Assistant Professor

Dana Dailey, PhD, PT

Dr. Dailey teaches introduction to therapeutic exercise, functional anatomy, applied anatomy and physiology, pain science and education, professional practice and PT procedures II, and the capstone portfolio project.

She specializes in pain science and education and chronic pain. Her clinical practice has been in a variety of settings with supervisory responsibilities.

Her clinical practice focus is in outpatient orthopedics with a focus on chronic pain, fibromyalgia and clinical research.

She currently serves as research chair for the Pain Management SIG in the Orthopedic Section of the APTA. Dr. Dailey's current research focus is in chronic pain and fatigue, TENS, pain biomarkers and non-pharmaceutical strategies for chronic pain treatment.

Contact Us

Center for Health Sciences Education 260

563-333-6404

DaileyDanaL@sau.edu

Education and Training

PhD, University of Iowa, PT and Rehabilitation Sciences
MS, University of St. Francis, Healthcare Administration
BS, Northern Illinois University, Physical Therapy
BA, Northern Illinois University, Psychology
State of Iowa License 01487; State of Illinois License 070.004977

Certificates and Licensure

Latin/x American and Hispanic comics
International feminist comics
Representations of gender and sexuality in the Americas
Graphic narrative testimony
Contemporary Latin/x American literature and culture
US Latinx/Chicanx literature and culture

Recent Publications

Dailey, et al. A Randomized Controlled Trial of TENS for Movement-Evoked Pain in Women with Fibromyalgia. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Nov 18. doi: 10.1002/art.41170. [Epub ahead of print]
Dailey DL, Williams J, Rakel B, Vance CG, Chimenti R, Golchha M, Geasland K, Zimmerman M, Sluka K, Crofford L. Characteristics of Women with Fibromyalgia Receiving Opioid Analgesics Are Different from Those Not Receiving Opioids. APTA CSM 2020 [Abstract, Poster]
Dailey DL, Vance CG, Rakel B, Zimmerman M, Embree J, Merriwether EN, Geasland K, Chimenti R, Williams J, Golchha M, Crofford L Sluka K. A Randomized Controlled Trial of Tens for Movement-Evoked Pain in Women with Fibromyalgia. APTA CSM 2020 [Abstract, Poster]
Lesnak J, Dailey DL, Vance CG, Frey Law L, Sluka K. Six-minute lower extremity fatiguing task did not alter pain and fatigue in chronic pain populations APTA CSM 2020 [Abstract, Poster]
Vance CG, Dailey DL, Rakel B, Zimmerman M, Chimenti R, Geasland K, Embree J, Merriwether EN, Williams J, Crofford L, Sluka K. Predictors of success with Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for women with fibromyalgia. [Abstract, Platform]
Vance CG, Dailey DL, Embree J. Gilbertsen-White S, Herr K, Abernathy G, Butler N, Katz D, Hightower M, Rakel B, Sluka K. Implementation of a Bundle for Exercise and Tens for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: The Best Project APTA CSM 2020 [Abstract, Platform]
Vance CG, Chimenti RL, Dailey DL, Hadlandsmyth K, Zimmerman MB, Geasland KM, Williams JM, Merriwether EN, Munters LA, Rakel BA, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA. Development of a method to maximize the transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation intensity in women with fibromyalgia. J Pain Res. 2018; (11):2269-2278.
Merriwether EN, Frey-Law LA, Rakel BA, Zimmerman MB, Dailey DL, Vance CGT, Golchha M, Geasland KM, Chimenti R, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA. Physical activity is related to function and fatigue but not pain in women with fibromyalgia: baseline analyses from the Fibromyalgia Activity Study with TENS (FAST). Arthritis Res Ther. 2018; (20):199.
Resende L, Merriwether E, Rampazo EP, Dailey D, Embree J, Deberg J, Liebano RE, Sluka KA. Meta-analysis of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for relief of spinal pain. European Journal of Pain. 2018; (22):663-678.
Dailey DL, Williams J, Rakel B, Vance CG, Chimenti R, Golchha M, Geasland K, Zimmerman M, Sluka K, Crofford L. Differences in Pain, Fatigue, Sleep Disturbance, and Activity in Women with Fibromyalgia Receiving Opioids and Non-opioids for Pain Control. International Association for the Study of Pain, September 2018, Boston MA. [Abstract, Poster].