butler R. Clinical Neuroscience for Rehabilitation. Upper Saddle River, NJ 2013. Available at www.pearsonhighered.com
• Gisbert R, Schenkman M. Physical Therapy Interventions for Parkinson Disease. Phys Ther. 2014 Nov 25. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25425695
• Gisbert R, Schenkman M. Leap: Physiotherapy Interventions for Parkinson's Disease. Phys Ther 2015
• Gisbert R. Pieces of You . The Human Touch: The Journal of Poetry, Prose and Visual Art. Vol 8. 2015
• Mañago MM, Gisbert R. Kahlo and Beyond: The Importance of Art and Medical Humanities in Physical Therapy. Phys Ther. 2017 Nov 1;97(11):1114. PubMed PMID: 29077913
• Berliner JM, Kluger BM, Corcos DM, Pelak VS, Gisbert R, McRae C, Atkinson CC, Schenkman M. Patient perceptions of visual, vestibular, and oculomotor deficits in people with Parkinson's disease. Physiother Theory Pract. 2018 Jul 6;:1-8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29979909
• Gisbert, R. Judd D. Orthopaedic and Physical Ability Issues in progress for textbook entitled Sexual and Reproductive Health ­ A Practical Guide to Primary Care Clinicians  (in review) 
• Struessel T. VanZedfeldt CR, Forster JE, Gisbert R, Nordon-Craft A. Knowledge and attitudes of physical therapy students across a longitudinal healthcare systems-focused patient safety curriculumKnowledge and attitudes of physical therapy students across a longitudinal healthcare systems-focused patient safety curriculum
• Struessel T, VanZytveld C, Forster J, Gisbert R, Nordon-Craft A. Knowledge and attitudes of physical therapy students across a longitudinal healthcare systems-focused patient safety curriculum. Journal of Allied Health
• Struessel TS, Van Zytveld CR, Forster JE, Gisbert R, Nordon-Craft A. Knowledge and Attitudes of Physical Therapy Students Across a Longitudinal Healthcare Systems-Focused Patient Safety Curriculum. J Allied Health. 2020 Summer;49(2):105-113. PubMed PMID: 32469370
• Berliner JM, Kluger BM, Corcos DM, Pelak VS, Gisbert R, McRae C, Atkinson CC, Schenkman M. Patient perceptions of visual, vestibular, and oculomotor deficits in people with Parkinson's disease. Physiother Theory Pract. 2020 Jun;36(6):701-708. PubMed PMID: 29979909
• Fuller K, Gisbert R. The Peripheral Nervous System. In: Goodman C, Fuller K, Pathology: Implications for the Physical Therapist 5th Ed. St Louis, MO: Elsevier; 2020.
• Mañago MM, Swink LA, Hager ER, Gisbert R, Earhart GM, Christiansen CL, Schenkman M. The Impact of COVID-19 on Community-Based Exercise Classes for People With Parkinson Disease. Phys Ther. 2021 Nov 1;101(11). PubMed PMID: 34473303
• Gisbert R, Schenkman M. The integral role of meditation in rehabilitation. World Journal of Yoga, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation (WJYPR).2021
• Smith AC, O’Dell DR, Thornton WA, Dungan D, Robinson E, Thaker A, Gisbert R, Weber KA, Berliner JC, Albin SR. Spinal cord tissue bridges validation study: predictive relationships with sensory scores following cervical spinal cord injury. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation (accepted for publication 7/2021)
• Smith AC, O'Dell DR, Thornton WA, Dungan D, Robinson E, Thaker A, Gisbert R, Weber KA 2nd, Berliner JC, Albin SR. Spinal Cord Tissue Bridges Validation Study: Predictive Relationships With Sensory Scores Following Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil. 2022 Spring;28(2):111-115. PubMed PMID: 35521064

Specialty Information

• Health Humanities and Bioethics, Certificate (2019)
• Compassion Fatigue Professional, Certificate (2020)
• Trauma Sensitive HeartMath Provider, Specialized Training (2021)
• Health and Wellness Coach NBC-HWC, Board Certification (2021)