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Amanda C. Butler, DPT

Physical Therapist

Specialties

Physical therapy, Assistive technology, Neuromuscular clinic

Board Certifications

Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Pediatric Physical Therapy

Call 804-228-5818

Locations

Ambulatory Care Center

417 N. 11th Street
Richmond, VA 23219

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Children's Pavilion

1000 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219

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Short Pump Pavilion

11958 West Broad Street
Henrico, VA 23233

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Brook Road Pavilion

2924 Brook Road
Richmond, VA 23220

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1000 E. Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219

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Areas of interest

Neuromuscular disorders
Adaptive car seats
Durable medical equipment

Bio

Mandy Butler has worked as a full-time physical therapist at VCU Health for more than 20 years. She has worked with pediatric patients in the educational, early intervention, outpatient, long term care and inpatient rehab settings. After working in CHoR's pediatric neuromuscular clinic for several years, she became the consulting physical therapist in the adult neuromuscular and ALS clinics at VCU Medical Center in 2009. In 2016, Mandy took on the role as a clinical evaluator with neuromuscular research for both adult and pediatric patients. The neuromuscular research has expanded to over 15 studies and is continuing to grow.

Outside of her role as a physical therapist, Mandy enjoys spending time with her family including her two girls, exercising, and enjoying the outdoors as much as possible.

Education

Undergraduate education James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

Graduate education Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

Graduate education Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Research interests

Neuromuscular disorders

Publications

Hunn, S.M., Alfano, L.N., Jones, A., Butler, A., Lowes, L.P., Iammarino, M.A., Reash, N.F., Pietruszewski, L., Sasidharan, S., Currence, M., Statland, J.M., Strahler, T., Will, R., Wicklund, M., Dixon, S., Augsburger, R., Mozaffar, T., Laubscher, K.M., Mockler, S.R.H., Mathews, K.D., Stinson, N., Leung, D.G., Stark, M.M., Horton, R.A., Kang, P.B., James, M.K., Clause, A., Weihl, C.C., Johnson, N.E. and (2025), Clinical Trial Readiness in Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy R1 (LGMDR1): A GRASP Consortium Study. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.70049
Alfano, L.N., James, M.K., Grosfjeld Petersen, K., Rudolf, K., Vissing, J., Augsburger, R., Mozaffar, T., Jones, A., Butler, A., Laubscher, K.M., Mockler, S.R.H., Mathews, K.D., Iammarino, M.A., Reash, N.F., Pietruszewski, L., Lowes, L.P., Strahler, T., Wicklund, M., Hunn, S., Weihl, C.C., Sasidharan, S., Currence, M., Statland, J.M., Stinson, N., Holzer, M., Leung, D.G., Lott, D.J., Kang, P.B., Holsten, S., Desai, U., Johnson, N.E. and (2025), Prospective observational study of FKRP-related limb-girdle muscular dystrophy R9: A GRASP consortium study. Ann Clin Transl Neurol, 12: 332-344. https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.52276 Provenzano M, Ikegami K, Bates K, Gaynor A, Hartman J, Jones A, Butler A, Berggren K, Dekdebrun J, Hung M, Lapato D, Kiefer M, Thornton C, Johnson N, and Hale, M. The Splice Index as a prognostic Biomarker of strength and function in myotonic dystrophy type 1. J Clin Invest. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI185426
Hartman, J.M., Ikegami, K., Provenzano, M., Bates, K., Butler, A., Jones, A.S., Berggren, K.N., Dekdebrun, J., McKay, M.J., Baldwin, J.N., Cornett, K.M.D., Burns, J., Kiefer, M., Johnson, N.E., Hale, M.A. RNA mis-splicing in children with congenital myotonic dystrophy is associated with physical function. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.52224.
Butler A, Moneymaker A, Chen S, Rhodes R, Gwathmey K. A comparison of the Rasch-Built Overall ALS Disability Scale (ROADS) and the ALS Functional Rating Scale-Revised (ALSFRS-R) in determining the need for referrals for feeding tube placement and for power wheelchair evaluations for patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Northeast ALS Consortium. Muscle & nerve. 2023;68(S1):S1-S82. doi:10.1002/mus.27969
LoRusso S, Johnson NE, McDermott MP, Eichinger K, Butterfield RJ, Carraro E, Higgs K, Lewis L, Mul K, Sacconi S, Sansone VA, Shieh P, van Engelen B, Wagner K, Wang L, Statland JM, Tawil R; ReSolve Investigators and the FSHD CTRN18. Clinical trial readiness to solve barriers to drug development in FSHD (ReSolve): protocol of a large, international, multi-center prospective study. BMC Neurol. 2019 Sep 10;19(1):224. doi: 10.1186/s12883-019-1452-x. PMID: 31506080; PMCID: PMC6734593.

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