Anastasia Kyvelidou, PhD, MS

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

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School of Pharmacy and Health Professions
Physical Therapy
Physical Therapy Faculty
Faculty - Pharmacy, OT, PT
Rehabilitation Science Research Laboratory
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Omaha
CRISS III - Criss 3 - 120B

Anastasia Kyvelidou, PhD, MS

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

Anastasia Kyvelidou, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Physical Therapy Department.  Dr. Kyvelidou graduated from the University of Nebraska Medical Center with her doctorate from the Medical Sciences Interdepartmental Area (MSIA). She has completed two post-doctoral fellowships at Northeastern University in Boston and in the Biomechanics Department at the University of Nebraska Omaha, where she was also an assistant professor.  Dr. Kyvelidou‘s research focuses on neuro-developmental disabilities during infancy and childhood.  Her most recently funded projects aim to discover why equine therapy is an efficient treatment for children with Autism Specturm Disorders (ASD).

Department

Physical Therapy

Position

Associate Professor

Books

  • DeVeney Shari, Kyvelidou Anastasia, Early Diagnostic Signs of Autism: Preliminary Findings for Infant Vocalizations [Book Chapter] 2020
  • Nonlinear Analysis for Human Movement Variability
    Kyvelidou Anastasia, Decker Leslie M., Case studies [Book Chapter] 2016

