Rate My Professor Karen Perell-Gerson

Dr. Perell-Gerson's research focuses on biomechanics to evaluate and treat abnormal movement patterns in individuals with chronic diseases and pathologies, including diabetes, osteoarthritis, and frailty in the elderly. Her recent work examines motivators and barriers to exercise for diabetes risk reduction in minority populations. She received two Career Development Awards from the VA Rehabilitation Research & Development Office to investigate bicycle use for gait deficits in diabetes patients. Other honors include the DHHS-HACU Professions Capacity Building Program Fellowship, VA Desert Pacific Healthcare Network Performance Award, Ralph Goldman Research Award, and Posture & Gait Society Meeting Student Fellowship. She has published in the Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development, Gait & Posture, Journal of Applied Biomechanics, Clinical Biomechanics, Journal of Gerontology, Clinical Kinesiology, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Key publications include "Laterally Wedged Shoe Inserts as An Intervention for Medial Knee Osteoarthritis" (2023), "Effects of Contralateral Versus Ipsilateral Cane Use on Gait in People with Knee Osteoarthritis" (2014), "Measurement of Motion Between the Residual Limb and the Prosthetic Socket During Cycling" (2012), and "Motor Learning of a Gait Pattern to Reduce Forefoot Plantar Pressures in Individuals with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy" (2009). Her scholarship has accumulated over 1,400 citations.