Kay Cerny
Kay Cerny, PhD, PT, KEMG
Professor Emerita, Physical Therapy
PhD in Physical Therapy: University of Southern California, 1987
MS in physical Therapy: University of Southern California, 1977
BS in Physical Therapy: Miami University, Oxford Ohio, 1965
Physical Therapy School: D. T. Watson School of Physiatrics, 1964
Certified in kinesiological electromyography.
Validating clinical practice through research.
- Rancho Los Amigos Hospital: 1963-78
- Advisory council, Physical Therapist Assistant Program, Cerritos College, 1985-present
- Research Special Interest Group, CPTA, founding member, 1990-dissolution
- Expert Witness, Physical Therapy Practice, 1994-2005
- Associate Editor, Physical Therapy, Journal of the American Physical Therapy Association, 1981-4
- California Chapter, APTA, Director and Secretary, 1973
- Implementation of faculty practice, PT@TheBeach, 2013
- Successful completion of CAPTE accreditation of physical therapist education program, 2012
- Implementation of Doctor of Physical Therapy program, 2012
- Organization of 40 year alumni reunion, 2007
- Non-Research Publication Award, California Chapter, American Physical Therapy Association, Observational Gait Analysis, A Visual Guide, Adams J and Cerny K, 2018
- Royce Noland Award of Merit, 2014, California Chapter, American Physical Therapy Association
- This is the highest award of the CPTA
- Featured Researcher, Summer, 2014: California PT Fund
- Z-coil Shoe Company: Grant to complete motion analysis and Pedar research of z-coil shoe. 2006
- Best Poster: Annual Conference, California Chapter, American Physical Therapy Association, October 2004
- Faculty research publication award, California Chapter, American Physical Therapy Assn. 1994
- Reliability and criterion-related validity of hand-held dynamometry in measuring inversion and eversion strength of the foot. Grant funded by California Physical Therapy Fund, Inc., 1993
- Adaptations in the contralateral limb for simulated flexion contractures at the knee. Physical Therapy Fund, California Chapter, American Physical Therapy Association, 1988
- Mary McMillan Scholarship, American Physical Therapy Association. 1986
- Adaptations in the stance phase of gait for simulated flexion contractures at the knee. Dissertation project, Physical Therapy Fund, California Chapter, American Physical Therapy Association, 1985
- Published Research Award, Greater Los Angeles District, California Chapter, American Physical Therapy Association 1980
- Adams J, Cerny K: Observational Gait Analysis, A Visual Guide. Slack Inc. 2018
- Mohamed O, Cerny K, Jones W, Burnfield JM: The Effect of Terrain on foot pressures during walking. Foot & Ankle Int. 26:859-869, 2005.
- Mohamed O, Cerny K, Rojek L, Hebert K, Rebecca Turner R and Waistell S. The effects of plastazote® and plastazote®-aliplast® orthotics on plantar pressures in elderly persons with diabetic neuropathy. Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics 16: 55-63, 2004.
- Mohamed O, Cerny K: Effect of knee brace on VMO and VL EMG activity during five knee exercises. Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy. 25: 41-48, 2003
- Bogey R. Cerny K. Mohamed O.: Repeatability of wire and surface electrodes in gait. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 82(5): 338-344, 2003.
- Cerny K, Blanks R, Mohamed O, Schwab D, Robinson B, Russo A, and Zizz C: The Effect of a Multidimensional Exercise Program on Strength, Range of Motion, Balance and Gait in the Well Elderly. Abstract. Gait and Posture, March, 1998.
- Cerny K: The Vastus Medialis Oblique/Vastus Lateralis muscle activity ratio for selected exercises in persons with and without patellofemoral pain syndrome. Physical Therapy 5:672-683, 1995.
- Cerny K, Perry J and Walker J: Adaptations during the stance phase of gait for simulated flexion contractures at the knee. Orthopedics 17 #6: 501-513, 1994.
- Cerny K: Do curl-up exercises improve abdominal muscle strength? J Human Muscle Perform 1:37-47, 1991
- Cerny K, Perry J and Walker J: The effect of an unrestricted knee-ankle-foot orthosis on the stance phase of gait in healthy persons. Orthopedics 13:1121-1127, 1990
- Cerny K: Guest editor, The Shoulder, December issue, Physical Therapy 66, 1986
- Cerny K: Physical therapy evaluation, goal setting and program planning. In Clinics in Physical Therapy, Spinal Cord Injury. HV Adkins, editor, Churchill Livingstone, New York, 1985
- Cerny K: Pathomechanics of stance: Clinical concepts for analysis. Physical Therapy 64:1851-1859, 1984
- Cerny K: Kinesiology versus biomechanics: A perspective. Physical Therapy 64:1809, 1984
- Cerny K: A clinical method of quantitative gait analysis. Physical Therapy 63:1125-1126, 1983
- Adkins HV, Baker L, Campbell J, Cerny K, Gillis K, Montgomery J, Perry J, Peterson M, Rodgers M and Winstein C: Normal and Pathological Gait Syllabus, Professional Staff Association, Rancho Los Amigos Hospital, 1980
- Cerny K, Waters RL, Perry J and Hislop HJ: Walking and wheelchair energetics in persons with paraplegia. Physical Therapy 60:1133-1139, 1980