Anastasia Kyvelidou, PhD, MS

Department

Physical Therapy

Position

Associate Professor

Articles

• Gait & Posture
  Bagwell, J.J., Reynolds, N., Katsavelis, D., Lam, K., Walaszek, M., Runez, H., Kyvelidou, A. Center of pressure characteristics differ during single leg stance throughout pregnancy and compared to nulligravida individuals
  97, p. 43-47 2022
• Autism & Developmental Language Impairments
  DeVeney, S., Kyvelidou, A., Mather, P., A home-based longitudinal study of vocalization behaviors across infants at low and elevated risk of autism.
  6, p. 1-18 2021
• Clinical Biomechanics
  Kyvelidou, A., Koss, K., Wickstrom, J., Needelman, H., Fisher, W.W., DeVeney, S. , Kyvelidou, A., Koss, K., Wickstrom, J., Needelman, H., Fisher, W.W., DeVeney, S. Postural control may drive the development of other domains in infancy.
  81, p. 105273 2021
• Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics
  Rachael Mirich, Anastasia Kyvelidou, Bobbi S Greiner ,
  41, p. 620-636 2021
• Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice
  Pope, K., Doll, J., Kyvelidou, A, Stessman, H., Nelson, K., Jordan, L. , Pope, K., Doll, J., Kyvelidou, A, Stessman, H., Nelson, K., Jordan, L. Clinician, caregiver and patient perspectives of the continuum of care for autism: A focus group study.
  19, p. 100335 2020
• DeVeney, S. and Kyvelidou, A. Early diagnostic signs of autism: Preliminary findings for infant vocalizations. Chapter in: “On Under-reported Monolingual Child Phonology”. 2020
• Somatosensory and motor research
  Kyvelidou A., Stergiou N. Visual and somatosensory contributions to infant sitting postural control, p. 1-17 2018
• J Geriatr Phys Ther
  Bressel E, Louder TJ, Raikes AC, Alphonsa S, Kyvelidou A. Water Immersion Affects Episodic Memory and Postural Control in Healthy Older Adults. 2018
• Nutrition and Health
  Dinkel D, Hanson C, Koehler K, Berry AA, Kyvelidou A, Bice M, Wallen J, Bagenda D, Jana L, Pressler J. An overview of assessment methodology for obesity-related variables in infants at risk.
  24(1), p. 47-59 2018
• Somatosensory and motor research
  Kokkoni, E., Haworth, J.L., Harbourne, R., Stergiou, N., Kyvelidou, A. Infant sitting postural control appears robust across changes in surface context
  34, 4, p. 265-272 2017
• Technologies
  Smith BA, , Vanderbilt D, Applequist B, Kyvelidou A. Sample entropy identifies differences in spontaneous leg movement behavior between infants with typical development and infants at risk for developmental delay
  5, p. 55 2017
• Gait & Posture
  Wickstrom J, Stergiou N, Kyvelidou A. Reliability of center of pressure measures for assessing the development of sitting postural control through the stages of sitting
  56, p. 8-13 2017
• BMC Public Health
  Dinkel D, Snyder K, Kyvelidou A, Molfese V. He's just content to sit: a qualitative study of mothers' perceptions of infant obesity and physical activity
  17(1), p. 585 2017
• Neuroscience Letters
  Sotirakis H, Kyvelidou A, Stergiou N, Hatzitaki V. Posture and gaze tracking of a vertically moving target reveals age-related constraints in visuo-motor coupling
  654, p. 12-16 2017
• Gait & Posture
  Dinkel D, Snyder K, Molfese V, Kyvelidou A. Postural control strategies differ in normal weight and overweight infants.
  55, p. 167-171 2017
• Developmental Neurorehabilitation
  Kyvelidou A, Harbourne RT, Haworth J, Schmid KK, Stergiou N. Children with moderate to severe cerebral palsy may not benefit from stochastic vibration when developing independent sitting
  9, p. 1-9 2017
• Frontiers in Psychology
  Ryalls, B., Vance, L.K., Harbourne, R.T., Wickstrom, J., Stergiou, N. Kyvelidou, A. A perceptual motor intervention improves play behavior in children with moderate to severe cerebral palsy.
  7, p. 643 2016
• Experimental Brain Research
  Sotirakis, A., Kyvelidou, A., Mademli, L., Stergiou, N., Hatzitaki, V. Aging affects postural tracking of complex visual motion cues. 
  234(9), p. 2529-40 2016
• Journal of Motor Learning and Development
  Haworth, J.L., Kyvelidou, A., Fisher, W., Stergiou N. Indifference in looking at chaotic motion may relate to social disinterest in children with autism
  4(2), p. 219-235 2016
• Journal of Ergonomics
  Spyropoulos, E., Kyvelidou, A.,  Stergiou, N., Athanassiou, G. Quantifying Muscle Fatigue of the Low Back during Repetitive Load Lifting Using Lyapunov Analysis.
