Janet O. Helminski, Ph.D, PT

Janet is a PhD physical therapist who specializes in vestibular rehabilitation. She practices at Chicago Dizziness and Hearing. She has done thousands of treatments for BPPV and related conditions.

She gives yearly courses on vestibular rehabilitation.

Recent ones include:

• (Midwestern University, May 10-11, 2007)
• RIC vestibular rehabilitation (2007)
• RIC vestibular rehabilitation (2006)

Education:

• Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois: September, 1992 to June, 1998: Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience, Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience. Thesis dissertation "Macaque Frontal Eye Field Input to Saccade-Related Cells in the Superior Colliculus".
• Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois: August, 1990 to May, 1992: Post-baccalaureate Program. Prerequisites for Ph.D. program.
• Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois: September, 1984 to June, 1988: Master of Science Degree in Physical Therapy with an emphasis in orthopedics.
• Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: August, 1979 to May, 1983: Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Therapy.

Positions

• June 1983-1998: Physical therapist, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
• September, 2001 to present: Research Associate, Northwestern University Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences. Chicago, IL 60611.
• July, 2002 to present. Associate Professor, Midwestern University College of Health Sciences, Physical Therapy Program.
• 2000 to present: Physical therapist (part time) specializing in vestibular rehabilitation at Chicago Dizziness and Hearing

Journal Articles:

• Quinn, K. J., Helminski, J. O., Didier, A. J., Baker, J. F., and Peterson, B. W. (1995). Changes in sensitivity of vestibular nucleus neurons induced by cross-axis adaptation in the cat. Brain Research, 718(1-2), 176-180.
• Hain, T. C., Helminski, J. O., Reis, I. L., and Uddin, M. K. (2000). Vibration does not improve results of the canalith repositioning procedure. Archives of Otolaryngology, 126, 617-622.
• Helminski, J. O. & Segraves, M. A. (2003). Macaque frontal eye field input to saccade-related neurons in the superior colliculus. Journal of Neurophysiology, 90,(2), 1046-62.
• Helminski JO, Janssen I, Kotaspouikis D, Kovacs K, Sheldon P, McQueen K, Hain TC. (2005). "Strategies to prevent recurrence of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo." Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 131(4): 344-8.

Chapters:

• Helminski, J. O. (1991). Wheelchair positioning of neurologically impaired adults: avoiding complications. In Aspen Reference Group (Ed.), Geriatric Patient Education Resource Manual. Rockville, MD: Aspen Publishers, Inc.
• Herdman, S. J. & Helminski, J. O. (1993). Vestibular deficits in the head-injured patient. In L. R. Stone (Ed.), State of the Art Reviews: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Vol. 7, No. 3. Neurologic and Orthopedic Sequelae of Traumatic Brain Injury. Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus, Inc.
• Clendaniel, R. A. and Helminski, J. O. (1994). Rehabilitation strategies for patients with vestibular deficits. In I. Kaufman Arenberg (Ed.), Dizziness and Balance Disorders: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Diagnosis Treatment and Rehabilitation. Amsterdam: Kugler Publications.
• Helminski, J. O. (1996). Wheelchair positioning of neurologically impaired adults: avoiding complications, In Aspen Reference Group (Ed.), Oncology Patient Education Manual, Rockville, MD: Aspen Publishers, Inc.
• Hain, T. C. and Helminski, J. H. (2003). Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex. In M. J. Aminoff and R. B. Daroff (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Neurological Sciences. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
• Hain, T. C. and Helminski, J. H. (2003). Ototoxic medications. In R. D. Kent (Ed.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Encyclopedia of Communication Disorders. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Press.

Other.

• Home exercises for BPPV DVD (2005). Educational DVD produced with Timothy Hain, M.D.