Rashelle Hoffman, PT, DPT, PhD, GCS

Assistant Professor

Contact

RashelleHoffman@creighton.edu
Faculty - Pharmacy, OT, PT
Physical Therapy Faculty
Rehabilitation Science Research Laboratory
PT Geriatric Residency
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Omaha
CRISS III - Criss 3 - 119D

Rashelle Hoffman, PT, DPT, PhD, GCS

Assistant Professor


Dr. Hoffman is an Assistant Professor at Creighton University Omaha Campus. She achieved her Doctorate in Physical Therapy at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She went on to complete the Geriatric Physical Therapy Residency Program at Creighton University and is a Board Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist. Additionally, she obtained a PhD at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. She has clinical experience in skilled nursing, outpatient, long-term care, and home health care settings.

 

Teaching Interests

  • Board Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist

Research Focus

 
  • Improving dementia care and prevention in rural communities with lifestyle interventions such as physical activity
  • Effects of behavioral and therapeutic interventions such as high-intensity interval training on physical activity, functional mobility, and patient-reported outcomes
  • Understanding neural mechanisms that underlie cognitive and motor performance in healthy aging and neurological injury or disease

Department

Physical Therapy

Position

Assistant Professor

Articles

  • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Miller, Matthew J., Miller MM, Hoffman RM, Swink LA, Stoddard R, Barnes DE, Christiansen CL. (2022). Cognitive impairment among middle age and older prosthesis users: a prevalent problem related to worse physical function in the years following amputation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2021.12.025 2022
  • Cerebral Cortex
    Trevarrow, Michael P., Trevarrow M, Reelfs A, Baker S, Hoffman RM, Wilson TW & Kurz MJ. (2021). Altered Somatosensory Cortical Activity is Associated with Cortical Thickness in Adults with Cerebral Palsy: Multimodal Evidence from MEG/sMRI. [published online ahead of print, 2021 Aug 20]. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhab293. 2021
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
    Hoffman, Rashelle M, Hoffman, RM, Trevarrow, MP, Bergwell, HR, Embury, CM, Heinrichs-Graham E., Wilson, TW, & Kurz, MJ. (2021). Cortical oscillations that underlie working memory are altered in adults with cerebral palsy. 132(4), 938945. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2020.12.029
    132(4), p. 938-945 2021
  • Scientific Reports
    Hoffman, Rashelle M, Hoffman, RM, Embury, CM, Lew, BJ, Heinrichs-Graham, E, Wilson, TW, & Kurz, MJ. (2021). Cortical oscillations that underlie visual selective attention are abnormal in adolescents with cerebral palsy. 11(1), 4661. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83898-3
    11(1), p. 4661 2021
  • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Surkar, Swati M., Surkar SM, Hoffman RM, Harbourne RT & Kurz MJ. (2021). Cognitive-Motor Interference Heightens the Prefrontal Cortical Activation and Deteriorates the Task Performance in Children with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy. Sep 22:S0003-9993(20)30956-4. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2020.08.014. 2021

Presentations

  • 2024
  • 2024
  • 2024
  • 2023
  • Miller MM, Hoffman RM, Swink LA, Stoddard R, Barnes DE, Christiansen CL. Cognitive impairment and predictors of physical function among middle and older aged prosthesis users [platform presentation]. American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting. San Antonio, TX, USA; February 2022. 2022
  • Dwight H, Hoffman RM, Cohen ET, Owens J, Bade M, Maago MM. Blood Flow Restriction for a Patient with Multiple Sclerosis and Advanced Disability: A Case Report [poster presentation]. American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting. San Antonio, TX, USA; February 2022. 2022
  • Hoffman RM, Salinas GJ, Christiansen CL, Maago MM. Psychosocial Aspects of Perceived Fatigue are Associated with Mobility Outcomes in People with Multiple Sclerosis [poster presentation]. Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy Annual Conference. Online; October 2021. 2021
  • Hoffman RM, Davis-Wilson H, Hinrichs L, Judd D, Stevens-Lapsley J, Christiansen C. Turning Spatiotemporal Metrics and Strategies with End-stage Hip Osteoarthritis. Rocky Mountain American Society of Biomechanics Meeting [platform presentation, Online; April 2021] and American Society of Biomechanics Meeting [poster presentation, Online; August 2021]. 2021
  • Davis-Wilson H, Hoffman RM, Cheuy V, Judd D, Stevens-Lapsley J, Christiansen C. Kinematics and Spatiotemporal Gait Characteristics During the Six Minute Walk in Participants with Hip Osteoarthritis. Rocky Mountain American Society of Biomechanics Meeting [platform presentation, Online; April 2021] and American Society of Biomechanics Meeting [poster presentation, Online; August 2021]. 2021