Joyce M. Engel, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Professor
Occupational Therapist

Research
Her research emphasis is on pain evaluation and chronic pain management interventions. She is the principal investigator for an NIH project studying the efficacy of relaxation training in children with physical disabilities and related pain. She also focuses on the management of chronic pain in rehabilitation medicine.

Teaching
Dr. Engel teaches psychosocial content in the Occupational Therapy curriculum. She has a special interest in cognitive behavioral strategies for improving health and pain reduction and single-subject designs in clinical research.

Training
Dr. Engel earned her Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and both her Master of Arts in Human Development and Family Life, and her Ph.D. in Developmental and Child Psychology, at the University of Kansas.

Selected Publications:

Engel, J. M., & Kartin, D. (2004). Pain in youth: A primer for current practice. Critical ReviewsT in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 16(1), 53-76.

Engel, J. M., Petrina, T. J., Dudgeon, B. J., & McKearnan, K. A. (2005). Cerebral palsy and chronic pain: A descriptive study of children and adolescents. Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 25(4), 73-84.

Jensen, M. P., Engel, J. M., & Schwartz, L. (2006). Coping with cerebral palsy pain: A preliminary longitudinal study. Pain Medicine, 7(1), 30-37.

Massagli, T. L., & Engel, J. M. (2005). Special considerations for pediatric patients with disability due to trauma. In L. R. Robinson (Ed.), Trauma rehabilitation (pp. 291-311). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Engel, J. M., Kartin, D., & Jaffe, K. M. (2005). Exploring chronic pain in youths with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A model for pediatric neuromuscular disease. In G. T. Carter (Ed.), Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, 16(4), 1113-1124.

Engel, J. M., & Kartin, D. (2006). Pain in individuals with cerebral palsy. In T. Oberlander and F. Symons (Eds.), Pain in children & adults with developmental disabilities (pp. 109-119). Paul H. Brookes: Baltimore.