  6, p. 180 2016
• PLoS One
  Hatzitaki, V., Stergiou, N., Sofianidis, G., Kyvelidou, A. Postural sway and gaze can track the complex motion of a visual target.
  10(3), p. e0119828 2015
• CRC Press
  Kyvelidou, A., Decker, L. Chapter 9 - Case Studies in: Nonlinear Analysis of Human Movement, Ed: Nicholas Stergiou 2015
• Frontiers in Psychology
  Haworth, J.L., Kyvelidou, A., Fisher, W., Stergiou N. Children’s looking preference for biological motion may be related to an affinity for mathematical chaos. 
  6, p. 281 2015
• Annals of Biomedical Engineering
  Rand, T., Myers, S., Kyvelidou, A., Mukherjee, M. Temporal Structure of Support Surface Translations Drive the Temporal Structure of Postural Control During Standing. 
  43(11), p. 2699-707. 2015
• Pediatric Physical Therapy
  Kyvelidou, A., Harbourne, R.T., Willet, S.L., Stergiou, N. Sitting postural control in infants with typical development, motor delay, or cerebral palsy.
  25(1), p. 46-51 2013
• Kinesiology Review
  Stergiou, N., Yu, Y., Kyvelidou, A. A perspective on human movement variability with applications in infancy motor development.
  2, p. 93-102 2013
• BMC Neurology
  Plummer-D’Amato, P., Kyvelidou, A., Sternad, D., Najafi, B., Villalobos, R.M., Zurakowski, D. Training dual-task walking in community-dwelling adults within 1 year of stroke: a protocol for a single-blind randomized controlled trial.
  12, p. 129 2012
• Gait & Posture
  Cignetti F., Kyvelidou, A., Harbourne R.T., Stergiou, N. Anterior-posterior and medial-lateral control of sway in infants during sitting acquisition does not become adult-like.
  33(1), p. 88-92 2011
• Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  Kyvelidou, A., Stuberg, W.A., Harbourne, R.T., Stergiou, N. Reliability of center of pressure measures for assessing the development of sitting postural control in infants with or at risk of cerebral palsy.
  91(10), p. 1593-601 2010
• Physical Therapy
  Harbourne R.T., Willett S., Kyvelidou, A., Deffeyes J., Nicholas Stergiou. A comparison of interventions for children with cerebral palsy to improve sitting postural control: A clinical trial.
  90(12), p. 1881-1898 2010
• Pediatric Physical Therapy
  Kyvelidou, A., Harbourne, R.T., Stergiou, N. Severity and characteristics of infant developmental delay can be assessed using variability measures of sitting posture.
  22(3), p. 259-266 2010
• Physical Therapy
  Dusing, S.C., Stergiou, N., Kyvelidou, A., Mercer V.C. Infants born preterm exhibit different patterns of center-of-pressure movement than infants born at full term.
  89(12), p. 1354-62 2009
• Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation
  Deffeyes, J.E., Harbourne, R.T., DeJong, S.L., Kyvelidou, A., Stuberg, W.A., Stergiou, N. Use of information entropy measures of sitting postural sway to identify developmental delay in infants.
  6(1), p. 34 2009
• Clinical Biomechanics
  Deffeyes, J.E., Harbourne, R.T., DeJong, S.L., Kyvelidou, A., Stuberg, W.A., Stergiou, N. Nonlinear analysis of sitting postural sway indicates developmental delay in infants.
  24(7), p. 564-70 2009
• Nonlinear dynamics, psychology, and life sciences
  Deffeyes, J.E., Kochi, N., Harbourne, R.T., Kyvelidou, A., Stuberg, W.A., Stergiou, N. Nonlinear detrended fluctuation analysis of sitting center-of-pressure data as an early measure of motor development pathology in infants.
  13(4), p. 351-68 2009
• Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  Kyvelidou, A., Stuberg, W.A., Harbourne, R.T., Deffeyes, J.E. Sun J., Stergiou, N.A. Reliability of center of pressure measures of sitting posture in typically developing infants.
  90(7), p. 1176-84 2009
• Pediatric Research
  Kyvelidou, A., Stuberg, W.A., Harbourne, R.T., Deffeyes, J.E., Blanke, D., Stergiou, N. Development of upper body coordination during sitting in typically developing infants.
  65(5), p. 553-8 2009
• Nonlinear dynamics, psychology, and life sciences
  Harbourne, R.T., Deffeyes, J.E., Kyvelidou, A., Stergiou, N. Complexity of postural control in infants: linear and nonlinear features developed by principal component analysis.
  13, p. 123-144 2009
• Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation
  Kyvelidou, A., Kurz M.A., Ehlers J.L., Stergiou N. Age and partial body weight support affect kinematic variability during treadmill walking
  19, p. 5-22 2008

