Vicki L. Gray, MPT, PhD

• 1992 B.P.A.   Public Administration, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
• 2004 B.H.K.  Human Kinetics (Movement Science), University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
• 2009 M.P.T.   Physical Therapy, Western University, London, Ontario
• 2005 - 2012  Ph.D. Health and Rehabilitation Science (Physical Therapy), Western University, London, Ontario
• 2013 - 2016  Doctoral Fellow UMANRRT (University of Maryland Advanced Neuromotor Rehabilitation Research Training), Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Maryland Baltimore

Dr. Gray is a graduate of a combined M.P.T./Ph.D. at Western University in Canada. In 2012, Dr. Gray earned her Ph.D. in Health and Rehabilitation Science in the field of Physical Therapy, where her dissertation was titled, Motor Control of exercises that emphasizes speed in post-stroke. She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science at the University of Maryland Baltimore.

Stroke, aging, asymptomatic carotid stenosis, postural control, balance, falls, exercise interventions, electromyography

Garland SJ, Gray VL, Knorr S. Muscle activation patterns and postural control following stroke. Motor Control. 2009:13(4): 387-411.

Gray VL, Ivanova TD, Garland SJ. Retraining postural responses with exercises emphasizing speed post-stroke. Physical Therapy. 2012: 92(7): 924-34.

Gray VL, Ivanova TD, Garland SJ. Effects of fast functional exercise on muscle activity after stroke. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. 2012: 26(8): 968-75.

Gray VL, Pollock CL, Wakeling JM, Ivanova TD, Garland. Patterns of muscle coordination during stepping responses post-stroke. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology. 2015: 25(6): 959-965.

Gray VL, Yang, CL, McCombe Waller S, Rogers MW. Lateral perturbation induced stepping: Strategies and predictors in persons post-stroke. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy, 2017:41(4):222-228.

Gray VL, Yang, CL, Fujimoto M, McCombe Waller S, Rogers MW. Stepping characteristics during externally induced lateral reactive and voluntary steps in chronic stroke. Gait & Posture, 2019:71(198-204).