Research Project

Annie Palermo
Current Appointments
Research FellowKey Research Areas
Dr Annie Palermo (PT, DPT, PhD) completed her clinical (2015) and academic doctorates (2020) in Physical Therapy at the University of Miami and the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. She has clinical experience in acute care and has research experience in the field of Spinal Cord Injury including work in respiratory function, seated balance, blood pressure control, and physio-based interventions after or in conjunction with cell-based and neuromodulatory therapies. Annie is currently involved with trials assessing the impact of abdominal functional electrical stimulation on blood pressure, respiration, and bowel function post-SCI. She plans to further investigate the effect of inspiratory muscle training and abdominal functional electrical stimulation on these factors and seated balance.
Publications
2025, 01 Feb
Perspectives on Barriers to Use and Benefits of Functional Electrical Stimulation From Australians and New Zealanders With SCI and Clinicians and Researchers in the Field
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.46292/sci24-00013
2024, 08 Aug
Functional Sitting Balance and Anthropometric Measures Are Related to Inspiratory Muscle Performance in People with Spinal Cord Injury.
View full journal-article on https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11317645
2023, 12 Aug
Comparison of two inspiratory muscle training protocols in people with spinal cord injury: a secondary analysis
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1038/s41394-023-00594-2
2023 May
Correspondence to “Development and validation of the sitting balance assessment for spinal cord injury (SitBASCI)”
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1038/s41393-023-00878-2
2023, 01 Mar
A Secondary Analysis of Short- and Long-Term Variability of Inspiratory Muscle Performance in People Living With SCI
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.46292/sci22-00027
2022, 06 Dec
Comparison of Patients Discharged to Skilled Nursing and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Following Hospitalization for COVID-19: A Retrospective Study
View full journal-article on https://journals.lww.com/ajpmr/Abstract/9900/A_Comparison_of_Patients_Discharged_to_Skilled.141.aspx
2022, 30 Oct
Adherence to and impact of home-based high-intensity IMT in people with spinal cord injury: a pilot study
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1038/s41394-022-00551-5
2022, 01 Sep
Effectiveness of Abdominal Functional Electrical Stimulation for Improving Bowel Function in People With a Spinal Cord Injury: A Study Protocol for a Double-Blinded Randomized Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.46292/sci22-00008
2022 Jul
Inspiratory Muscle Performance Is Related to Seated Balance Function in People With Spinal Cord Injury: An Observational Study
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2021.11.006
2022 Mar
Inspiratory Muscle Performance and Anthropometric Measures—Novel Assessments Related to Pulmonary Function in People with Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Study
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2021.09.008