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Musculoskeletal Sonography and Occupational Performance

Research conducted in the Musculoskeletal Sonography and Occupational Performance Laboratory led by Shawn C. Roll is focused on the prevention, assessment and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injuries with a focus on the use of musculoskeletal sonographic imaging. The laboratory explores the interactions among environmental, activity and psychosocial factors, as well as their positive and negative effects on body structures, functions and occupational performance. This research, conducted in laboratory, clinical and community-based settings, is meant to inform and enhance preventive and rehabilitative interventions.

Funded Projects

• Documenting Progression of Acute to Chronic Musculoskeletal Injuries: A National Survey of Ultrasound Users (Co-Principal Investigator: Shawn Roll)
• Mitigating Risk and Promoting Occupational Safety and Health When Developing and Integrating AI in the Workplace (Government Assignee: Shawn Roll)
• Demolishing Barriers to Democratize Future Construction Operations by Providing Multi-sensory Capabilities for Effective Remote Work (Co-Principal Investigator: Shawn Roll)
• Detecting and mapping stress patterns across space and time: Multimodal modeling of individuals in real-world physical and social work environments (Principal Investigator: Shawn Roll)
• Co-Adaptation of Intelligent Office Desks and Human Users (Co-Principal Investigator: Shawn Roll)
• USC Center for Mindfulness Science (Co-Investigator: Shawn Roll)

Previous Projects

• Sonographic Tissue Morphology in Early Stage Work-Related Median Nerve Pathology (Principal Investigator: Shawn Roll)
• Association of Nerve Movement During Functional Hand Use to Pathology Development in Dental Hygienists (Principal Investigator: Shawn Roll)
• Integrating mindfulness-based interventions with outpatient rehabilitation in hand therapy (Principal Investigator: Mark Hardison Faculty Mentor: Shawn Roll)
• Identifying Risk of Musculoskeletal Injury in Dental Hygiene Practice (Principal Investigator: Shawn Roll)
• Effects of Mind-Body Interventions on Stress, Anxiety, and Pain in Hand Therapy Patients (Principal Investigator: Shawn Roll)
• Integrating Electromyography and Sonographic Imaging for Evidence-Based Physical Therapy for Chronic Pelvic Pain (Co-Principal Investigator: Shawn Roll)
• An Experimental Investigation into Staging CTS Utilizing Portable Ultrasound and Doppler as a Diagnostic Alternative (Sub-contract Principal Investigator: Shawn Roll)

Media

• Can pictures prevent carpal tunnel syndrome? / USC News

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ACOTE accreditation | NBCOT certification

The USC entry-level master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE). The USC entry-level OTD degree program (cost of attendance) has been granted Candidacy Status by ACOTE. View our program’s ACOTE standards public data. ACOTE c/o Accreditation Department, American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.®, 6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 200, North Bethesda, MD 20852-4929, (301) 652-6611 x2914, acoteonline.org

Professional program graduates are eligible to apply for certification by National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT), nbcot.org. Program results from the NBCOT can be found online at secure.nbcot.org/data/schoolstats.aspx.