DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES - FACULTY & STAFF

PHYSICAL THERAPY

 


 

Thubi H.A. Kolobe, PT, PhD
Professor

E-mail Thubi Kolobe
(405) 271-2131 ext. 47121


education


Ph.D. Pediatric Physical Therapy (minor Family Therapy), Hahnemann University, PA, 1993.

M.S. Physical Therapy (minor Curriculum Development and Instruction), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, 1981.

Independent Studies, University of Kansas, KS, 1979.

Nat Dip, School of Physiotherapy, Natal, South Africa, 1975


Recent publications


Kolobe THA, Taylor A. The Environment of Intervention. In SK, Campbell, D, VanderLinden, & R, Palisano (eds.), Physical Therapy for Children. Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, 909 - 932, 2006.

Chiarello, LA, Kolobe, THA. Early Intervention Services. In SK, Campbell, D, VanderLinden, & R, Palisano (eds.), Physical Therapy for Children. Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, 933 – 954, 2006.

Kolobe THA, Bulanda M, Susman L: Predictive validity of the Test of Infant Motor Performance at Pre-school Age. Physical Therapy, 84: 1144-1156, 2004.

Kolobe THA. Childrearing practices and developmental expectations of Mexican American mothers and the developmental status of their infants. Physical Therapy, 84: 439-453, 2004.

Kolobe THA, Smith E. Response Patterns of Mexican American Mothers on Measures of Childrearing Beliefs and Developmental Expectations. In F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagen, R. Robinson, and H. Rhee (Eds.) The first eight years: Pathways to the future. Columbia University, Hew York, 917-918, 2003.

Flegel J, Kolobe THA. Predictive validity of the Test of Infant Motor Performance at school age. Physical Therapy, 82:762-771, 2002.

Campbell SK, Kolobe THA, Wright BD, Linacre JM. Validity of the Test of Infant Motor Performance for prediction of 6-, 9-, and 12-month scores on the Alberta Infant Motor Scale. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 44:263-272, 2002.

Kolobe THA, Sparling, JW, Ezzelle, L. Family Centered Intervention. In SK, Campbell, D, VanderLinden, & R, Palisano (eds.), Physical Therapy for Children. WB Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, 881-907, 2000.

INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT
Co-developer and co-author of the Test of Infant Motor Performance: For infants between 34 weeks gestation age and 16 week post–term age. Copyright 2001.


GRANTS


Evaluation of the Self-initiated Prone Progression Crawler. Presbyterian Health Foundation (Principal Investigator), $29,986.

Development of the Self-Initiated Prone Progression Crawler (SIPPC)
Funding: College of Allied Health, OUHSC, (Principal Investigator), $7,460.

Development of the Self-initiated Prone Progression Crawler. Office of the Vice President for Research - OUHSC (Principal Investigator), $7,730.

Promotion of Fitness and Prevention of Secondary Complications for Children with Cerebral Palsy - Research Summit. American Physical Therapy Association – Section on Pediatrics (Principal Investigator/Chair), $34,400.

Preparing Early Intervention professionals to work with underserved children and families from Urban Environments. U.S Department of Education: OSERS (Co-Principal Investigator & Co-Project Director), $1,455,582.


CURRENT TEACHING


Professional Program

PHTH 7712: Seminar in Clinical Reasoning I

Postprofessional Program
RS 5970: Seminar in Rehabilitation Sciences
RS 6443: Pediatric Assessment and Evaluation (web-based course)


RESEARCH INTEREST/CLINICAL EXPERTISE


Research Interest

  • Influences of childrearing practices and parenting on the development of children from various cultures
  • Validation of developmental assessments used with infants at risk for disabilities
  • Early interventions for infants with or at risk for developmental disabilities
  • Early self-initiated mobility in infants with disabilities

Clinical Expertise

  • Neurorehabilitation - pediatrics
  • Early intervention
  • Community health
  • Program evaluation

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CONTACT INFORMATION


Department of Rehabilitation Sciences

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
801 N.E. 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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