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Lindsay Pietruszewski, DPT

  • Physical Therapy
UCLA Orthopaedic Surgery |
1000 Veteran Avenue, Room 22-64, Los Angeles, CA 90024
310-825-5858

About

Lindsay is a Doctor of Physical Therapy with extensive experience in the evaluation and treatment of infants, children, and adults with cerebral palsy. She supports the UCLA/OIC Center for Cerebral Palsy Clinic and conducts instrumented gait analyses at the Kameron Gait and Motion Analysis laboratory in both a clinical and reserach capacity. She alsos supports the neuromuscular clinical research program as a clinical evaluator.

Languages

English

Education

Degree

DPT, University of Southern California School of Medicine, 2014

Locations

Medical Services

Cerebral Palsy

Research

Interests

  • Early detection and intervention for cerebral palsy
  • Post-operative functional outcomes
  • Muscle tissue clinical correlates and predictive factors
  • Selective motor control

Publications

  1. Kallini, Jennifer R., et al. "Gait and health-related quality of life outcomes following proximal femoral tumor resection and reconstruction with tensioning of the abductor musculotendinous unit." Clinical Biomechanics (2025): 106561.
  2. Alfano, Lindsay N., et al. "Prospective observational study of FKRP‐related limb‐girdle muscular dystrophy R9: A GRASP consortium study." Annals of clinical and translational neurology 12.2 (2025): 332-344.
  3. Hunn, Stephanie M., et al. "Clinical Trial Readiness in Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy R1 (LGMDR1): A GRASP Consortium Study." Annals of clinical and translational neurology (2025).
  4. Lowes, Linda P., et al. "Gross motor delays in infants and young boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy." Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases 11.6 (2024): 1260-1267.
  5. Pietruszewski, Lindsay, et al. "Protocol and feasibility-randomized trial of telehealth delivery for a multicomponent upper extremity intervention in infants with asymmetric cerebral palsy." Child neurology open 7 (2020): 2329048X20946214.
  6. Pietruszewski, Lindsay, et al. "Predictive value of the test of infant motor performance and the Hammersmith infant neurological examination for cerebral palsy in infants." Early Human Development 174 (2022): 105665.
  7. Pietruszewski, Lindsay, et al. "Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination clinical use to recommend therapist assessment of functional hand asymmetries." Pediatric Physical Therapy 33.4 (2021): 200-206.
  8. Maitre, N. L., Benninger, K. L., Neel, M. L., Haase, J. A., Pietruszewski, L., Levengood, K., ... & Larson, H. (2021). Standardized neurodevelopmental surveillance of high-risk infants using telehealth: implementation study during COVID-19. Pediatric Quality & Safety, 6(4), e439.
  9. Ayala, L., Winter, S., Byrne, R., Fehlings, D., Gehred, A., Letzkus, L., Noritz, G., Paton, M.C., Pietruszewski, L., Rosenberg, N. and Tanner, K., 2021. Assessments and interventions for spasticity in infants with or at high risk for cerebral palsy: a systematic review. Pediatric Neurology, 118, pp.72-90.
  10. Benninger, Kristen L., et al. "One-Year neurodevelopmental outcomes after neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome: a prospective cohort study." Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groups 7.4 (2022): 1019-1032.

Insurance

  • Aetna
  • Anthem Blue Cross
  • Blue Shield of California
  • Centivo
  • Cigna
  • First Health
  • Health Net of California
  • Interplan (part of HealthSmart)
  • Medicare Advantage
  • MultiPlan
  • UFCM Health System
  • Prime Health Services
  • Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
  • TRICARE
  • UnitedHealthcare

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