Faculty & Staff

* (SPTRS Physical Therapy Faculty Profile)

Rebecca Edgeworth Ditwiler, PhD, PT, DPT, OCS, PT, DPT, OCS

Assoc Professor, School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences

Contact Info

13330 USF Laurel Drive
Tampa FL 33612
Academic Email: redgewo1@usf.edu
Academic Phone: (813) 974-8613

Education

OCS, Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in O, ABPTS, 2014
DPT, Physical Therapy, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, 2011
BS, Movement Science, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, 2008
PhD, Education, Saint Thomas University, 2024

Memberships

Board of Directors (Florida Physical Therapy Association, 2015 - Present)
Member (Florida Physical Therapy Association (FPTA), 2011 - Present)
Member (American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), 2008 - Present)
Assembly Representative/Nominating Committee Chair - West Central District (Florida Physical Therapy Association (FPTA), 2011 - 2015)

Recent Publications

Holtzman G, Harris-Hayes M, Hoffman SL, Zou D, Edgeworth R, Van Dillen LR. Clinical examination procedures to determine the effect of axial decompression on low back pain symptoms in people with chronic low back pain J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2(42) : 105-113, 2012.