Matt Miller, PT, PhD
Assistant Professor
Physical Therapy
School of Medicine
Chronic health conditions are among the leading causes of death and disability in the United States; rehabilitation interventions largely neglect the psychosocial and behavioral factors that influence poor physical activity and disability.
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Evidence supports the use of behavior-based interventions to produce long-lasting physical activity changes among older adults with complex health conditions, yet these are not readily used within rehabilitation practice.
Dr. Miller, a PhD trained doctor of physical therapy (DPT), strives to develop work that improves the health, disability, and quality of life of older adults. Prior to research training, he practiced clinically at California Pacific Medical Center in acute care, acute rehabilitation, skilled nursing facility, and outpatient settings. He gained a practical understanding of how non-physical factors influence rehabilitation outcomes through his experiences working with patients who had complex neurologic injuries like traumatic brain injury, stroke, and spinal cord injury. These experiences motivated him to pursue rehabilitation research training at the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus.
Dr. Miller's research highlights the significance of psychosocial factors on physical activity and disability among older adults. These studies form a foundation of knowledge that are used to develop, test, and implement behavior-based interventions for older adults with lower-limb amputation, total knee arthroplasty, and cognitive impairment. In addition to this work, he lead and published findings of an evaluation of the UCSF Physical Therapy Faculty Practice telehealth implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, this is Dr. Miller's highest impact publication and was prominently featured in the Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Journal, the journal of the American Physical Therapy Association, COVID-19 collection.
Education & Training
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- PhD Rehabilitation Science University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Campus 2019
- DPT Physical Therapy Thomas Jefferson University 2008
- BS Biology Felician College 2005
Websites
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- UCSF Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science (ptrehab.ucsf.edu)
Publications (35)
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DementiaSelf EfficacyDisabled PersonsOutpatientsCognitive DysfunctionWalkingMobility LimitationAmputeesTelemedicineExercisePhysical TherapistsArtificial LimbsPhysical Therapy ModalitiesTelerehabilitationResilience, Psychological
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eConsultation for Deprescribing Among Older Adults: Clinician Perspectives on Implementation Barriers and Facilitators.
Journal of general internal medicine 2024 Growdon ME, Hunt LJ, Miller MJ, Halim M, Karliner LS, Gonzales R, Sudore RL, Steinman MA, Harrison KL -
Demystifying the Digital Divide: Disparities in Telerehabilitation Readiness Among Older Adults in the United States.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2024 Falvey JR, Sun N, Miller MJ, Pravdo A, Mullins CD -
Patient characteristics and telehealth are associated with attendance rates in an outpatient rehabilitation infant bridge program.
PloS one 2024 Nguyen TT, Pak SS, Miller MJ -
Faculty Perceptions on Use of the Clinical Reasoning Assessment Tool to Support Learning in Physical Therapist Students: A Qualitative Study
Journal of Physical Therapy Education 2024 McDevitt A, Rapport MJ, Rodriguez J, Miller MJ -
Telehealth Walking Self-Management for Individuals With Amputation: A Qualitative Study of Therapist Perspectives on Adoption.
Physical therapy 2024 Swink LA, Mealer ML, Miller MJ, Anderson CB, Cook PF, Stevens-Lapsley JE, Christiansen CL
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Comparison of health and retirement study participants with and without linkage to Medicare claims.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2024 Cenzer I, Boscardin J, Kotwal AA, Miller MJ -
The Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment Among Medicare Beneficiaries Who Use Outpatient Physical Therapy.
Physical therapy 2024 Miller MJ, Cenzer I, Barnes DE, Kelley AS, Covinsky KE -
Prevalence of cognitive impairment in home health physical therapy.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2023 Miller MJ, Cenzer I, Barnes DE, Ankuda CK, Covinsky KE -
Applying i-PARIHS to Identify Emerging Innovations in Hospital Discharge Decision Making in Response to System Stress: A Qualitative Study.
Research square 2023 Gustavson AM, Miller MJ, Boening N, Wisdom JP, Burke RE, Hagedorn HJ -
The association of gait speed and self-reported difficulty walking with social isolation: A nationally-representative study.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2023 Kuang K, Huisingh-Scheetz M, Miller MJ, Waite L, Kotwal AA -
Equitable implementation of innovations to promote successful aging in place.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022 Gustavson AM, Vincenzo J, Miller MJ, Falvey JR, Lee JL, Fashaw-Walters S, Juckett L -
Physical Therapist Telehealth Delivery at 1 Year Into COVID-19.
Physical therapy 2022 Miller MJ, Pak SS, Keller DR, Gustavson AM, Barnes DE -
Understanding decision-making in prosthetic rehabilitation by prosthetists and people with lower limb amputation: a qualitative study.
Disability and rehabilitation 2022 Anderson CB, Kittelson AJ, Wurdeman SR, Miller MJ, Stoneback JW, Christiansen CL, Magnusson DM -
Postamputation Cognitive Impairment Is Related to Worse Perceived Physical Function Among Middle-Aged and Older Prosthesis Users.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2022 Miller MJ, Hoffman RM, Swink LA, Barnes DE, Christiansen CL -
Physical inactivity in older adults with cognitive impairment without dementia: room for improvement.
