Pat Sells
Professor
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
DA (Exercise Science/Wellness) Middle Tennessee State University; MA (Adaptive Physical Education) Tennessee Technological University; BA (Physical Education) Tennessee Technological University
Location: McWhorter Hall 337
615-460-6716pat.sells@belmont.edu
Biography
Dr. Pat Sells received his undergraduate degree at Tennessee Technological University in Physical Education and completed his Master’s degree in adaptive Physical education there as well. After a period of time in the corporate world working for the consulting firm Arthur Anderson, Dr. Sells returned to academia and completed his Doctoral studies at Middle Tennessee State University.
Dr. Sells’ clinical background in exercise physiology includes both Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and exercise testing and prescription in athletes. Dr. Sells is certified by the American College of Sports Medicine as a Clinical Exercise Specialist (CES), as an Advanced Cardiac Life Support provider and is certified as a golf fitness instructor by the Titlist Performance Institute. Dr. Sells has research interest in a variety of lines, including past research involving concussion in youth sports, Blood Flow Restriction, muscle oxygen saturation, movement studies in golf, dance, and plyometric landing. Dr. Sells teaches courses in Human Physiology, Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy, Statistics, Critical Inquiry and Health and Wellness.
Prior to joining the Physical Therapy Department, Dr. Sells served as the Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. His clinical experience includes metabolic testing and rehabilitation with diverse patient populations including; heart transplant recipients, congestive heart failure, COPD, emphysema, cystic fibrosis, obesity, diabetic athletes and children. Dr . Sells currently serves as the course director in Cardiopulmonary physical therapy, human physiology, Health and wellness and Cristal inquiry course related to student research. Dr. Sells also incorporates a Health Fair each year for 4th grade students who visit Belmont and receive education with movement activities to reinforce healthy behaviors in youth. Students enrolled in the Health and Wellness course create content for the event.
Blood Flow Restriction
VO2 Studies
Concussion in Youth
American College of Sports Medicine
Musculoskeletal Interventions: Techniques for Theraputic Exercise. Chapter 9, Impaired Endurance: Maintaining Aerobic Capacity and Endurance. Eds. Voight, Hoogenboom, and Prentice. McGraw Hill, New York, 2021
Jenny Ellison, SPT; Emily Jones, ATC, SPT; Abby Lester, SPT; Kayla Lydon, SPT; Megan Rolfe, ATC, LAT, SPT; Kevin Robinson, PT, DSc, OCS; Craig Parker, PT, DPT. Pat Sells, DA, CCES. “The Use of an Inertial Motion Analysis System to Evaluate the Kinematics of Landing Before and After a Six-session Training Intervention Focused on Proximal Hip Strengthening, Motor Control, and Lower Extremity Loading Strategies” Volume 6, Issue 11 (November Issue) 2019.
Williams, C.L., Dagnan, E., Miner, K.M. and Sells, P. (2018) The Effect of an Animal-Assisted Intervention on Physiological Measures of Stress and Anxiety in Graduate Professional Physical Therapy Students. Open Access Library Journal, 5: e4364.
“Compliance with ankle-foot orthoses in the neurologic population”. Kelly, Christina; Brown, Renee; Sells, Pat. Submitted to Prosthetics & Orthotics International, October 2017.
The relationship between segmental rolling ability and lumbar multifidus activation time. Nicole Clark, PT, DPT, Mike Voight, PT, DPT Sherry Pierce, PT, DPT, Pat Sells, DA, CCES, Ryan Cook, PT, DPT, Clint Henley, PT, DPT Lindsey Schiller, PT, DPT Ashley Campbell, PT, DPT. International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy. JSPT/2017/009779
Meyer J, Sells P, Brown RM. Differences in performance on standardized active and passive dynamic visual acuity testing using NeuroCom InVision testing in individuals with vestibular dysfunction: a retrospective study. American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Feb 2016
Musculoskeletal Interventions: Techniques for Theraputic Exercise. Chapter 9, Impaired Endurance: Maintaining Aerobic Capacity and Endurance. Eds. Voight, Hoogenboom, and Prentice. McGraw Hill, New York, 2013
Callaway S, Glaws K, Mitchell M, Scerbo H, Voight M, Sells P: An analysis of peak pelvis rotation speed, gluteus maximus and medius strength in high vs. low handicap golfers during the golf swing. Int J Sports PT 7(3):1-8, 2012
Voight, Michael, PT, Sells, Patrick D, DA, CES, Stacey Apple, Pam Carton, Kelly Ehlert, and Cara Nash: The effect of Whole body vibration on ankle dorsiflexion. N Am J Sports Phys Ther. 2010 February; 5(1): 33–39.