Publications

  • Clinical biomechanics (Bristol)
    Bagwell Jennifer J., Reynolds Nicholas, Katsavelis Dimitrios, Kyvelidou Anastasia, Investigating postural control as a predictor of low back and pelvic girdle pain during and after pregnancy
    120 2024
  • Journal of athletic training
    Frerichs Connor, Bassett Dylan, DeHope Joseph, Chamberlain Maggie, Farmer Brooke, Kyvelidou Anastasia, Magrini Mitchel, Grindstaff Terry L, The effects of verbal cues on EMG activity during a quadriceps setting exercise 2024
  • International journal of developmental disabilities
    Kyvelidou Anastasia, Katsavelis Dimitrios, Almazloum Maya, Adamiec Martyna, Travis Emma, Peck Kirk, Godden Edye, Otte Kaiti, Smith Katherine, Effectiveness of a 6-week occupational therapy program with hippotherapy on postural control and social behavior for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, p. 1 - 13 2024
  • Biomechanics (Basel, Switzerland)
    Applequist Bryon C., Motz Zachary L., Kyvelidou Anastasia, Spatiotemporal Gait Variability in Children Aged 2 to 10 Decreases throughout Pre-Adolescence
    3:4, p. 571 - 582 2023
  • International journal of environmental research and public health
    Kyvelidou Anastasia, DeVeney Shari, Katsavelis Dimitrios, Development of Infant Sitting Postural Control in Three Groups of Infants at Various Risk Levels for Autism Spectrum Disorder
    20:2, p. 1234 2023
  • Gait and Posture
    Bagwell Jennifer J., Walaszek Michelle, Runez Hannah, Kyvelidou Anastasia, Katsavelis Dimitrios, Lam Kristina, Reynolds Nicholas, Center of pressure characteristics differ during single leg stance throughout pregnancy and compared to nulligravida individuals
    97, p. 43 - 47 2022
  • American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
    Moore Lydia, Kyvelidou Anastasia, Snyder Kailey, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs of Nutrition Among Physical Therapy Students 2022
  • Autism and Developmental Language Impairments
    DeVeney Shari L., Mather Paris, Kyvelidou Anastasia, A home-based longitudinal study of vocalization behaviors across infants at low and elevated risk of autism
    6 2021
  • Clinical Biomechanics
    Kyvelidou Anastasia, Needelman Howard, Koss Kelsey, Wickstrom Jordan, Fisher Wayne W., DeVeney Shari, Postural control may drive the development of other domains in infancy
    82 2021
  • Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics
    Mirich Rachael, Greiner Bobbi S., Kyvelidou Anastasia, The Effects of Virtual Reality Based Rehabilitation on Upper Extremity Function in a Child with Cerebral Palsy
    41:6, p. 620 - 636 2021
  • Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice
    Pope Kayla, Jordan Lisa, Kyvelidou Anastasia, Stessman Holly, Nelson Kelly, Doll Joy, Clinician, caregiver and patient perspectives of the continuum of care for autism
    19 2020
  • Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy
    Bressel Eadric, Louder Talin J., Raikes Adam C., Alphonsa Sushma, Kyvelidou Anastasia, Water Immersion Affects Episodic Memory and Postural Control in Healthy Older Adults
    42:4, p. E1 - E6 2019
  • Somatosensory & motor research
    Kyvelidou Anastasia, Stergiou Nick, Visual and somatosensory contributions to infant sitting postural control
    35:3-4, p. 240 - 246 2018
  • Developmental Neurorehabilitation
    Kyvelidou Anastasia, Harbourne Regina T., Haworth Joshua, Schmid Kendra K., Stergiou Nick, Children with moderate to severe cerebral palsy may not benefit from stochastic vibration when developing independent sitting
    21:6, p. 362 - 370 2018
  • Nutrition and health
    Dinkel Danae, Berry Ann Anderson, Hanson Corrine, Koehler Karsten, Bagenda Danstan, Kyvelidou Anastasia, Bice Matthew, Wallen Jill, Jana Laura, Pressler Jana, An overview of assessment methodology for obesity-related variables in infants at risk
    24:1, p. 47 - 59 2018
  • Somatosensory and Motor Research
    Kokkoni Elena, Stergiou Nicholas, Haworth Joshua L., Harbourne Regina T., Kyvelidou Anastasia, Infant sitting postural control appears robust across changes in surface context
    34:4, p. 265 - 272 2017
  • Technologies
    Smith Beth A., Kyvelidou Anastasia, Vanderbilt Douglas L., Applequist Bryon, Sample Entropy Identifies Differences in Spontaneous Leg Movement Behavior between Infants with Typical Development and Infants at Risk of Developmental Delay
    5:3, p. 55 - 55 2017
  • Neuroscience Letters
    Sotirakis H., Kyvelidou A., Stergiou N., Hatzitaki V., Posture and gaze tracking of a vertically moving target reveals age-related constraints in visuo-motor coupling
    654, p. 12 - 16 2017
  • Gait and Posture
    Wickstrom Jordan, Stergiou Nick, Kyvelidou Anastasia, Reliability of center of pressure measures for assessing the development of sitting postural control through the stages of sitting
    56, p. 8 - 13 2017
  • BMC Public Health
    Dinkel Danae, Snyder Kailey, Kyvelidou Anastasia, Molfese Victoria, He's just content to sit
    17:1 2017
  • Gait and Posture
    Dinkel Danae, Snyder Kailey, Molfese Victoria, Kyvelidou Anastasia, Postural control strategies differ in normal weight and overweight infants
    55, p. 167 - 171 2017
  • Journal of motor learning and development
    Haworth Joshua, Kyvelidou Anastasia, Fisher Wayne, Stergiou Nicholas, Indifference to Chaotic Motion May Be Related to Social Disinterest in Children With Autism
