Research opportunities:

 

 

Currently Recruiting:

 

1. The Breath-Coordination Study

 

Dr. Rudavsky is leading a study to measure how people coordinate their breath and trunk pressure during different functional activities. This study involves a one-time visit to the FUN (Functional Urogynecology and Neuromotor control)-Lab/Physical Therapy Clinic in Room 132 Theatre Building. Here you will answer questions about your health history, voice and pelvic floor symptoms. You will then have an elastic strap placed around your chest and belly to measure change in position during several different breathing-related activities. The study will take 30-60 minutes to complete.

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If you are interested in participating in this study, are at least 18 years old, speak English and have not had any recent surgeries or are under any surgical precautions, please email Dr. Rudavsky, to schedule your appointment: axr5794@psu.edu

 

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Publications:

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• Rudavsky A, McLean L. How does the pelvic floor respond to modulations in trunk pressure induced by a variety of voicing tasks? A cross-sectional, observational study. Physiol Rep. Oct 2024;12(20):e70090. doi:10.14814/phy2.70090 

• Rudavsky A. Novel Method of Measuring Pelvic Floor Muscle Motion May Improve Accessibility of Pelvic Floor Muscle Coordination Training. Int Urogynecol J. Oct 09 2024;doi:10.1007/s00192-024-05949-3 

• Rudavsky, A:. Pelvic Floor Response to Voicing in Women with and without Stress Urinary Incontinence. (Presented at the International Continence Society meeting September 30, 2023, Toronto and the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting February 25, 2023, San Diego) 

• Rudavsky A. Novel method of measuring pelvic floor muscle motion may improve accessibility of pelvic floor muscle coordination training. (Currently under review: International Urogynecology Journal). 

• Rudavsky A, Hickox L, Frame M, Philtron D, Massery M. Certain Voicing Tasks Improve Balance in Postpartum Women Compared With Nulliparous Women. Journal of Women's Health Physical Therapy: July/September 2022 - Volume 46 - Issue 3 - p 138-146 

• Rudavsky A, Turner T. (2020). Novel insight into the coordination between pelvic floor muscles and the glottis through ultrasound imaging: a pilot study. International Urogynecology Journal 31(12), 2645-2652.  

• Rudavsky A, Cook JL, Docking S. Proximal patellar tendon pathology can develop during adolescence in young ballet dancers—A 2‐year longitudinal study. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2018;28:2035–2041.  

• Rudavsky A, Cook J, Docking S. Quantifying proximal patellar tendon changes during adolescence in elite ballet dancers, a 2‐year study. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2018;00:1–6.  

• Hannington, M. & Rio, Ebonie & Padua, Darin & Stanley, Laura & Berkoff, David & Edwards, Suzi & Rudavsky, Aliza & Cook, J. & Docking, S.. (2017). Prevalence and impact of patellar tendinopathy on elite basketball athletes: Quantifying injury beyond the time-loss definition. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 20. 17-18. 10.1016/j.jsams.2017.09.223. 

• Aliza Rudavsky and Jill Cook. “Physiotherapy management of patellar tendinopathy (jumper’s knee)” Journal of Physiotherapy 60 (2014): 122–129. 

• Aliza Rudavsky and Jill Cook. “Managing Tendinopathy in dancers and dance students.” (International Association of Dance Medicine and Science resource paper) 

• Mathijs van Ark,, Sean Docking, Inge van den Akker-Scheek, Aliza Rudavsky, Ebonie Rio, Johannes Zwerver, Jill Cook. “Does the adolescent patellar tendon respond to five days of cumulative load during a volleyball tournament?” Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports 26.2 (2016): 189-196. ​​

Grants:

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• ​Foundation 4 Physical Therapy Research: Pelvic Health Research grant. “Concurrent Validity of Novel Transabdominal Pelvic Floor Ultrasound during Glottis Tasks.” Timeline: 2020-2022, Role: PI