Dr. Myers is a board-certified sports physical therapy specialist and a certified athletic trainer who provides rehabilitation services at the Duke Sports Sciences Institute. She leads the research program for the Division of Sports Physical within the Department of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy and manages a diverse portfolio of projects ranging from concussion intervention to physical performance testing. Each year she serves as a faculty research mentor for both the Sports Physical Therapy Residency and Division I Fellowship programs. She and co-PI Chad Cook, PT, PhD, were awarded a grant from the American Academy of Orthopedic Physical Therapy for a project aimed to improve patient expectations of rehabilitation for rotator cuff-related shoulder pain. Her current research focus includes physical performance testing to inform return to sport decision making with a particular interest in athletes recovering from upper extremity injuries and procedures.
Publications from the 2020-2021 Academic Year
·Myers H, Keefe F, George SZ, Kennedy J, Lake AD, Martinez C, Cook C. .The influence of a cognitive behavioural approach on changing patient expectations for conservative care in shoulder pain treatment: a protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2021 Aug 24;22(1):727.
·Magill JR, Myers HS, Lentz TA, Pietrosimone L, Risoli T, Green CL, Reinke EK, Messer MR, Riboh JC. .Establishing Age- and Sex-Specific Norms for Pediatric Return-to-Sports Physical Performance Testing. Orthop J Sports Med. 2021 Aug 19;9(8):23259671211023101.
·Magill JR, Myers HS, Lentz TA, Pietrosimone LS, Risoli T, Green CL, Reinke EK, Messer MR, Riboh JC. .Healthy Pediatric Athletes Have Significant Baseline Limb Asymmetries on Common Return-to-Sport Physical Performance Tests. Orthop J Sports Med. 2021 Jan 29;9(1)
·Martinez C, Christopherson Z, Lake A, Myers H, Bytomski JR, Butler RJ, Cook CE. .Clinical examination factors that predict delayed recovery in individuals with concussion. Arch Physiother. 2020 May 26;10:10.