Presentations

• Mather, P., DeVeney, S., & Kyvelidou, A. Infant vocalizations and early signs of autism risk. Presentation accepted at the 2020 American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Conference, San Diego, CA. (Convention canceled) 2020
• Mather, P., DeVeney, S., & Kyvelidou, A. Infant vocalizations and early signs of autism risk. Poster presentation at the 2020 Nebraska-Speech-Language-Hearing-Association Annual Conference, online format. 2020
• Kyvelidou A. Early characteristics of infants at high-risk for autism. Poster presentation at the 2018 International Conference of Infant Studies, Philadelphia, PA. 2020
• Kyvelidou, A., Mather, P., Kneifl, S., Katsavelis, D., DeVeney, S. Qualitative and quantitative assessment of gross motor development in infants at high risk for ASD. Virtual presentation at the 2020 North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Vancouver, Canada. 2020
• Kyvelidou, A., Mather, P., Kneifl, S., DeVeney, S. Motor, perceptual and language differences in infants at high- and low- risk for ASD. Virtual presentation at the 2020 North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Vancouver, Canada. 2020
• Dempsey, M., Christensen, K., Angell, C., Neal, A., Kneifl, S., Mather, P., DeVeney, S., Katsavelis, D., Kyvelidou, A. Postural control in infants at risk for autism spectrum disorders. 2020 St. Albert's day Student Research Forum, Omaha, NE. https://www.creighton.edu/research/st-alberts-day (conference canceled) 2020
• Travis, E., Merriman, C., Adamiec, M. Frerichs, C., Menk, C., Hofstra, T., Peck, K., Godden, E., Smith, K., Katsavelis, D., Kyvelidou, A. A new method to assess effectiveness of hippotherapy in children with autism spectrum disorder. 2020 St. Albert's day Student Research Forum, Omaha, NE. https://www.creighton.edu/research/st-alberts-day (conference canceled) 2020
• Vierow, E., Dionisio, P., Garcia, N., Humprey, H., Meyer, M., Torbet, P., Katsavelis, D., Kyvelidou, A. Sensory integration and postural control in childhood. 2020 St. Albert's day Student Research Forum, Omaha, NE. https://www.creighton.edu/research/st-alberts-day (conference canceled) 2020
• Bagwell, J., Reynolds, N., Lam, K., Runez, H., Walaszek, M., Katsavelis, D. Kyvelidou, A. Center of pressure characteristics differ between pregnant and nulliparous females. Oral presentation at the 2020 American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting, Denver, CO. 2020
• Koss, K., Wright, E., Figueroa, R., Katsavelis, D., DeVeney, S., Kyvelidou, A. Postural control drives the development of other domains in infancy. Poster presentation at the 2020 American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting, Denver, CO. 2020
• Borcyk, A., Schmidt, S., Lopez, H., Kyvelidou, A., DeVeney, S. Comparison of eye gaze behaviors across samples of 8- and 9-month old infants at risk for autism. Poster presentation at the 2019 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Orlando, FL. 2019
• Invited presentation at the University of South Dakota Interprofessional Learning Conference 2019
• DeVeney, S., Kyvelidou, A. Early Diagnostic Signs of Autism: Preliminary Results for Prelinguistic Vocalizations at Six- and 12-months of Age. Presentation at the 2019 International Child Phonology Conference 2019
• Kyvelidou, A., Schmidt, S., Koss, K., Fisher, W., Needelman, H., DeVeney, S. Posture, language and social behavior in infants at low- and high- risk for autism spectrum disorders: differences and relationships. Poster presentation at the 2019 North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Baltimore, MA. 2019
• Koss, K., Wright, E., Figueroa, R., Kyvelidou, A., Schmidt, S., Lopez, H., Fisher, W., Needelman, H., DeVeney, S. Posture, language and social behavior in infants at low- and high-risk for autism spectrum disorders: differences and relationships. Oral presentation at the 2019 St. Albert's day Student Research Forum, Omaha, NE. 2019
• Figueroa, R., Wright, E., Koss, K., Schmidt, S., Lopez, H., Fisher, W., Needelman, H., DeVeney, S., Kyvelidou, A. Eye gaze behavior in infants at low- and high-risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Poster presentation at the 2019 St. Albert's day Student Research Forum, Omaha, NE. 2019
• Wright, E., Figueroa, R., Koss, K., Schmidt, S., Lopez, H., Fisher, W., Needelman, H., DeVeney, S., Kyvelidou, A. Motor, perceptual and language differences in infants at high- and low-risk for autism spectrum disorders. Poster presentation at the 2019 St. Albert's day Student Research Forum, Omaha, NE. 2019
