Tiffany Salido
Assistant Professor
- salido@etsu.edu
- Building 2, Quillen College of Medicine / Veteran Affairs
EDUCATION
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, 2015. Doctor of Physical Therapy
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 2000. Doctor of Philosophy, Medical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 1996. Biomedical Engineering
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, College of Health Sciences, Department of Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy Program, East Tennessee State University, August 2025 - Present
Assistant Professor, School of Physical Therapy, Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, January, 2021 - August, 2025
COURSES TAUGHT
PHYT 6122 Foundations of Patient Care Skills
PHYT 6225 Therapeutic Exercise
PHYT 7625 Geriatric Physical Therapy
CURRENT RESEARCH
Effects of an independent walking program with walking poles.
Student-led community exercise classes for people with Parkinson disease.
Forces through the upper extremities during progressive closed-chain exercises.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Vintimilla A, Salido T, Walser R, Meloy A, Roscher P, Cochran J, Trueblood PR. Electromyographic and Postural Gait Characteristics Following an Independent Pole Walking Program in Parkinson Disease: A Pilot Study. 10th World Congress of Biomechanics, Vancouver, Canada. July, 2026
Salido T, Cochran J, Vintimilla A, Roscher P, Meloy A, Walser R, Trueblood PR. Evaluating arm swing and postural improvements in patients with Parkinson disease following independent pole walking program: A feasibility pilot study. 7th World Parkinson Congress, Phoenix, AZ, USA. May, 2026
Salido T, Roscher P, Cochran J, Walser R, Meloy A, Trueblood PR, Vintimilla A. Independent Pole Walking Program Improves Gait Characteristics in People with Parkinson Disease: A Pilot Study. APTA 2026 Combined Sections Meeting, Anaheim, CA. February, 2026
Salido T, Roscher P, Cochran J, Walser R, Meloy A, Trueblood PR, Vintimilla A. Immediate Gait Characteristic Changes While Pole Walking in People with Parkinson Disease: A Pilot Study. APTA 2026 combined Sections Meeting, Anaheim, CA. February, 2026.
Salido T, Walser R, Alvarez R, Janssen, T, Lal S, Patel H, Lynds G, Tiller L, Simonson C, Vintimilla A. Lower Extremity and Combined Upper and Lower Extremity Exercise in People with Parkinson Disease. ANPT 2025 Annual Conference, Omaha, NE. October, 2025
Owning S, Simmons M, Vance R, Williams M, Trueblood PR, Salido T. Comparison of Volitional Step Training and Volitional Step With Resistance Training to Reactive Step Training in People With Parkinson Disease: A Feasibility Study. Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences Research Symposium, Yakima, WA. April, 2024
Trueblood PR, Salido TB, Joffs D, Nashner L, Pense B, Conner D, Kadri M, Petrelle L. Comparison of Lateral Stepping Reactions in Healthy Adults During Static Standing and Walking. APTA Combined Sections Meeting, San Diego, CA. February, 2023.