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The Brooks Center is supported by world-class investigators and staff. Many of these researchers are published authors, for trials done both inside and outside the Brooks Center. The articles included here are the most recent publications. For a more complete listing, see our archive.

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Brain Injury

 

"An Effort Index for a Cognitive Screening Battery: The Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS)"

Silverberg N., Wertheimer J., & Fichtenberg N. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 21(5):841-854, 2007.

"Behavior Management on an Acute Brain Injury Unit: Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Interdisciplinary Training Program" 

Beaulieu C, Wertheimer J, Pickett L, Spierre L, Schnorbus T, Healy W, Palmer C, Jones A.   Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 23 (5): 304-311, 2008.

"The Effects of Two Treatments for Aprosodia Secondary to Acquired Brain Injury"

Rosenbek J. C., Rodriguez A. D., Hieber B., Leon S. A., Crucian G. P., Ketterson T. U., et al Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development, 22:108-116, 2007.

"The Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS): Clinical Utility in a Traumatic Brain Injury Sample"

McKay C., Wertheimer J. C., Fichtenberg N. L., Casey J. E. The Clinical Neurops,  22(2):1-14, 2008.

 

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Neurogenic

 

"Assessing a Signal Model and Identifying Brain Activity from fMRI Data by a Detrending-Based Fractal Analysis"

Hu J., Lee J. M., Gao J. B., White K. D., Crosson B.  212: 417-426, 2008.

"Asymmetrical Alien Hands in Corticobasal Degeneration"

FitzGerald D. B., Drago V., Jeong Y., Chang Y. L., White K. D., Heilman K. M. Movement Disorders, 22:581-84, 2007.

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"Carbidopa/Levodopa-Responsive Myoclonus"

FitzGerald D. B., Drago V., Sutherland D., Heilman K. M. Movement Disorder, 22:392-95, 2007.

"Deep Brain Stimulation and the Role of the Neuropsychologist"

Okun M. S., Rodriguez R. L., Mikos A., Miller K., Kellison I., Kirsch-Darrow L., Wint D. P., Springer U., Fernandez H. H., Foote K. D., Crucian G., Bowers D. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 21:162-189, 2007.

"Discriminating Brain Activity From Task-Related Artifacts in Functional MRI: Fractal Scaling Analysis Simulation and Application"

Lee J. M., Hu J., Gao J. B., Crosson B., Peck K. K., Wierenga C. E., McGregor K. M., Zhao Q., White K. D. NeuroImage, 40:197-212, 2008.

"Effect of Expiratory Muscle Strength Training on Elderly Cough Function"

Kim J, Davenport P, Sapienza C. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2008 May 3 [Epub ahead of print]

"Motor Learning Induces Astrocytic Hypertrophy in the Cerebellar Cortex"

Kleim J. A., Markham J. A., Vij K., Freese J. L., Ballard D. H., Greenough W. T. Behavioral Brain Research, 2007.

"Reliability and Validity of the RBANS in a Traumatic Brain Injured Sample"

McKay C., Casey J., Wertheimer J., & Fichtenberg N. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 22(1): 91-98, 2007.

"Sleep in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease with and without Deep Brain Stimulation"

Wertheimer J. C., Smith J., Kramer R., Tuchman M., & Wherry J.  2007. 

"Strength-Training Exercise in Dysphagia Rehabilitation: Principles, Procedures and Directions for Future Research"

Burkhead L. M., Sapienza C. M., Rosenbek J. Dysphagia, 22:251-265, 2007.

"Surface Electromyographic Activity of the Submental Muscles During Swallow and Expiratory Pressure Threshold Training Tasks"

Wheeler K. M., Chiara T., Sapienza C. M. Dysphagia, 2007.

"The Relationship between Sleep and Emotional Well-being in Individuals with Parkinson’s disease with and without Deep Brain Stimulation"

Wertheimer J. C., Smith J., Kramer R., Tuchman M., & Wherry J. 2007.  

"Translating Principles of Neural Plasticity into Research on Speech Motor Control Recovery and Rehabilitation"

Ludlow C. L., Hoit J., Kent R., Ramig L. O., Shrivastav R., Strand E., Yorkston K., Sapienza C. M. J Speech Lang Hear Res., 51(1):S240-58, 2008.

"Why consider impaired social language usage in a case of corticobasal degeneration?"

Donovan N. J., Kendall D. L., Moore A. B., Rosenbek J. C., Gonzalez Rothi L. J.   Clin Neuropsychol, 21:190-203, 2007.

 

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Pain

 

"Sex and Pain Related Psychological Variables are Associated with Thermal Pain Sensitivity for Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain"

George S. Z., Wittmer V. T.,ﾠFillingam R. B., and Robinson M. E. Journal of Pain, 8:2-10, 2007.

Brooks Center for Rehabilitation Studies provided funding for the sensory testing equipment, research assistants and laboratory space from 2003 through 2006. Jean Crago, Jennifer Martin, Ashley Carroll and Flo Singletary assisted in recruitment and data collection phases of this project.

 

 

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Spinal Cord Injury

 

"Locomotor Training Restores Walking in a Nonambulatory Child With Chronic, Severe, Incomplete Cervical Spinal Cord Injury"

Behrman B. L., Nair P. M., Bowden M. G., Dauser R. G., Herget B. R., Martin J. B., Phadke C. P., Reier P. J., Senesac C. R., Thompson F. J., Howland D. R. Physical Therapy, 88(5): 1-11, 2008.

