Melissa Allen Data-verified

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Assistant Professor

University of Central Arkansas

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

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14 h-index 40 pubs 1,374 cited

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Melissa Allen's research investigates the physiological responses to various interventions, including exercise and electrical stimulation. Her work has explored the effects of blood flow restriction on serum tissue plasminogen activator and brain-derived neurotrophic factor. Allen has also studied the spatiotemporal parameters of gait in adolescent athletes with concussions when performing visuospatial cognitive tasks. Her research extends to the evaluation of chronotropic response to exercise and the psychophysical thresholds altered by unilateral brain injury due to stroke.

Her scholarship includes an examination of performance evaluation in spastic patients undergoing chronic cerebellar stimulation and the ultrasonographic determination of tibial nerve bifurcation sites. Allen's work is supported by collaborations with researchers at the University of Central Arkansas and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She has an h-index of 14 with over 1,300 citations across her 40 publications.

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h-index: 14
Publications: 40
Citations: 1,374

Selected Publications

Ultrasonographic determination of bifurcation site of the tibial nerve at the tarsal tunnel (2025)

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Effect of Blood Flow Restriction on Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (2025)

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Serum tissue plasminogen activator after cycling with blood flow restriction (2025)

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EFFECT OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL STUDENT-LED THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY PROGRAM ON OUTCOMES OF DEMENTIA PARTICIPANTS (2024)

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Comparison of 2 Methods for Measuring Chronotropic Response to Exercise: Heart Rate–Work Rate Slope Versus Percent Change in Heart Rate–Work Rate Slope—A Cross-Sectional Study (2024)

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Spatiotemporal Parameters of Gait Among Adolescent Athletes with Concussion When Performing a Visuospatial Cognitive Task (2023)

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On How Psychophysical Thresholds are Altered by Unilateral Brain Injury Due to Stroke (2021)

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