Patricia A. Hageman

Division of Physical Therapy Education
University of Nebraska Medical Center
984420 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-4420
(402) 559-1967
phageman@unmc.edu

Academic Appointments: 
Professor, Division of Physical Therapy Education, UNMC 
Program Director, Division of Physical Therapy Education, UNMC 1989-2008

Degrees/Certifications:
PhD, Medical Sciences Interdepartmental Area, UNMC, 1994
MS, Health, Physical Education and Recreation, UNO, 1985
BS, Physical Therapy, UNMC, 1979

Primary Teaching Responsibilities:
PHYT 622, Practice Management Skills for Physical Therapists I (course coordinator/instructor)
PHYT 722, Practice Management Skills for Physical Therapists II (course coordinator/instructor)
PHYT 502, Foundations of Physical Therapy Practice (module instructor)
PHYT 640, Critical Inquiry I (lecturer)
PHYT 522, Psychosocial Aspects of Health Care (lecturer)

Scholarly Activity:
Grants (Active)
Co-Investigator, Web-based Weight Loss & Weight Maintenance Intervention for Older Rural Women, NIH/NINR R01 NR010589, 2010-2015 (Pullen CH – PI). 

Co-Investigator, Modifying Lifestyle in Prehypertensive Older Rural Women, NIH/NINR, RO1 NR004861, 2006-2012, (Pullen CH- PI).

Research interests: physical activity interventions, rural health and wellness, physical performance measures and outcomes, mid-life and older women

Publications: (recent/relevant to current work)
Hageman PA, Pullen CH, Hertzog M, Boeckner LS, Walker SN. Associations of cardiorespiratory fitness and fatness with metabolic syndrome in rural women with prehypertension. J Obesity, doi:10.1155/2012/618728, 2012.

Yates BC, Pullen CH, Santo JB, Boeckner L, Hageman PA, Dizona PJ, Walker SN. The influence of cognitive-perceptual variables on patterns of change over time in rural midlife and older women's healthy eating. Soc Sci Med, 75(4):659-667, 2012.

Hageman PA, Pullen CH, Hertzog M, Boeckner LS, Walker SN. Web-based interventions for weight loss and weight maintenance among rural midlife and older women: protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 11: 521, 2011. 

Hageman PA, Pullen CH, Walker SN, Boeckner L. Blood pressure, fitness, and lipid profiles of rural women in the wellness for women project. Cardiopulmonary Phys Ther J, 21 (3): 27-32, 34, 2010.

Walker SN, Pullen CH, Hageman PA, Boeckner LS, Hertzog M, Oberdorfer MK,  Rutledge, M.J. Maintenance of activity and eating change after a clinical trial of tailored newsletters with older rural women. Nurs Res, 59 (5): 311-321, 2010.

Walker SN, Pullen CH, Boeckner L, Hageman PA, Hertzog M, Oberdorfer MK, Rutledge MJ. Clinical trial of tailored activity and eating newsletters with older rural women. Nurs Res 58(2):74-85 2009.

Pullen CH, Hageman PA, Boeckner L, Oberdofer MK, Walker SN. Feasibility of internet-delivered weight loss interventions among older rural women ages 50-69. J Geriatr Phys Ther 31:105-8 2008.

Boeckner LS, Pullen CH, Walker SN, Oberdorfer MK, & Hageman, PA. Eating behaviors and health history of rural midlife to older women in midwestern United States. J  Am Diet Assoc, 107:306-310, 2007.

Boeckner LS, Pullen CH, Walker SN, Hageman PA. Differences in eating and activity behaviors, health history and biomarkers among normal weight, overweight and obese Midwestern Hispanic women. J  Am Diet Assoc, 106(11): 1870-1874, 2006.

Walker SN, Pullen CH, Hertzog M, Boeckner L & Hageman PA. Determinants of older rural women’s activity and eating. West J Nurs Res, 28(4), 449-474, 2006.

Pullen CH, Walker SN, Hageman PA, Boeckner LS, Oberdorfer MK. Differences in eating and activity markers among normal weight, overweight, and obese rural women, Women’s Health Issues, 15(5): 209-215, 2005.

Hageman PA, Walker SN, Pullen CH, Boeckner LS, Oberdorfer MK. Physical activity and fitness among midlife and older rural women. J Aging Phys Activity, 13, 327-342, 2005.

Hageman PA, Walker SN, Pullen CH. Tailored versus standard Internet-delivered interventions to promote physical activity in older women, J Geriatr Phys Ther, 28(1): 29-34, 2005.

Buzzi UH, Stergiou N, Kurz MJ, Hageman PA, Heidel J. Nonlinear dynamics indicates aging affects variability during gait, Clinical Biomechanics,18:435-443, 2003.

Thomas VS, Hageman PA. Can neuromuscular strength and function in people with dementia be rehabilitated using resistance-exercise training? Results from a preliminary intervention study. J Gerontol: Biol Sci Med Sci, 58(8):746-751, 2003.

Byrne JE, Stergiou N, Blanke D, Houser JJ, Kurz MJ, Hageman PA. Comparison of gait patterns between young and elderly women: an examination of coordination. Percept Mot Skill 94(1):265-80 2002.

Hageman PA, Walker SN, Pullen CH, Pellerito P. Test-retest reliability of the Rockport Fitness Walking Test and other fitness measures in women ages 50-69 years. Issues on Aging, 24:7-11 2001.

Professional Service:
Member [Appointment by Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services] Health Resource and Service Administration (HRSA), External Advisory Committee for Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages  (ACICBL)

Member:
American Physical Therapy Association (Sections for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary, Education, Geriatric, Health Policy and Administration, and Private Practice).
American College of Sports Medicine
Gerontological Society of America

Community Service:
Docent, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE