Wendy Webb Schoenewald PT OCS

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Wendy Webb Schoenewald PT OCS

Specialty

  • Physical Therapist
  • Researcher

Certifications

Certification In Vestibular Rehabilitation 2000

Certification in Vestibular Function Testing 2001

Advanced Certification in Vestibular Rehabilitation 2002

Faculty : Herdman Vestibular Rehabilitation Competency : Emory 2003-2022

 

Telemedicine

Serving patients in these regions:

  • US - Pennsylvania

Professional Association Membership

  • Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy (ANPT)
  • American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
  • ANPT Vestibular Special Interest Group (V-SIG)

Percentage of Patients Treated for Vestibular Disorders

100%

Procedures and Tools

  • Infrared lenses/Frenzel goggles
  • Video Head Impulse Test (VHIT)
  • Posturography
  • Neurologic exam
  • Neurotologic exam
  • Comprehensive Clinical Vestibular Exam
  • Bedside Head Impulse Test
  • Dix Hallpike
  • Oculomotor testing
  • Functional mobility and gait assessment

Diagnoses Qualified to Manage

  • BPPV
  • Other peripheral vestibular disorders
  • Central vestibular disorders

Multidisciplinary

  • I work in, or have access to, a multidisciplinary team of vestibular specialists

Publications

Co-investigator: Primary investigator: AK Galgon: Randomized control trial of two intervention approaches to manage lateral canal BPPV in development. Grant funded by PPTA research fund: September, 2013. IRB approved August, 2013. Data collection phase completed June 2015. Analysis in process.

Co-investigator: Primary investigator: AK Galgon: The reliability of oculomotor observations during positional test. IRB approved August, 2013. Grant funded by PPTA research fund September, 2013. Data collection phase October 2013 - February 2014, analysis in process, Presentation at national conference 2015. Manuscript in submission.

Co-investigator: Primary investigator: AK Galgon: The management of BPPV by physical therapists: a retrospective chart review of two clinical practices, IRB approved August 2012, Data collected, analysis in progress, poster presented for CSM 2014, Manuscript in development.

Galgon AK, Tate A, Fitzpatrick M, Schoenewald WW. Agreement Between Physical Therapists in Diagnosing Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. J Neurol Phys Ther. 2021 Apr 1;45(2):79-86. doi: 10.1097/NPT.0000000000000349. --

 

Galgon AK, Webb-Schoenewald W. Commentary on "Effect of Gaze Stability Exercises on Chronic Motion Sensitivity: A Randomized Controlled Trial.” J Neuro Phys Ther. 2018:42(2):80-81.

 

Schoenewald WW. Post-Concussion Syndrome Chapter: Evaluation and Treatment

In: Pelletier E (ed), Jobst EE (Series ed). Physical Therapy Case Files: Pediatrics. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, publication 2015.

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