Wendy Kriekels PT, DPT, NCS

Publications and Presentations

Scholarly Agenda:

Priority areas for scholarship include knowledge translation of neurologic physical therapy practice through entry level physical therapy education.

Peer Reviewed Publications:

ANPT Movement System Diagnoses for Balance Dysfunction Knowledge Translation Task Force Handouts created by: Christina Burke, PT, DPT, NCS; Heidi Moyer, PT, DPT, GCS; Ana Sanchez Junkin, PT, DPT, NCS; Suzanne Trojanowski, PT, DPT, NCS; Wendy Kriekels, PT, DPT, NCS, Arco Paul, PT, PhD, NCS. Dissemination of several resource documents on ANPT website of guide student and clinician clinical reasoning of postural control diagnoses: https://www.neuropt.org/practice-resources/bestpractice-initiatives-and-resources/movement-system-committee/resources

Gann E, Hernandez M, Kriekels W. An Exploratory Case Study on Teaching Movement Analysis Competency: Instructional Methods and Learner Outcomes in Professional Physical Therapist Education. COMIRB No: 25-0292 (In progress)

Peer Reviewed Scientific and Professional Presentations:

Gann E, Kriekels W, Hernandez M. Mixed Methods Evaluation of Teaching Movement Science Competencies in Entry-Level Physical Therapist Education. Poster presentation 14th Annual Education and Innovation Symposium University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. April 2026.

Moyer H, Burke C, Trojanowski S, Paul A, Sanchez Junkin A, Kriekels W. Minding The Know-Do Gap: National Survey on the Movement Analysis Framework. (Poster presented at  CSM 2025)

Moyer H, Burke C, Trojanowski S, Paul A, Sanchez Junkin A, Kriekels W. Lights, Camera, Knowledge to Action! A National Survey of the ANPT Balance Diagnoses Framework. (Platform presented at CSM 2025)

Kriekels W, Nordon-Craft A. Neurophobia vs Decreased Tolerance to Ambiguity: Exploring Factors in Student Physical Therapist Perception and Struggle in Neurologic Conditions Curricula – E- Poster presented at the Rocky Mountain Annual Conference of the APTA of Colorado, Breckenridge, CO, September 2024.

Non-Peer Reviewed Presentations: 

Invited Speaker: Kriekels, W. “The Role of Your Physical Therapist in Managing Parkinson Disease,” invited speaker for the Parkinson’s Foundation event, “Fitness Counts.” Denver JCC: June 2025.