Faculty Bio Detail
Ginny Gibson - MS, OTR/L, CHT
Assistant Professor
Occupational Therapy
Email: GGIBSON@samuelmerritt.edu
Program:Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT)
Telephone: 510-869-6511 ext 4873
Address: 450 30th Street
Oakland - CA 94609
Professor Gibson is a graduate of San Jose State University where she recieved both a BS and MS degree in Occupational Therapy. She has taught at SMU since 1997 and maintains a clinical practice at Children's Hosptal and Research Center of Oakland in the Hand Therapy Clinic. Professor Gibson became a certified hand therapist in 2001.
Publications and Presentations:
Publications
Fellowships, Grants, and Awards:
SMU Research Grant
Professional and Community Service and Professional Memberships:
Courses Taught at Samuel Merritt University:
Research Interests:
Assistant Professor
Occupational Therapy
Email: GGIBSON@samuelmerritt.edu
Program:Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT)
Telephone: 510-869-6511 ext 4873
Address: 450 30th Street
Oakland - CA 94609
Professor Gibson is a graduate of San Jose State University where she recieved both a BS and MS degree in Occupational Therapy. She has taught at SMU since 1997 and maintains a clinical practice at Children's Hosptal and Research Center of Oakland in the Hand Therapy Clinic. Professor Gibson became a certified hand therapist in 2001.
Publications and Presentations:
Publications
Hayner, K., Gibson, G, & Giles, G. (2010). Comparison of constraint-induced movement therapy and bilateral treatment of equal intensity in people with chronic upper-extremity dysfunction after cerebrovascular accident. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64(4):528-39.
Gibson, G. (2007) Peripheral Nerve Injury. In Cameron, MH & Monroe, L. (eds) Physical Rehabilitation - Evidence-Based Examination, Evaluation, and Intervention. Philadelphia: WB Saunders Company.
Presentations
Northern California Hand Therapy Special Interest Group, 2010, Pleasant Hill, CA. Hand Therapy for Little Hands: A Pediatric Focus.
American Society of Hand Therapists Annual Conference, 2009 Clinical Reasoning and Physical Agents: Employing and Evidenced Based Approach.
Children’s Hospital & Research Center of Oakland and Department of Pediatrics, University of Padova, Italy, 2008, Oakland, CA. Promoting Bone Health in MPS VI: Framing New Therapies. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Sensory Testing and Mucopolysaccharide Diseases.
American Society of Hand Therapists Review Course, 2006, Oakland, CA. Topics: Superficial Physical Agent Modalities and Ultrasound, Congenital Limb Differences.
III Congresso Internacional De Cirugia de la Mano, 2006, Guatemala City, Guatemala. Biomechanics of Finger Flexion and Sensory Testing: Two point Discrimination.
American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, 2006, Charlotte, North Carolina. Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy Versus Bilateral Treatment of High-Intensity: A Randomized Study.
American Society of Hand Therapists Annual Conference, 2005, San Antonio, TX. Torque Range of Motion.
American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference Annual Conference, 2005, Long Beach, CA. Rising to the Challenge: Children with Congenital Hand Differences.
American Society of Hand Therapists Annual Conference, 2003, Hollywood, CA. Rising to the Challenge: Children with Congenital Hand Differences.
Occupational Therapy Association of California, 2002, Oakland, CA. Structure, Function and Pathology of the Upper Limb.
American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, 2001, Philadelphia, PA. Rigid Taping Technique in the Management of the Post-stroke Shoulder Subluxation.
Fellowships, Grants, and Awards:
SMU Research Grant
Professional and Community Service and Professional Memberships:
American Occupational Therapy Association
American Society of Hand Therapists
Director, Camp Winning Hands
Courses Taught at Samuel Merritt University:
OT 625 Introduction to Kinesiology and Biomechanics
OT 627 Applied Kinesiology and Biomechanics
OT 631 Occupational Adaptations and Introduction to Modalities
OT 622 Research Seminar
Research Interests:
Ongoing Research Projects
Constraint induced movement therapy versus bilateral treatment of equal intensity: A randomized study.
Comparison of home exercise programs using patient photographs versus line drawings.