Dr. Lisa Riolo, PhD, PT, NCS

Biography

Education

Dr. Riolo earned her BS in Physical Therapy from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT, her MEd in Motor Learning from Temple University in Philadelphia, and her PhD in Cognitive Psychology from University of Connecticut.

Teaching Experience

Dr. Riolo had been on faculty at Quinnipiac University, Emory University, and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center before joining Indiana University in 2004. Her teaching concentration has been in the areas of neurologic rehabilitation and pathology, learning and memory, cognitive aging, research methods, professional issues, and psychosocial aspects of practice. She has mentored doctoral and masters students in their research.

Her teaching responsibilities at IU include Medical Conditions and Pathophysiology and Clinical Decision Making.

Clinical Interests

Dr. Riolo's clinical experience has focused on neurologic and geriatric rehabilitation, specifically acute rehabilitation for patients with brain injury and stroke and balance retraining for elders.

Research Interests

Dr. Riolo is interested in the interface between cognition and mobility and the role of attention in falling in older adults. She has received federal funding to study the interaction between attention and fall risk in older adults.

Professional

Dr. Riolo currently serves as the President of the Neurology Section of the American Physical Therapy Association and a Scientific Review Committee member for the Foundation for Physical Therapy. Her previous professional service includes Editor of Neurology Report and editorial board member of Journal of Physical Therapy Education. She is a board certified specialist in Neurological Physical Therapy. She serves as reviewer for several journals including Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences and Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. She is an active member in the American Physical Therapy Association, American Psychological Society, and Gerontological Society of America. She was awarded the Lucy Blair Service Award by the American Physical Therapy Association.

Outside Interests

Dr. Riolo enjoys adventure travel around the world with her husband, spending time with her cats, working out, practicing yoga, and reading.

Publications

Fisher K, Riolo L. Searching evidence to support interventions used in the plan of care for a patient with stress urinary incontinence and mild anterior vaginal wall prolapse. Physical Therapy, 2004, 84, 744-753.

Ouslander JG, Griffiths P, McConnell E, Riolo L, Kutner M, Schnelle J. Functional Incidental Training: a randomized, controlled, crossover trial in Veterans administration nursing homes. Journal of American Geriatrics Society. Submitted.

Ouslander JG, Griffiths P, McConnell E, Riolo L, Kutner M, Schnelle J. Functional Incidental Training: applicability and feasibility in the Veterans Administration nursing home population. Journal of American Medical Director Association. Submitted

Riolo L, Fisher K. Evidence in practice: strength training could help improve muscle function and other outcomes without reinforcing abnormal movement patterns or increasing reflex activity in a man who has had a stroke. Physical Therapy, 2003, 83, 844-85

Riolo L. Attention contributes to functional reach test scores in older adults with history of falling. Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, 2004, 22 (2), in press.