Faculty Profile:

Jill Whitall, PhD
Professor

Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
School of Medicine

410-706-0764

jwhitall@som.umaryland.edu

Research

Jill Whitall, PhD, is a Professor, Director of Research and Co-Director of the Neuromotor Core within the Baltimore Claude Pepper Independence for Older Americans Center funded by the National Institute on Aging. Dr. Whitall is currently pursuing two lines of research. One project, in conjunction with colleagues, is investigating interventions in patients with hemiparesis and the underlying mechanisms of recovery. The second project concerns the identification of children with developmental coordination disorder and the investigation of possible underlying mechanisms related to sensory-motor coupling.

Publications

Whitall, J. (1997) The development of time-sharing: An old paradigm from a new perspective. Motor Development: Research & Reviews 1, 171-199.

Whitall, J., Getchell, N, & Forrester, L.W. (1997) The effect of non-specific task constraints on quadrupedal locomotion: I Interlimb coordination. Motor Control 1, 138-160.

Forrester, L.W. & Whitall, J. (1997) The effect of non-specific task constraints on quadrupedal locomotion: II Joint Kinematics. Motor Control 1, 208-228.

Whitall, J., Forrester, L.W., & Song, S. (1999) Dual-finger preferred-speed tapping: Effects of coordination mode and anatomical finger/limb pairings. Journal of Motor Behavior 31, 325-339.

Lazarus, J.C., & Whitall, J. (1999) Motor overflow and children'ss tracking performance: Is there a link? Developmental Psychobiology 35, 178-187.

Forrester, L.W., & Whitall, J. (2000) Bimanual finger tapping: Effects of frequency and auditory information on timing consistency. Journal of Motor Behavior 32, 176-191.

Harbst, K.B., Lazarus, J.C., & Whitall, J. (2000) Accuracy of dynamic isometric force production: The influence of age and bimanual activation patterns. Motor Control 4, 232-256.

Barela, J., Whitall, J., Black, P., & Clark, J.E. (2000) An examination of constraints in patients with chronic hemiparetic gait. Human Movement Science 19, 251-273.

Whitall, J., McCombe Waller, S., Silver, K.C. & Macko, R.F. (2000) Repetitive bilateral arm training with rhythmic auditory cueing improves motor function in chronic hemiparetic stroke. Stroke 31, 2390-2395.

Getchell, N., Forrester, L.W., & Whitall, J. (2001) Individual differences and similarities in the stability, timing consistency and

natural frequency of rhythmic coordinated actions. Research Quarterly for Sport and Exercise 72, 13-21.

Barela, J.A., Black, P., Whitall, J., Getchell, N., & Clark, J. (2002). Hemiplegic intralimb coordination: A dynamical systems analysis. Brazilian Journal of Biomechanics 4, 5-14.

Luft AR, Smith GV, Forrester L, Whitall J, Macko RF, Hauser TK, Goldberg AP, Hanley DF. (2002) Comparing brain activation associated with isolated upper and lower limb movement across corresponding joints. Human Brain Mapping 17, 131-40.

Getchell, N. & Whitall, J. (2003). How do children coordinate simultaneous upper and lower extremity tasks? The development of dual motor task coordination Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 85(2):120-40

Getchell, N. & Whitall, J. (2004). Transitions to and from asymmetrical gait patterns. Journal of Motor Behavior 36, 13-27.

Luft AR, McCombe Waller S, Forrester L, Smith GV, Whitall J, Macko RF, Goldberg AP, Hanley DF (2004) Lesion location alters brain activation in chronically impaired stroke survivors. Neuroimage 21, 924-35

McCombe Waller, S, & Whitall, J. (2004) Fine motor function in adults with chronic hemiparesis: Baseline comparison to non-disabled adults and effects of bilateral arm training. Archives of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine 85, 1076-83.

Whitall, J. (2004) Stroke Rehabilitation Research: Time to Answer More Specific Questions?” Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair,18, 3-8.

Luft AR, McCombe Waller S, Whitall J, Forrester LW, Macko RF, Sorkin JD, Schulz MD Goldberg AP, Hanley D (2004) Repetitive bilateral arm training and motor cortex activation in chronic stroke Journal of American Medical Association. 292,1853-61.

