Author Bios

Carol A. Courtney, PT, PhD, ATC, FAAOMPT

Carol A. Courtney, PT, PhD, ATC, FAAOMPT is Professor at Northwestern University. She received a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from Washington University in St Louis, Master of Science from the University of South Australia and Louisiana State University, and a PhD from the University of Miami. Dr. Courtney is a licensed physical therapist and athletic trainer and has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists. In 1991 and 1992, she was chosen to serve on the USA medical staffs for the Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba, and the Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. Dr. Courtney has clinical expertise in the management of chronic musculoskeletal pain and sports injury. Her research investigates the effects of knee joint injury and osteoarthritis on pain processing and joint function, as well as modulation of pain mechanisms through manual therapy interventions. She has more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and conference presentations and has presented both nationally and internationally.

Other Courses Featuring This Author

• 31.22 - Current Concepts of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy: Lower Quadrant
• 31.2 - Current Concepts of Physical Therapy, 5th Edition

Cesar Fernández-de-las-Peñas, PT, PhD, DrMedSci

Cesar Fernández-de-las-Peñas, PT, PhD, DrMedSci, is full professor and a practicing clinician at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain. He received a bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos and a PhD and a Doctoral Master of Sciences from Aalborg University in Denmark. He has published more than 550 peer-reviewed publications and is the first-named author on approximately 250 of them. His research activities are concentrated on the neuroscience of pain. Specific research areas have been on pain and assessment of pain in patients with chronic pain. César is the primary editor of 10 textbooks on manual therapy for chronic musculoskeletal pain, including, Temporomandibular Disorders, published by Handspring Publishing. He is also one of the Editors of the third edition of Travell, Simons & Simons’ Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual published in 2018. He combines his research activity with clinical practice as Head, Division of the Physical Therapy Department, at the University Physical Therapy Clinic at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Spain.

Joel E. Bialosky, PT, PhD, FAAOMPT, OCS

Joel E. Bialosky, PT, PhD, FAAOMPT, OCS, is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Florida, and an investigator in the Center for Pain Research and Behavioral Health and the Brooks Rehabilitation - University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions Research Collaboration. He is a board-certified clinical specialist in Orthopedics and a fellow in the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy from Ithaca College in 1990; a Master’s degree in Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy from the University of Pittsburgh in 1998; and a PhD from the University of Florida in Rehabilitation Science in 2008. Currently, he teaches in the DPT and PhD programs at the University of Florida. His research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of efficacy for interventions used by physical therapists with an emphasis on manual therapy.

Mark D. Bishop, PT, PhD, FAPTA

Mark D. Bishop, PT, PhD, FAPTA, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Florida, and an investigator in the Center for Pain Research and Behavioral Health and the Pain Research and Intervention Center of Excellence. He received entry-level training as a physical therapist in Australia and has worked in the area of musculoskeletal pain for more than 30 years. Currently, he teaches in the DPT and PhD programs at the University of Florida. His research focuses on understanding the transition from acute to chronic pain, and the mechanisms of efficacy for interventions used by physical therapists with an emphasis on manual therapy.