    4:2, p. 219 - 235 2016
  • Experimental Brain Research
    Sotirakis H., Kyvelidou A., Mademli L., Stergiou N., Hatzitaki V., Aging affects postural tracking of complex visual motion cues
    234:9, p. 2529 - 2540 2016
  • Frontiers in Psychology
    Ryalls Brigette O., Harbourne Regina, Kelly-Vance Lisa, Wickstrom Jordan, Stergiou Nick, Kyvelidou Anastasia, A perceptual motor intervention improves play behavior in children with moderate to severe cerebral palsy
    7:MAY 2016
  • Journal of ergonomics (Los Angeles, Calif.)
    Spyropoulos Elias, Kyvelidou Anastasia, Stergiou Nikolas, Athanassiou George, Quantifying Muscle Fatigue of the Low Back during Repetitive Load Lifting Using Lyapunov Analysis
    6:6 2016
  • Annals of Biomedical Engineering
    Rand Troy J., Myers Sara A., Kyvelidou Anastasia, Mukherjee Mukul, Temporal Structure of Support Surface Translations Drive the Temporal Structure of Postural Control During Standing
    43:11, p. 2699 - 2707 2015
  • PloS one
    Hatzitaki Vassilia, Stergiou Nicholas, Sofianidis George, Kyvelidou Anastasia, Postural sway and gaze can track the complex motion of a visual target
    10:3 2015
  • Frontiers in Psychology
    Haworth Joshua L., Kyvelidou Anastasia, Fisher Wayne, Stergiou Nicholas, Children's looking preference for biological motion may be related to an affinity for mathematical chaos
    6:MAR, p. 281 2015
  • Kinesiology review (Champaign, Ill.)
    Stergiou Nicholas, Yu Yawen, Kyvelidou Anastasia, A Perspective on Human Movement Variability With Applications in Infancy Motor Development
    2:1, p. 93 - 102 2013
  • Pediatric Physical Therapy
    Kyvelidou Anastasia, Harbourne Regina T., Willett Sandra L., Stergiou Nicholas, Sitting postural control in infants with typical development, motor delay, or cerebral palsy
    25:1, p. 46 - 51 2013
  • BMC Neurology
    Plummer-D'Amato Prudence, Kyvelidou Anastasia, Sternad Dagmar, Najafi Bijan, Villalobos Raymond M., Zurakowski David, Training dual-task walking in community-dwelling adults within 1 year of stroke
    12 2012
  • Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
    Kyvelidou Anastasia, Villalobos Raymond, Sternad Dagmar, Plummer-D'Amato Prudence, Poster 68 Effect of Dual-Task Gait Training on Obstacle Negotiation After Stroke: A Case Study
    93:10, p. e34 - e34 2012
  • Gait and Posture
    Cignetti Fabien, Stergiou Nicholas, Kyvelidou Anastasia, Harbourne Regina T., Anterior-posterior and medial-lateral control of sway in infants during sitting acquisition does not become adult-like
    33:1, p. 88 - 92 2011
  • Physical therapy
    Harbourne Regina T., Willett Sandra, Kyvelidou Anastasia, Deffeyes Joan, Stergiou Nicholas, A comparison of interventions for children with cerebral palsy to improve sitting postural control
    90:12, p. 1881 - 1898 2010
  • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Kyvelidou Anastasia, Shostrom Valerie K., Stergiou Nicholas, Harbourne Regina T., Reliability of center of pressure measures for assessing the development of sitting postural control in infants with or at risk of cerebral palsy
    91:10, p. 1593 - 1601 2010
  • Pediatric Physical Therapy
    Kyvelidou Anastasia, Harbourne Regina T., Stergiou Nicholas, Severity and characteristics of developmental delay can be assessed using variability measures of sitting posture
    22:3, p. 259 - 266 2010
  • Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences
    Deffeyes Joan E., Kochi Naomi, Harbourne Regina T., Kyvelidou Anastasia, Stuberg Wayne A., Stergiou Nicholas, Nonlinear detrended fluctuation analysis of sitting center-of-pressure data as an early measure of motor development pathology in infants
    13:4, p. 351 - 368 2009
  • Clinical Biomechanics
    Deffeyes Joan E., Harbourne Regina T., Kyvelidou Anastasia, Stuberg Wayne A., Stergiou Nicholas, Nonlinear analysis of sitting postural sway indicates developmental delay in infants
    24:7, p. 564 - 570 2009
  • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Kyvelidou Anastasia, Harbourne Regina T., Stuberg Wayne A., Sun Junfeng, Stergiou Nicholas, Reliability of Center of Pressure Measures for Assessing the Development of Sitting Postural Control
    90:7, p. 1176 - 1184 2009
  • Pediatric Research
    Kyvelidou Anastasia, Deffeyes Joan E., Stuberg Wayne A., Harbourne Regina T., Blanke Daniel, Stergiou Nicholas, Development of upper body coordination during sitting in typically developing infants
    65:5, p. 553 - 558 2009
  • Physical therapy
    Dusing Stacey C., Kyvelidou Anastasia, Mercer Vicki S., Stergiou Nick, Infants born preterm exhibit different patterns of center-of-pressure movement than infants born at full term
    89:12, p. 1354 - 1362 2009
  • Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
    Deffeyes Joan E., Stuberg Wayne A., Stergiou Nicholas, Kyvelidou Anastasia, Harbourne Regina T., Dejong Stacey L., Use of information entropy measures of sitting postural sway to quantify developmental delay in infants
    6:1 2009
  • Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences
    Harbourne Regina T., Kyvelidou Anastasia, Stergiou Nicholas, Deffeyes Joan E., Complexity of postural control in infants
    13:1, p. 123 - 144 2009
  • Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
    Kyvelidou Anastasia, Stergiou Nicholas, Kurz Max J., Ehlers Julie L., Aging and partial body weight support affects gait variability
    5 2008