Aging clinical and experimental research 2021 Miller MJ, Cenzer I, Barnes DE, Covinsky KE -
Use of the PROMIS-10 global health in patients with chronic low back pain in outpatient physical therapy: a retrospective cohort study.
Journal of patient-reported outcomes 2021 Pak SS, Miller MJ, Cheuy VA -
Development of a physical mobility prediction model to guide prosthetic rehabilitation.
Prosthetics and orthotics international 2021 Anderson CB, Wurdeman SR, Miller MJ, Christiansen CL, Kittelson AJ -
Psychometric Assessment of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale for People With Lower-Limb Amputation.
Physical therapy 2021 Miller MJ, Mealer ML, Cook PF, Kittelson AJ, Christiansen CL -
Mixed-Methods Approach to Understanding Determinants of Practice Change in Skilled Nursing Facility Rehabilitation: Adapting to and Sustaining Value With Postacute Reform.
Journal of geriatric physical therapy (2001) 2021 Gustavson AM, LeDoux CV, Stutzbach JA, Miller MJ, Seidler KJ, Stevens-Lapsley JE -
Patterns of Sitting, Standing, and Stepping After Lower Limb Amputation.
Physical therapy 2021 Miller MJ, Blankenship JM, Kline PW, Melanson EL, Christiansen CL -
Evaluation of Pragmatic Telehealth Physical Therapy Implementation During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Physical therapy 2021 Miller MJ, Pak SS, Keller DR, Barnes DE -
Psychosocial Factors Influence Physical Activity after Dysvascular Amputation: A Convergent Mixed-Methods Study.
PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation 2020 Miller MJ, Morris MA, Magnusson DM, Putnam K, Cook PF, Schenkman ML, Christiansen CL -
Self-Efficacy and Social Support are Associated with Disability for Ambulatory Prosthesis Users After Lower-Limb Amputation.
PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation 2020 Miller MJ, Cook PF, Magnusson DM, Morris MA, Blatchford PJ, Schenkman ML, Christiansen CL -
Step length symmetry adaptation to split-belt treadmill walking after acquired non-traumatic transtibial amputation.
Gait & posture 2020 Kline PW, Murray AM, Miller MJ, So N, Fields T, Christiansen CL -
Biobehavioral Intervention Targeting Physical Activity Behavior Change for Older Veterans after Nontraumatic Amputation: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation 2020 Christiansen CL, Miller MJ, Kline PW, Fields TT, Sullivan WJ, Blatchford PJ, Stevens-Lapsley JE -
Falls After Dysvascular Transtibial Amputation: A Secondary Analysis of Falling Characteristics and Reduced Physical Performance.
PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation 2020 Anderson CB, Miller MJ, Murray AM, Fields TT, So NF, Christiansen CL -
Qualitative analysis of resilience characteristics of people with unilateral transtibial amputation.
Disability and health journal 2020 Miller MJ, Mealer ML, Cook PF, So N, Morris MA, Christiansen CL -
Error-augmentation gait training to improve gait symmetry in patients with non-traumatic lower limb amputation: A proof-of-concept study.
Prosthetics and orthotics international 2019 Kline PW, Murray AM, Miller MJ, Fields T, Christiansen CL -
Physical Function and Pre-Amputation Characteristics Explain Daily Step Count after Dysvascular Amputation.
PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation 2019 Miller MJ, Cook PF, Kline PW, Anderson CB, Stevens-Lapsley JE, Christiansen CL -
Improving Physical Activity Through Adjunct Telerehabilitation Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol.
Physical therapy 2019 Kline PW, Melanson EL, Sullivan WJ, Blatchford PJ, Miller MJ, Stevens-Lapsley JE, Christiansen CL -
Factors influencing participation in physical activity after dysvascular amputation: a qualitative meta-synthesis.
Disability and rehabilitation 2018 Miller MJ, Jones J, Anderson CB, Christiansen CL -
Behavior-Change Intervention Targeting Physical Function, Walking, and Disability After Dysvascular Amputation: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2018 Christiansen CL, Miller MJ, Murray AM, Stephenson RO, Stevens-Lapsley JE, Hiatt WR, Schenkman ML -
Relationships Among Perceived Functional Capacity, Self-Efficacy, and Disability After Dysvascular Amputation.
PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation 2018 Miller MJ, Magnusson DM, Lev G, Fields TT, Cook PF, Stevens-Lapsley JE, Christiansen CL -
A Feasibility Study for Improved Physical Activity After Total Knee Arthroplasty.
Journal of aging and physical activity 2017 Paxton RJ, Forster JE, Miller MJ, Gerron KL, Stevens-Lapsley JE, Christiansen CL -
Physical activity behavior change for older veterans after dysvascular amputation.
Contemporary clinical trials 2017 Miller MJ, Stevens-Lapsley J, Fields TT, Coons D, Bray-Hall S, Sullivan W, Christiansen CL