Valerie Carter's guest appearances

Valerie Carter

Life in Vermont

Women With Vision

I Love Neuro

OwlTail

Valerie Carter is a daughter, sister, mother, wife, and business owner. A powerhouse CEO, she has an extensive background with over 30 years of healthcare administration, which she now uses to run her highly successful medical consultant firm called VK Consultant Group LLC. As a known giver, Valerie is dedicated to empowering the lives of those around her, which she channels into her disability-advocacy non-profit, L &amp; V Enterprise Resources Inc.

Valerie Carter is a daughter, sister, mother, wife, and business owner. A powerhouse CEO, she has an extensive background with over 30 years of healthcare administration, which she now uses to run her highly successful medical consultant firm called VK Consultant Group LLC. As a known giver, Valerie is dedicated to empowering the lives of those around her, which she channels into her disability-advocacy non-profit, L &amp; V Enterprise Resources Inc.

11.9 Don't Be Afraid and Do It All with Valerie Carter

Today we talk to one of our mentors, Valerie Carter, about her experience as a neuro PT who had the unique opportunity to study the effects of exercise on people with Parkinson’s by helping her mom live very well for 30 years with PD. Valerie became really interested in utilizing the most sensitive outcome measures which led her down the road of studying backwards walking. Valerie shares why you should use the 3 Meter Backward Walking Test (3MBWT), exactly how to implement it, what the cutoff scores for falls are for the elderly and for people with PD, and more! Article in 2020 w/ Becky Farley: Diagnostic Accuracy of the 3-Meter Backward Walk Test in Persons with Parkinson Disease  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343173711_Diagnostic_Accuracy_of_the_3-Meter_Backward_Walk_Test_in_Persons_With_Parkinson_Disease

Today we talk to one of our mentors, Valerie Carter, about her experience as a neuro PT who had the unique opportunity to study the effects of exercise on people with Parkinson’s by helping her mom live very well for 30 years with PD. Valerie became really interested in utilizing the most sensitive outcome measures which led her down the road of studying backwards walking. Valerie shares why you should use the 3 Meter Backward Walking Test (3MBWT), exactly how to implement it, what the cutoff scores for falls are for the elderly and for people with PD, and more! Article in 2020 w/ Becky Farley: Diagnostic Accuracy of the 3-Meter Backward Walk Test in Persons with Parkinson Disease <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343173711_Diagnostic_Accuracy_of_the_3-Meter_Backward_Walk_Test_in_Persons_With_Parkinson_Disease" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343173711_Diagnostic_Accuracy_of_the_3-Meter_Backward_Walk_Test_in_Persons_With_Parkinson_Disease</a>