David Somers, Ph.D., P.T.

PHYTH 530 Topics in Research

HLTS 603 Neuroscience

PHYT 630 Grand Rounds

Neuroscience

Chronic Pain

Research Methodology

Provenzano, D. A., Lutton, E.M. and Somers, D.L., The Effects of Fluid injection On Lesion Size During Bipolar Radiofrequency Treatment. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 37(3): 267-276, 2012.

Provenzano, D. A., Lassila, H.C. and Somers, D.L., The effect of fluid injection on lesion size during radiofrequency treatment period. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 35: 338-342, 2010.

Somers, D.L. and Clemente, F.R., Contralateral high or a combination of high and low frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation reduces mechanical allodynia and alters dorsal horn neurotransmitter content in neuropathic rats. Journal of Pain, 10:221-229, 2009.

Somers, D.L. and Clemente, F.R., Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for the treatment of neuropathic pain: the impact of frequency and electrode position on prevention of allodynia in a rat model of complex regional pain syndrome type II. Physical Therapy, 86:698-709, May, 2006.

Somers, D.L. and Clemente, F.R., The relationship between dorsal horn neurotransmitter content and allodynia in neuropathic rats treated with high frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 84:1575-1583, 2003.

Somers, D.L. and Clemente, F.R., Dorsal horn synaptosomal content of aspartate,

glutamate, glycine and GABA are differentially altered following chronic constriction

injury to the rat sciatic nerve, Neuroscience Letters 323: 171-174, 2002.

Somers. D.L. and Somers M.F. Treatment of neuropathic pain in a patient with diabetic neuropathy using transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation applied to the skin of the lumbar region, Physical Therapy 79 (8): 767-775, 1999.

Somers, D.L. and Clemente, F.R., The Neuron, Neuroscience for Rehabilitation, Cohen, H (Editor), Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, 1999.

Somers, D.L. and Clemente, F.R., High frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) alters thermal but not mechanical allodynia following chronic constriction injury of the rat sciatic nerve, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 79 (1998) 1370-1376.

Somers, D.L. and Clemente, F.R., The neurophysiological basis of peripheral electrical nerve stimulation for the treatment of causalgia, Phys. Ther. Rev. 1 (1996) 1-12.

Provenzano, D., Lutton E., Liebert, M. and Somers, D.L., Increasing Pre-injected Fluid Volume Differentially Alters Lesion Size Parameters Depending on Composition of the Fluid Injected, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, November 2011

Provenzano, D. Lutton E, Somers, D.L., Lassila, H., The Effects of Fluid Pre-injection on Lesion Parameters with Bipolar Radiofrequency Treatment, Annual Pain Medicine Meeting and Workshops, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, November 2010.

Somers, DL., Clemente, F. Richard., Altering the timing of high (HFS) and low frequency (LFS) transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation to skin located contralateral to a nerve injury differentially alters allodynia and dorsal horn neurotransmitter content in rats, Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association, February, 2010.

DiBartola, L.M., Havrilla, K and Somers, D.L., Learning Disparities in the Classroom and to the Clinic, Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association, October, 2009

Zeyzus, B.A., Pollock, J.A., Somers D.L., Kruth, C. D. and Andersen, K.A., Differential expression of TRP genes and isoforms and their role in nociception using a rat neuropathic pain model. Society for Neuroscience, November 2008.

Somers, David L., Clemente, F. Richard, Cipriani, Brad, Graves, Kristen, Lane, Nicholas, and Zeiler, Adrienne., Application of high (HFS) and low frequency (LFS) transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation to skin located contralateral to a nerve injury alters allodynia and dorsal horn neurotransmitter content in rats. Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association, February, 2008

Somers, D.L., Clemente, F. R., Cipriani, B., Graves, K., Lane, N., Ross, N. and Zeiler, A., Treatment of Neuropathic Rats with Contralateral, Combined Low and High Frequency Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)Prevents Mechanical, but not Thermal Allodynia, Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association, February, 2007.

Somers, D.L., Clemente, F.R., Bailey, C., Gregg, M., Marlow, K., Przbysz, M. and Snodgrass, J., Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for the treatment of neuropathic pain: the impact of frequency and electrode position on prevention of allodynia in a rat model of complex regional pain syndrome type II. Society for Neuroscience, Presented November 2005.

Somers, D.L., Clemente, F.R., Begey, L., Clause, L. and Docherty, B.A., The relationship between dorsal horn neurotransmitter content and allodynia in neuropathic rats treated daily with low frequency TENS. Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association, February, 2005.

Somers, D.L. and Clemente, F.R., High frequency electrical nerve stimulation applied to skin (TENS) opposite a chronic constriction injury (CCI) in rats alters dorsal horn content of amino acid neurotransmitters and tends to reduce mechanical allodynia, Society for Neuroscience, Presented October 2003.

Somers, D.L., Clemente, F.R., DeBlassio, J. and Snyder, T, The relationship of dorsal horn content of amino acid neurotransmitters (AA) to thermal and mechanical pain threshold in TENS-treated and untreated neuropathic rats. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 26 (2000).

Somers, D.L., Clemente, F.R., Opalski, D and Witfill, K, Augmented Ongoing Pain Is Reduced by Daily Application of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (Tens), Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 25: 1679, 1999.

Somers D.L., Clemente, F.R. and Morgan, R.C., The intra and intertester reliability of commonly used assessments for tactile and thermal sensitivity in rats, Phys Ther. 76(5):S43, 1996.

Somers D.L., Clemente, F.R. and Morgan, R.C., The effect of transcutaneous peripheral electrical nerve stimulation (TPENS) on tactile and thermal sensitivity in a rat model of causalgia, Phys Ther. 76(9):1017, 1996.

Inductee Duquesne University Office of Research Hall of Fame, 2010

Omicron Delta Kappa, The National Leadership Honor Society, Duquesne University Teacher of the Year, 2006-2007

John G. Rangos, Sr. School of Health Science Dean's Award for Excellence in Service, 2007

Mercy Hospital, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program, 2004 Outstanding Didactic Faculty Award.

Duquesne University, President's Award for Faculty Excellence in Teaching, 2003

John G. Rangos, Sr. School of Health Science Dean's Award for Faculty Excellence in Teaching, 2003.

College of Health-Related Professions Distinguished Alumnus Award, Medical University of South Carolina, 2001.

John G. Rangos, Sr. School of Health Science Dean's Award for Faculty Excellence in Scholarship, 1999-2000.

College of Health Related Professions Scholar of the Year, Medical University of South Carolina, 1992-93.