Harris-Love, M, Macko, RF, Whitall, J., Forrester, L. (2004) Improved Hemiparetic Muscle Activation in Treadmill Versus Overground Walking. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair18, 154-60.

Getchell, N., McMenamin, S., Whitall, J. (2005). Dual motor task coordination in children with and without learning disabilities. Adapted Physical Activity Quareterly, 22, 21-38.

McCombe Waller, S, & Whitall, J. (2005) Hand Dominance and Side of Stroke Affect Rehabilitation in Chronic Stroke. Clinical Rehabilitation.19, 544-51.

Macclellan LR, Bradham, DD, Whitall, J, Volpe B, Wilson PD, Ohlhoff, J, Meister C, Hogan, N, Krebs HI, Bever, CT Jr. (2005) Robotic upper-limb neurorehabilitation in chronic stroke patients. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development.42, 717-22.

Luft, A., Forrester, L., Macko, R.F., McCombe Waller, S., Whitall, J., Villagra, F., Hanley, D. (2005). Brain activation of lower extremity movement in chronically impaired stroke survivors. Neuroimage.26, 184-94

Harris-Love, ML., McCombe Waller, S., Liu, W. & Whitall, J. (2005) Exploiting interlimb coupling to improve paretic arm reaching performance in people with chronic stroke. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 86, 2131-7.

Finley, MA, Fasoli, SE, DiPietro, L, Ohlhoff, MacClellan, L, Meister,C, Whitall, J, Macko, R, Bever, CT, Krebs, HI, Hogan, N .(2005) Short Duration Upper Extremity Robotic Therapy in Stroke Patients with Severe Upper Extremity Motor Impairment, Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development. 42, 683-92.

Waller, SM., Harris-Love, M., Liu, W., Whitall, J. (2006). Temporal coordination of the arms during bilateral simultaneous and sequential movements in patients with chronic hemiparesis. Experimental Brain Research, 168, 450-4.

Liu, W, Forrester, LW, & Whitall, J., (2006). A Note on Time-frequency Analysis of Finger Tapping. Journal of Motor Behavior, 38, 18-28

Whitall, J., Savin, D.N., Harris-Love, M., McCombe Waller, S. (2006). Psychometric properties of a modified Wolf Motor Function test for people with mild and moderate upper-extremity hemiparesis. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.87, 656-60.

Whitall, J., Mccombe Waller, S., Luft, A., Hanley, D. (2006). Motor function improvement is associated with brain re-organization after bilateral arm training in chronic stroke – Case report. Physioscience, 2, 93-98.

Whitall, J., Getchell, N., McMenamin, S., Horn, C., Wilms-Floet, A., Clark, J.E. (2006). Perception-action coupling in children with and without DCD: Frequency locking between task-relevant auditory signals and motor responses in a dual-motor task. Child Care, Health and Development, 32, 679-92 .

Resnick, B., Shaughnessy, M., Macko, R., Whitall, J., Michael, KM, Nahm E.S., Kopunek, S. & Orwig, D. (2007). Testing of the short self-efficacy and outcome expectation for exercises scales. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation 14(3), 16-22.

Kopunek, S, Michael, KM, Shaughnessy, M, Resnick, B, Nahm ES, Whitall, J, Goldberg A, & Macko, RF.(2007). Cardiovascular Risk in Survivors of Stroke: What Screening Reveals. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 32, 408-12.

Personal History

Dr. Whitall has almost 20 years of experience in mentoring graduate students, at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She has been or is currently primary or secondary advisor to 10 PhD students and 10 MS students. In addition, since arriving at the UMB, Dr. Whitall has supervised 5 research projects of the PT students. In the Department’s PhD program she is currently the primary advisor to three students. Dr. Whitall teaches students the principles of motor control, learning and motor development as they relate to rehabilitation. She trains her advisees to use and develop paradigms to assess motor coordination (e.g., a tapping apparatus; a gait mat; a reaching protocol) and methods of reducing/analyzing coordination data. In addition, she and her students are actively developing better methods of intervention for adults with stroke and children with movement problems.

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