Maron DJ, Forbes BL, Groves JR, Dietrich MS, Sells P, DiGenio AG. Health-risk appraisal with or without disease management for worksite cardiovascular risk reduction. J Cardiovasc Nurs 2008; 23:513-18.
Musculoskeletal Interventions: Techniques for Theraputic Exercise. Chapter 9, Impaired Endurance: Maintaining Aerobic Capacity and Endurance. Eds. Voight, Hoogenboom, and Prentice. McGraw Hill, New York, 2007.
Journal of Strength and Conditioning, Practice Effect of the Wingate Anaerobic Test (WAnT). J.P. Barfield, P. D. Sells, and K. Hannigan-Downs. 2002:16(3): 472-473.
Examining Effects of Fatigue on Dynamic Visual Acuity and Gaze Stabilization. Karla Brown, SPT; Calyx Turco, SPT; Hannah Wood, SPT; Kate Lewis, PT, DPT, NCS; Holly Cauthen, PT, DPT; Patrick Sells, DA, CCES; Nancy Darr, PT, DSc, NCS; and Cathey Norton, PT, DPT, NCS. Accepted for CSM, 2023
2022 Investigation of a Three-Week Neuromuscular Training Intervention on Biomechanical Parameters of the Lower Quarter in Female Collegiate Pivoting Athletes
"Kinematic Analysis of a Series of Jumps In First Position In Professional Ballet Dancers" (MS #2044) Jessica Smith, Kevin Robinson, Pat Sells, 2021
"Investigating Neuromuscular Training to Combat Adverse Effects of Acute Fatigue in Collegiate Pivoting Athletes" for the 2020 Combined Sections Meeting (CSM). ACCEPTED,
Comparing motion capture systems for clinical appropriateness in lower extremity frontal plane measurements. Megan Philipp SPT, Lauren Beres SPT, Kenneth Jenkins SPT, Connor Norman SPT, Harrison Hall SPT, Patrick Sells, DA, CCES & Dr. Kevin Robinson. Poster Session Presentation, Combined Sections Meeting, 2017
Examination of Perceived vs. Actual Weight and Height of Full-Time Wheelchair Users. Elise Meade, PT, DPT1, Renee Brown, PT, PhD2, Penny Powers, PT, MS, ATP3, Ginger Devine PT, ATP3, Pat Sells, DA2 Poster Session Presentation, Combined Sections Meeting, 2017
Comparing motion capture systems for clinical appropriateness in lower extremity frontal plane measurements. Megan Philipp SPT, Lauren Beres SPT, Kenneth Jenkins SPT, Connor Norman SPT, Harrison Hall SPT, Patrick Sells, DA, CCES & Dr. Kevin Robinson. 2017 American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting
Melissa Humphres, Cole Sillaman, Craig Parker, Christine Rettig, Peter Jordan, Patrick Sells. Comparison of Electromyographic Activity of Muscles Associated with Elbow Flexion Using Different Resistance Devices. 2013 American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting
Peer Reviewed Scientific and Professional Presentations (those not previously cited above under abstracts):
Patrick Sells, DA, ES, Susan Foster, SPT; Holly Gentry, SPT; Brian McDonald, SPT; Blair Morris, SPT; Abdominal EMG Measurement During Eccentric Lower Extremity Exercise compared to Traditional Core Training Movements. 56th annual conference. American College of Sports Medicine. 2010, poster session
Pillow D, Wilson A, Brown C, Rice J, Voight ML, Sells P, The Effects of Exercised Induced Middle Trapezius Fatigue on External Rotation Strength of the Glenohumeral Joint. Platform presentation, 2007 Combined sections Meeting, American Physical Therapy Association.
“The Validity of the 20m Multistage Fitness Test on Estimating VO2max in Female Division I Collegiate Soccer Players”. Poster Session Presentation, Combined Sections Meeting,
45th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention in association with the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism, "Health Risk Appraisal Only Vs. Targeted Disease Management For Worksite Cardiovascular Risk Reduction" 2005.
14th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. "Pre-transplant Physical Activity as a Predictor of Peak VO2 at Exit from Cardiac Rehabilitation Following Cardiac Transplantation." Andres Digenio (presenter), Mike Bammer, Laura White, Jay Groves, Colin Armstrong, Patrick Sells. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2003
ACSM National Conference - Prescribing Exercise in Patients after Orthotopic Cardiac Transplantation: A Comparison of different Methods. AG Digenio, P Sells, L White, G Palevo, Kim Dayani Health Promotion Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2001
ACSM National Conference - "Validation of the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Exertion for Children". Oral presentation. P Sells
Southeastern American College of Sports Medicine Regional Conference - "Inter-trial Reliability and Consistency of the Wingate Anaerobic Test". Oral Presentation. P Sells, JP Barfield, K Hannigan-Downs, TJ Michael.