Contact
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine - Physical Therapy
- ezeugwu@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Movement Behaviours Biomarkers Accelerometry Theories of Behaviour Change
About
Victor is a Physical Therapist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at University of Alberta.
Credentials
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Cohort Study, University of Alberta
PhD - Rehabilitation Science, University of Alberta
MSc - Physical Therapy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
BMR - Physical Therapy, University of Nigeria
Research
Dr. Ezeugwu is a research affiliate with the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital and a member of the Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute (NMHI), the Institute for SMart Augmentative and Restorative Technologies and Health Innovations (iSMART), the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (WCHRI), and the Sedentary Behaviour Research Network (SBRN). Dr. Ezeugwu’s research primarily focuses on precision rehabilitation, utilizing wearable technologies, behaviour change techniques, and ecological approaches to study movement behaviours (physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep) across the lifespan - from children to older adults. His work also involves personalizing rehabilitation interventions for individuals living with stroke, Parkinson's disease, frailty, and Long COVID.
Announcements
Not currently accepting new graduate students.
Featured Publications
Ezeugwu VE, Manns PJ
2024 February; Epub ahead of print. 10.1080/09638288.2024.2317995
Okusanya D, Ezeugwa J, Khan A, Buck B, Jickling G, Ezeugwu V.
PLOS ONE. 2023 December; 10.1371/journal.pone.0290515
Ezeugwu VE, Adamko D, van Eeden C, Dubeau A, Turvey SE, Moraes TJ, Simons E, Subbarao P, Wishart DS, Mandhane PJ
2022 September; 100 10.1016/j.sleep.2022.09.015
Ezeugwu, V.E., Mandhane, P.J., Hammam, N., Brook, J.R., Tamana, S.K., Hunter, S., Chikuma, J., Lefebvre, D.L., Azad, M.B., Moraes, T.J., Subbarao, P., Becker, A.B., Turvey, S.E., Rosu, A., Sears, M.R., Carson, V.
Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 2021 April; 18 (5):571-579 10.1123/jpah.2020-0827
Ezeugwu, V.E., Manns, P.J.
Translational Behavioral Medicine. 2020 February; 10 (1):87-95 10.1093/tbm/iby128
Tamana, S.K., Ezeugwu, V.E, Chikuma, J., Lefebvre, D.L., Azad, M.B., Moraes, T.J., Subbarao, P., Becker, A.B., Turvey, S.E., Sears, M.R., Dick, B.D., Carson, V., Rasmussen, C., CHILD study investigators, Pei, J., Mandhane, P.J.
PLoS ONE. 2019 April; 14 (4):e0213995 10.1371/journal.pone.0213995
Ezeugwu, V.E., Manns, P.J.
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2018 December; 99 (12):2540-2547 10.1016/j.apmr.2018.06.014
Ezeugwu VE, Garga N, Manns PJ
Disabil Rehabil. 2017 December; 39 (25):2551-2558 10.1080/09638288.2016.1239764
Ezeugwu VE, Manns PJ
2017 September; 26 (9):2004-2012 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2017.06.009
Manns, P.J., Ezeugwu, V.E., Armijo-Olivo, S., Vallance, J., & Healy, G.N.
Journal of American Geriatrics Society. 2015 July; 63 (7):1314-1323 10.1111/jgs.13490
Ezeugwu V, Klaren RE, Hubbard E, Manns PJ, Motl RW
Prev Med Rep. 2015 April; 2 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.03.007
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