3.9.

2013

ALON RABIN, PhD, DPT

Personal Details
Name: Alon Rabin
Date and place of birth: 29/10/1972, Israel
Regular military service 1/90 – 8/94
Address and telephone number at work: Ariel University,
Department of Physiotherapy, Kiryat Hamada, P. O. Box 3, Ariel, Israel
Mobile No. 054-7766395

Education
 PhD – 2009 - 2013 – University of Haifa.
Topic of dissertation: A Clinical Prediction Rule for Identifying Patients Most
Likely to Benefit from Lumbar Stabilization Exercises – A Validation Study.
Advisors: Ruthy Disckstein, DSc, Gali Dar, PhD
 DPT (Doctor of Physical Therapy) – 2002-2004 – University of Pittsburgh –
Physical Therapy
Advisor: Anthony Delitto, PT, PhD, FAPTA
 M.Sc. – 2002-2004 – University of Pittsburgh – Physical Therapy
 B.Sc. – 1994-1998 – Tel Aviv University – Physiotherapy (Suma cum laude)

Employment History
 Ariel University 2006-Present
Member of the Senior Faculty

 Reut Medical Center 2006-2007

Director of Outpatient Physiotherapy Service

 Accelerated Rehabilitation, Farmington Hills MI, USA 2005-2006

Facility Manager

 Center for Rehab Services, Pittsburgh PA, USA 2002-2004

Physical Therapy Resident
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 William Beaumont Hospital 1999-2002

Staff Physical Therapist

 Ariel University Physical Therapy Clinic 2009-Present

Physical Therapist

Educational activities:
 Courses taught at Ariel University
o Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy
o Orthopaedics
o Acute Orthopaedic Physiotherapy
o Anatomy
o Accessory Joint Motion
o Clinical Decision Making
o Research Methods
o Therapeutic Exercises
o Research Seminar

Scientific Publications:
 Rabin A, Shashua A, Pizem K, Dickstein R, Dar G. A Clinical Prediction Rule to
Identify Patients with Low Back Pain Who Are Likely to Experience Short-Term
Success Following Lumbar Stabilization Exercises – A Validation Study (Accepted
pending minor revisions, JOSPT)

 Rabin A, Kozol Z, Spitzer E, Finestone A. Ankle Dorsiflexion Range of Motion

– Can Side-to-Side Symmtery be Assumed? (Revision submitted, J Athl Train)

 Rabin A, Israeli T. Multi-Modal Management of Patients With Signs and

Symptoms of De-Quervain’s Tenosynovitis – A Retrospective Case Series
(under review, JHT)

 Rabin A, Kozol Z, Spitzer E, Finestone A. Ankle Dorsiflexion Among Subjects

With Differing Quality of Lower Extremity Movement. (Accepted, J Athl
Train).

 Rabin A, Shashua A, Pizem K, Dar G. The Interrater Reliability of Physical

Examination Tests That May Predict the Outcome or Suggest the Need for
Lumbar Stabilization Exercises. J Orthop Sport Phys Ther 2013;43:83-90.
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 Rabin A, Kozol Z. Weight Bearing and Non Weight Bearing Ankle

Dorsiflexion Range of Motion: Are We Measuring the Same Thing? J Am
Podiatr Med Assoc 2012;102(5):406-411.

 Rabin A. Treatment Strategy in Physical Therapy – Examples From the

Management of Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome. J of Israel Physical Therapy
Society 2011;13(3):18-24 (Hebrew).

 Rabin A, Kozol Z. Measures of Range of Motion and Strength Among Healthy

Women With Differing Quality of Lower Extremity Movement During the
Lateral Step Down Test. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2010; 40 (12): 792-800

 Rabin A. The Use of Diagnostic Indices in Clinical Decision Making in

Physical Therapy. J of Israel Physical Therapy Society 2008;10 (3):1-6
(Hebrew).

 Rabin A. Physical Therapy Management of Acute Low Back Pain – Who

Needs What? Israeli J Pain Palliative Care. 2008;17:7-13 (Hebrew).

 Rabin A, Gerszten PC, Karausky P. et. al. The Sensitivity of the Seated
Straight-Leg Raise Test Compared with the Supine Straight-Leg Raise Test in
Patients Presenting With Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Lumbar Nerve Root
Compression. Arch Phys. Med Rehabil. 2007; 88 (7):840-3.

 Rabin A, Irrgang JJ, Fitzgerald GK et. al. The Intertester Reliability of the
Modified Scapular Assistance Test. J. Ortho. Sport. Phys. Ther. 2006; 36
(9):653-660.

 Rabin A. Is There Evidence to Support the Use of Eccentric Strengthening

Exercises to Decrease Pain and Increase Function in Patients with Patellar
Tendinopathy? Phys. Ther. 2006; 86(3):450-6.

Lectures and presentations:

 Rehabilitation Following Shoulder Stabilization Surgery. Annual Meeting of
the Israeli Society of Sports Medicine, Ramt-Gan Israel, 2012.
 Weight Bearing and Non Weight Bearing Ankle Dorsiflexion: Are We
Measuring the Same Thing? APTA, Combined Sections Meeting, Chicago, IL
2012.
 Measures of Range of Motion and Strength Among Healthy Females With
Differing Quality of Lower Extremity Movement pattern. Wingate Conference,
2012.
 2011, Physical Therapy for Shoulder Disorders, 31st Annual Meeting of the
Israel Orthopaedic Association, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
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 2011, Treatment-based Classification for Acute Low Back Pain, Haifa

University, Haifa, Israel
 2009, The Use of Diagnostic Indices in Physical Therapy Practice, Meeting of
the Israeli, Physiotherapy Society, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
 2008, Treatment-based Classification for Acute Low Back Pain, The 28th
Annual Meeting of the Israel Orthopedic Association, Jerusalem, Israel.
 2008, Treatment-based Classification for Acute Low Back Pain, Multi-
Discipline Approach in the Management of Low Back Pain, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

Present Academic Activities:

 Directing a clinical study in collaboration with the "Israeli Defense Forces –
Physical Therapy Service" into the quality of movement and factors associated
with it among patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome. Data collection is
underway.
 Directing a multi-site clinical research project in collaboration with “Clalit
Health Services” examining the validity of a diagnostic test to identify scapular
motion impairment in patients with shoulder pain.