D. JAMES BALLARD, PT, DPT, GCS, WCS portrait
  • Clinical Director, University Balance and Mobility Clinic, Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
  • Assistant Professor (Clinical), Physical Therapy & Athletic Training

Research Keywords

  • Vestibular rehabilitation
  • Pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation
  • Parkinsonism and rehabilitation
  • Geriatric rehabilitation
  • Balance and mobility assessment in older adults

Presentations

  • Utah Home Health Conference. Title of presentation: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/20/2019.
  • Continuing Education Course. Concussion: Effective Management for the Physical Therapist. Topic: Post Traumatic Headache. Invited Talk/Keynote, . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/02/2018.
  • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Topic: Let's Not Go For a Spin: Common Causes and Treatments for Vertigo. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/09/2017.
  • Health Sciences Development Grand Rounds. Topic: Physical Therapy Evaluation and Treatment of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/25/2017.
  • Hokai Medical Conference on Health Care in China. Topic: Physical Therapy Intervention for Parkinson's Disease. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/22/2017.
  • Hokai Medical Conference on Health Care in China. Topic: Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation in the United States. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/22/2017.
  • Continuing Education Course. Post Concussion Syndrome: An Advanced Vestibular Approach. Topic: Post Traumatic Headache, Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness and Anxiety and Depression. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/12/2016.
  • Neurology Grand Rounds. Topic: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/21/2016.
  • The Davis Phinney Foundation for Parkinson's Victory Summit. Topic: Taming an Unruly Bladder. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/26/2016.
  • 28th Annual Update in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Topic: Pelvic Floor Training for Urgency Urinary Incontinence. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/01/2014.
  • Utah Aging Alliance Annual Meeting and Conference. Title: Life in Balance: Identifying Fall Risk and Reducing Falls in Older Adults. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/11/2013.
  • University Health Sciences Center. Geriatric Grand Rounds: Topic: "Life in Balance: Physical Therapy for Reducing Falls in Older Adults". Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/29/2012.
  • Health Sciences Council Meeting. Topic: "Life in Balance: Exercising to Maintain Independence". Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/09/2012.
  • Salt Lake Community College, Physical Therapist Assistant Program. Topic: "Physical Therapy and Pelvic Floor Muscle Rehabilitation". Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/02/2012.
  • Kearns High School, Health Occupation Students of America. Topic: "What is Physical Therapy". Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/09/2011.
  • 10th Annual Rocky Mountain Geriatrics Conference. Topic: "Using Gait and Balance Assessment Tools to Predict Fall Risk". Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/15/2011.
  • Health Education and Active Living in Surviving Seniors (HEALS) Study Group. Topic: "Falls in Older Adults". Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/13/2010.
  • Utah Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Annual Convention. Topic: "Fall Prevention in Older Adults". Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/13/2009.

Languages

  • English, fluent.

Publications

  • Behrang Saminejad & Paul House, D. James Ballard, Lauren Schrock (2016). Runner’s Dystonia Successfully Treated with Unilateral Globus Pallidus Interna (GPi) Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS). Vol. 86. Neurology. Published, 04/16/2016.
  • Amplification of Fall Risk in Parkinson’s Disease: The Influence of Comorbities. GeriNotes the Journal of the American Physical Therapy Association Section on Geriatrics. July 2010. Volume 17, Number 4. Published, 07/2010.
  • Diagnosis of Fall Risk in Parkinson Disease: An Analysis of Individual and Collective Clinical Balance Test Interpretation. Physical Therapy. March 2008. Volume 88, Number 3. Published, 03/2008.
  • Ballard DJ (1997). Treatment of erectile dysfunction: can pelvic muscle exercises improve sexual function?. Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society. Vol. 24, 255-64. Published, 11/01/1997.
  • Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction: Can Pelvic Muscle Exercises Improve Sexual Function? Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing. September 1997. Published, 09/1997.