Sean M. Collins, ScD
Sean_Collins@uml.edu

 
 
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  1. Medina F, Meseguer AB, Montilla-Herrador J, Saturno-Hernandez PJ, Collins SM. Patients’ personal characteristics that influence on adherence to home exercise during course of chronic pain: a qualitative study. Journal of Manual Therapy, Under Review.
  2. Dai JM, Collins SM, Hu F, Fua H. Comparison of Job Stress Models in Predicting Job Burnout in Shanghai Employees. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. In Press, 2007.
  3. Cahalin LP, Matsuo Y, Collins SM, Matsuya A, Caro F. Educational and Professional Issues in Physical Therapy – An International Perspective. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, In Press, 2007.
  4. Cahalin LP, Willoughby SB, Brooks G, Collins SM. Pulmonary Physical Therapy Education – Thirty Years Later. Journal of Physical Therapy Education, In Press, 2007.
  5. Collins SM, Landsbergis P, Warren N, LaMontagne AD. Stopping Stress at its Origins: Working Conditions. Hypertension 2007, 49:e33.
  6. Diaz KJ, Collins SM, Cahalin LP. Physical Therapy Implications in the Management of Patients with   Defibrillators and    Pacemakers. Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal, 2006; 17(2) 56-61.
  7. Collins SM, Karasek R. Vagal Responses to Work and Rest Day Strain: Possible Cardiac Disease Risk Mechanisms. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, 2006; 13(Supplement 1) S51.
  8. Medina F, Meseguer AB, Montilla-Herrador J, Collins SM, Saturno-Hernandez PJ. Reliability and validity of patient’s reports for physical therapy quality assessment: An empirical analysis regarding the use of exercises for neck pain in Spain. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2006; 38: 354-359.
  9. Collins SM. Complex System Approaches: Could They Enhance the Relevance of Clinical Research? Physical Therapy 85:1393-1394 (2005).
  10. Collins SM, Cahalin LP. Acute care physical therapy in patients with pacemakers. Acute Care Perspectives. 2005; 14(5):9-14.
  11. Collins SM, Cahalin LP. Acute care physical therapy in patients with congestive heart failure. Acute Care Perspectives. 2005; 14(5): 15-20.
  12. Collins SM, Karasek RA, Costas K. Autonomic Nervous System Indices of Cardiovascular Disease Risk. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2005; 48:182-193.  
  13. Collins SM, Cahalin LP. Should we be considering Job Strain when evaluating our patients with cardiac disease? Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal, 2005; 16(4) 35.
  14. Coyne A, Cila T, Hutchinson K, Collins SM, Cahalin L. Comparative Case Studies of Mitral Valve Prolapse. Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal, 2005; 16(4) 34-35.
  15. Collins SM, Dias KJ, Cahalin LP. Discrimination between NYHA Functional Classes for CHF: Does the Six Minute Walk Test add a dimension of function? Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal, 2004; 15(4): 35-36.
  16. Collins SM, Dias KJ, Cahalin LP. Pacer Settings and Exercise Tolerance in Heart Failure: A Case Presentation. Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal, 2004; 15(4): 36.
  17. Cahalin LP, Collins SM, Dec GW, Semigran MJ. A meta-analysis of the effects of inspiratory muscle training in heart failure. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, 2004; 11(1): 62.
  18. Cahalin LP, Collins SM, Dec GW, Semigran MJ. A meta-analysis of the effects of exercise training on functional abilities and quality of life in heart failure. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, 2004; 11(1): 66.
  19. Cahalin LP, Collins SM, Dec GW, Semigran MJ. Characteristics, gender differences, and reference equations for the six-minute walk test in heart failure. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, 2004; 11(1): 47.
  20. Collins SM, Karasek RA, Costas K. Job Strain and Autonomic Indices of Cardiovascular Disease Risk. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2004; 11 Supplement:  74-75.
  21. Collins SM, Karasek RA. Within Subject Cardiac Vagal Responses to Work and Rest Day Stressors. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2004; 11 Supplement:  162. 
  22. Collins SM, Karasek R. Mood Assessment and Job Strain. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2004; 11 Supplement:  168.
  23. Karasek R, Collins SM. Cardiovascular Control Capacity: Approximate Entropy of HR and HFP. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2004; 11 Supplement: 313.
  24. R Nikolova, Collins SM. Effect of Workload and Stress on Operator Functional State. NATO Science Series: Life and Behavioral Sciences, 2003; 355: 303-312.
  25. Collins SM. A Theoretical Perspective of Adaptive Bioenergetics and Its Clinical Relevance.  Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal, 2003; 14(4): 28.
  26. Hernandez E, Collins SM, Cahalin LP.  Ventilatory Muscle Strength and Chest Wall Excursion in Healthy Men and Women: A Pilot Study.  Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal, 2003; 14(4): 24-25.
  27. Collins SM. Emerging methods for the physiological assessment of occupational stress. Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation, 2001; 17(3) 209-220.  
 
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Book Chapters
 
Collins SM, Cocanour B. Anatomy of the Cardiovascular System in Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy, W DeTurk & L Cahalin (editors), McGraw Hill (2004)
Collins SM. Mechanical Ventilation, in Acute Care Handbook for Physical Therapists, 2nd Edition, J Paz &  M West (eds), Butterworth & Heinemann (2002)
Collins SM. Cardiac System, in Acute Care Handbook for Physical Therapists, 2nd Edition, J Paz & M West (eds), Butterworth & Heinemann (2002)
Collins SM. Mechanical Ventilation, in Acute Care Handbook for Physical Therapists, J Paz and M Panik (eds), Butterworth & Heinemann (1997)
Collins SM. Cardiac System, in Acute Care Handbook for Physical Therapists, J Paz & M Panik (eds), Butterworth & Heinemann (1997)
Collins SM. Life Support Systems, in Acute Care Handbook for Physical Therapists, J Paz & M Panik (eds), Butterworth & Heinemann (1997)
Collins SM. Oxygen Delivery Systems, in Acute Care Handbook for Physical Therapists, J Paz & M Panik (eds), Butterworth & Heinemann (1997)
 
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Doctoral Dissertation
 
Here is a PDF version of my dissertation from 2003
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last updated on 11 December, 2007