Najmeh Hoseini, PT, MSPT, PhD

Najmeh Hoseini, PT, MSPT, PhD

Associate Professor

Education

  • PhD in Kinesiology, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2015
  • MSPT, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 2006
  • BS, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 2003

Biography

Dr. Najmeh Hosseini joined West Coast University as an assistant professor in Summer of 2019. She Grew up in Iran and received her bachelor of science (2003) and master of science (2006) degree in Physical Therapy from Iran University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran. She moved to the United States in 2009 and attended Indiana University for her doctoral degree. She completed her Ph.D. in Kinesiology with a major in human performance and a minor in neuroscience in 2015 in Bloomington, Indiana and worked as a core faculty at Midwestern University from 2015-2019.

She is a member of American Physical Therapy Association and has practiced physical therapy in Iran, Indiana State, and Arizona State since 2006.

Her research is focused on sensorimotor neurophysiology and neuroplasticity. Since 2011, Dr. Hoseini has published several peer-review articles in PLOS ONE, and Neuroscience letters and has presented her research at Society for Neuroscience, APTA NEXT, NanoFlorida, Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT), and Brain Stimulation (Canada).

Publications

Hoseini, N., Hayati, M., et al., Reliability of center of pressure measures of gait initiation time in healthy older adults: Effect of obstacle negotiation and cognitive load on reaction and anticipatory postural adjustment phases. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Research, 2018. 3(5): 1-5.

Hoseini, N., et al., Combined motor point associative stimulation (MPAS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) improves plateaued manual dexterity performance. Neuroscience Letters, 2016. 633: p. 134-140.

Hoseini, N., et al., Adaptive Staircase Measurement of Hand Proprioception. PLOS One, 2015. 10(8): p. e0135757.

Presentations

Hoseini N., The application of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) combined with traditional physical therapy to address upper limb function in chronic stroke: A case study, International Conference on Physiological Psychology and Neuroscience, September 08-09, 2022 in Prague, Czechia (in review)

Hoseini N., Eikenberry M., Block H., Combining transcranial direct current stimulation and conventional physical therapy to improve upper extremity function in patients with stroke; preliminary results., 16th Annual World Congress for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT), March 15-17 2019. Los Angeles, CA, Poster presentation

Hoseini N., Eikenberry M., Block H., The application of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) combined with traditional physical therapy to address upper limb function in chronic stroke: A case study, 3rd International Brain Stimulation Conference, Feb 24-27 2019. Vancouver, Canada, Poster (presented by Dr. Hannah Block)

Hoseini N., Non-invasive brain stimulation for improving arm function in patients with stroke, 15th Annual World Congress for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT), April 13-14 2018, Los Angeles, CA, Speaker Brown T., Hoseini N., Team based learning in an inter-professional evidence-based practice course, AOTA Education Summit, Oct 2017

Hoseini N., Brain stimulation: Improving arm function in patients with stroke, NanoFlorida conference, Sep 23-24 2017, Florida International University, Miami, Keynote Speaker. https://nanoflorida.fiu.edu/keynote-speakers/

Hoseini N., Wan H., Munoz F., Block H. J., The Effect of Motor Point Associative Stimulation (MPAS) and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Manual Dexterity and Sensorimotor Neurophysiology, APTA’s NEXT Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, June 8 – 11, 2016

Hoseini N., Wan H., Munoz F. , Block H. J., The Effect of Motor Point Associative Stimulation (MPAS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on Sensorimotor Neuroplasticity and Dexterity of Hand. Society for Neuroscience, Nov 15 – 19, 2014 Washington DC, USA. Poster presentation.

Hoseini N., New approaches in treating Parkinson’s disease, Held by Mashhad Medical University and Physical Therapy Association (Khorasan branch), May 10th 2019, Mashhad, Iran, invited Speaker.