• Pope, K., Snyder, S., Penner, E., Doll, J., Nelson, K., Kyvelidou, A., Stessman, H. Clinician, caregiver and patient perspectives of the continuum of care for autism: a focus group study. Poster presentation at the 2019 St. Albert's day Student Research Forum, Omaha, NE. 2019
• Lawrence, M., Menk, C., Damewood, M., Ecklud, L., Katsavelis, D., Bagwell, J.J., Kyvelidou, A. The effect of different types of high heel shoes on joint loading and kinematics during walking. Poster presentation at the 2019 St. Albert's day Student Research Forum, Omaha, NE. 2019
• Lopez, H., DeVeney, S., Kyvelidou, A. Early Communicative Characteristics Across Samples From Two Infant Populations At-Risk for Autism. Poster presentation at the 2019 Research and Creative Activity Fair, Omaha, NE. 2019
• Pope, K., Stessman, H., Kyvelidou, A., Doll, J., Jordan, L., Nelson, K. Lessons Learned from Autism Focus Groups. PT Peds Nebraska Special Interest Group presentation. 2019
• Katsavelis, D., Bagwell, J.J., Durand, L., Clysdale, A., Kyvelidou, A. The effect of different types of high heel shoes on joint loading and kinematics during walking. Poster presentation at the 2019 American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting, Washington, DC 2019
• Lopez, H., DeVeney, S., Kyvelidou, A. Early Communicative Characteristics Across Samples From Two Infant Populations At-Risk for Autism. Poster presentation at the 2018 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA. 2018
• Kyvelidou A. Autism in infant siblings: a case study. Oral presentation at the 2018 North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Denver, CO. 2018
• DeVeney, S.L., Kyvelidou, A. Early diagnostic signs of autism: preliminary findings for infant vocalizations. Oral presentation at the 2018 International Child Phonology Conference, Chania, Greece. 2018
• Kyvelidou A. Unlocking the potential of infant motor and perceptual behavior: data collections at home. Poster presentation at the 2018 North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Denver, CO. 2018
• Snyder, K., Kyvelidou, A., Dinkel, D. Postural Control is Different in Infants Based on Maternal Physical Activity Frequency and Intensity. Poster session submitted to the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 2018 2018
• Wehrle, L., Wickstrom, J., Averhoff, A., Kyvelidou, A. Relationship between the Mullen Scales of Early Learning and posture control measures. Poster presentation at the 2018 Research and Creative Activity Fair, Omaha, NE. 2018
• Averhoff, A., Wickstrom, J., Wehrle, L., Kyvelidou, A. Analysis of postural control variability of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Oral presentation at the 2018 Research and Creative Activity Fair, Omaha, NE. 2018
• Kyvelidou, A. Autism as a global health issue: What you need to know about early diagnosis and treatment. Global Health Conference Midwest. 2018
• Kyvelidou, A. Early diagnostic features of autism: What occupational therapists need to know. Occupational Therapy Annual Homecoming Weekend Continuing Education 2017
• Dinkel, D., Snyder, K., Molfese, V., Kyvelidou, A. Postural control differs between normal weight and overweight infants. Poster presentation at the 2017 North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, San Diego, CA. 2017
• Kyvelidou, A., Motz, Z., Wickstrom, J. Postural sway is repetitive in 6 month old infants at high-risk for ASD. Poster presentation at the 2017 North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, San Diego, CA. 2017
• Motz, Z., Hatzitaki, V., Mukherjee, M., Siu, KC, Kyvelidou, A. Healthy young children can intentionally couple postural sway with stimuli of differing complexity. Poster presentation at the 2017 North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, San Diego, CA. 2017
• Applequist, B., Motz, Z., Kyvelidou, A. Recurrence quantification analysis of gait coordination in children: with and without footwear. Poster presentation at the 2017 North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, San Diego, CA. 2017
• Wickstrom, J., Averhoff, A., Wehrle, L., Kyvelidou, A. 6-8 year-old children's posture is similar while viewing social and non-social stimuli. Poster presentation at the 2017 North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, San Diego, CA. 2017

Federal

• Infant Physical Activity and Postural Control Variability in Relation to Obesity

Other

• Similarities and Differences in Infant Feeding Practices and Weight of Infants during the First 24 Months

Awards

• Scholarly Achievement Award
  Creighton School of Pharmacy and Health Professions
• Excellence in research award
  Journal of Motor Learning and Development