"Proton Spectroscopic Assessment of Soleus Muscle in Persons with Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury"

Shah P., Gregory C., Stevens J., Jayaraman A., Behrman A. L., Walter G., Vandenborne K. Presented February 14, 2007 at the VIII Annual Marilyn Gossman Graduate Student Seminar in Boston, Massachusetts.

"Skeletal Muscle Adaptations Following Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury and Locomotor Training"

Jayaraman A., Liu M., Gregory C., Shah P., Stevens J., Walter G., Behrman A. L., Vandenborne K. Presented February 14, 2007 at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.

"Step Activity Monitor: Accuracy and Test-Retest Reliability in Persons with Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury"

Bowden M. G., Behrman A. L. Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development,  44(3):1-8, 2007.

 

 

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Stroke

 

"Bilateral Arm Training with Rhythmic Auditory Cueing (BATRAC) in Chronic Stroke: Not Always Efficacious"

Richards L. G., Senesac C. R., Davis S., Woodbury M. L., Nadeau S. E.   Neurorehab Neural Repair, 22: 180-184, 2008.

"Botulinum Toxin A, Evidence-Based Exercise Therapy, and Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy for Upper Limb Hemiparesis Due to Stroke"

Levy C., Giufredda C., Richards L., Davis S., Nadeau S. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 86:696-706, 2007.

"Conceptualizing Functional Cognition in Stroke"

Donovan N. J., Kendall D. L., Heaton S. C., Kwon S., Velozo C. A., Duncan P. W.  Conceptualizing functional cognition in stroke.  Neurorehabil Neural Repair, 22: 122-135, 2008.

"Dimensionality and Construct Validity of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment of the Upper Extremity"

Woodbury M., Velozo C., Richards L., Duncan P., Studenski S., Lai S. M., Reker D.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 88:715-723, 2007.

"Effects of Stroke Severity and Training Duration on Locomotor Recovery After Stroke: A Pilot Study"

Plummer P., Behrman A. L, Duncan P. W., Spigel P., Saracino D., Martin J., Fox E., Thigpen M. and Kautz S. A. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 21(2):137-151, 2007.

"EMG in Stroke Subjects with Abnormal Synergies: Implications for Walking Rehabilitation"

Balasubramanian C. K., Bowden M., Neptune R., Kautz S. Presented February 14, 2007 at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.

"Functional MRI of Language in Aphasia: A Review of the Literature and the Methodological Challenges"

Crosson B., McGregor K., Gopinath K. S., Conway T. W., Benjamin M., Chang Y. L., Moore A. B., Raymer A. M., Briggs R. W., Sherod M. G., Wierenga C. E., White K. D.   Neuropsychol Rev. 2007 Jun; 17:157-77.

"Generalization of Repetitive Bilateral Training in Stroke"

Senesac C., Davis S. B., Richards L. G. Presented February 17, 2007 at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.

"Improvements in Speed-Based Gait Classifications are Meaningful"

Schmid A., Duncan P., Studenski S., Lai S., Richards L., Perera S. Stroke, 38:2096-2100, 2007.

"Protocol for the Locomotor Experience Applied Post-Stroke (LEAPS) Trial: A Randomized Controlled Trial"

Duncan P. W., Sullivan K. J., Behrman A. L., Azen S. P., Wu S. S., Nadeau S. E., Dobkin B. H., Rose D. K., Tilson J. K. BMC Neurology, 7:1-23, 2007.       

"Relationship Between Step Length Asymmetry and Walking Performance in Subjects with Chronic Hemiparesis"

Balasubramanian C. K., Bowden M. G., Neptune R. R., Kautz S. A. Archive Physical Medicine Rehabilitation, 88(1):43-9, 2007.

"Reliability and Validity of the Functional Outcome Questionnaire for Aphasia (FOQ-A)"

Ketterson T. U., Glueckauf R., Blonder L., Gustafson D., Donovan N. J., Rodriguez A. D., Pekich D., Ley C., Gonzalez Rothi L. J. Rehab Psychol. In press.

"Semantic-Phonologic Treatment for Noun and Verb Retrieval Impairments in Aphasia"

Raymer A. M., Ciampitti M., Holliway B., Singletary F., Blonder L. X., Ketterson T., Anderson S., Lehnen J., Heilman K. M., and Gonzalez Rothi L. J. Neruopsychological Rehabilitation, 17(2):244-270, 2007.

"Stroke Rehabilitation"

Paris, T. H. Northeast Florida Medicine, 58(2): 26-30, 2007.

"Structural Equation Modeling of the Relationship Between Caregiver Psychosocial Variables and Functioning of Individuals With Stroke"

Perrin P. B., Heesacker M., Stidham B. S., Rittman M. R., Gonzalez Rothi L. J.  Rehab Psychol, 53(1): 54-62, 2008.

"Treatment of Naming in Nonfluent Aphasia Through Manipulation of Intention and Attention: A Phase 1 Comparison of Two Novel Treatments"

Crosson B., Fabrizio K. S., Singletary F., Cato M. A., Wierenga C. E., Parkinson B., et al Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 13:1–13, 2007.

 

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