Recent Penn PM&R faculty and resident publications and presentations.

Publications

Abramoff, B.A., Sudekum, V.L., Wuermser, L.A., Ahmad, F.U. Early Charcot spinal arthropathy associated with forward bending after spinal cord injury: a case report. Spinal Cord Series and Cases 2019;5:1-5.

Brassil, M.E., Cheville, A., Zheng, J.Y., Smith, S.R., Tolchin, D.W., Wittry, S.A., Jones, C.A., Chernack, B. Top ten tips palliative care clinicians should know about Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Journal of Palliative Care Medicine 2020;23:129-135.

Caldera, R., Abramoff, B. Osteoarthritis: pathology, diagnosis and treatment. Medical Clinics of North America. December 2019. http://doi.org/10/1016/j.mcna.201910.007

Dillingham, T., Kenia, J.J., Shofer, F., Marschalek, J. A prospective assessment of an adjustable, immediate fit, transtibial prosthesis. PM&R 2019;11:1210-1217.

Gan, Z.S., Stein, S.C., Swanson, R., Guan, S., Garcia, L., Mehta, D., Smith, D.H. Blood biomarkers for traumatic brain injury: a quantitative assessment of diagnostic and prognostic accuracy. Frontiers in Neurology 26 April 2019. http://doi.org/10/3089/fneur.2019.00446

Gazzi, A., Fusco, L., Khan, A., Vitale, F., Yilmazer, A., Delogu, L.G. Photodynamic therapy based on graphene and MXene in cancer theranostics. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 2019;7:295.

Goodman, A., Johnson, M.J., Popovic, M. Physical therapy and rehabilitation. In: M. Popovic, editor, Biomechatronics, first edition, Cambridge, MA, Academic Press, 2019, eBook ISBN:9780128130414.

Johnson, M.J., Sobrepera, M., Mendonca, R. Design of an affordable socially assistive robot for remote health and function monitoring and prognostication. International Journal of Prognostics and Health Management 2019; publication control number 005, pages:15.

Joshi, S. McLarney, M., Abramoff, B.A. Copper deficiency related to myelopathy 40 years following jejunoileal bypass. Spinal Cord Series and Cases 2019;5:1-4.

Knoll, R.M., Reinshagen, K.L, Barber, S.R., Ghanad, I., Swanson, R., Smith, D.H., Abdullah, K.G., Jung, D.H., Remenschneider, A.K., Kozin, E.D. High resolution computed tomography atlas of the porcine temporal bone and skull base: anatomical correlates for traumatic brain injury research. Journal of Neurotrauma 2019;36:1029-1039.

Krull, C., Abramoff, B.A., Jerome, M., Principe, J., Cai, Q., Tailor, Y. Intervention for increasing vitamin D supplementation in a deficient rehabilitation population: outcomes of a quality improvement initiative. PM&R 2019:11:1093-1100.

Lobo, M.A., Hall, M.A., Greenspan, B., Rohloff, P., Prosser, L.A., Smith, B.A. Wearables for rehabilitation: how to optimally design and utilize products to meet the needs of users. Physical Therapy 2019;99:647-657.

Maitin, I.B., Cruz, E., Hodde, M. Rehabilitation of lower extremity injuries. In: R. Mitra, editor, Principles of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York, NY, McGraw Hill, 2019:461.

McCauley, M.D., Vitale, F., Yan, J.S., Young, C.C., Greet, B., Orecchioni, M., Perike, S., Elgalad, A., Coco, A.J., John, M., Taylor, D.A., Sampaio, L.C., Delogu, L.G., Razavi, M., Pasquali, M. In vivo restoration of myocardial conduction with carbon nanotube fibers. Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology 2019;Aug 12(8):e007256.

McCloskey, C., Kenia, M.S., Shofer, F., Marschalek, J., Dillingham, T. Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation. PII: S2590-1095(20)30078-1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arrct.2020.100090. Reference: ARRCT 100090.

Mucchiani, C., Cacchione, P., Torres, W., Johnson, M.J., Yim, M. Exploring a low-cost mobile manipulation for elder care within a community-based setting. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems 2019. http://doi.org/10.10007/s10846-019-01041-x

Orlando, J., Pierce, S.R., Mohan, M., Skorup, J., Paremski, A., Bochnak, M., Prosser, L.A. Physical activity in non-ambulatory toddlers with cerebral palsy. Research in Developmental Disabilities 2019;90:647-657.

Pierce, S.R., Kornafel, T., Skorup, J., Paremski, A.C., Prosser, L.A. Construct validity of the early clinical assessment of balance in toddlers with cerebral palsy: brief report. Developmental Neurorehabilitation 2020:23:137-139.

Pierce, S.R., Paremski, A.C., Skorup, J., Stergiou, N., Senderling, B., Prosser, L.A. Linear and non-linear measures of postural control in a toddler with cerebral palsy: brief report. Pediatric Physical Therapy 2020;32:80-83.

Popescu, A., McCormick, Z.L., Smith, C.C. Spine Intervention Society’s patient safety committee. Strategies to minimize risk in lumbar transforaminal injections: imaging and injectate. Pain Medicine 2019, March 11, doi:10.1093/pm/pnz034.

Popescu, A., Patel, J., Smith, C.C. Spine Intervention Society’s patient safety committee. Spinal injections in immunosuppressed patients and risks associated with procedural care: to inject or not to inject? Pain Medicine 2019, February 5. doi:10.1093/pm/pny310.

Robbins, G.T., Tucker, B.G., Stashuk, D.W., Dillingham, T.R. Average proportional consecutive interval difference accurately differentiates spontaneous activity from motor unit potentials. Muscle and Nerve 2019;60:566-570.

Swanson, R., Robinson, K.M. Geriatric Rehabilitation. Gait in the elderly, fall prevention and Parkinson disease. Medical Clinics of North America. December 2019. http://doi.org/10/1016.j.mcna.2019.10/012

Verma, R., Swanson, R.L., Parker, D., Ismail, A.A.O., Shinohara, R.T., Alappatt, J.A., Doshi, J., Davatzikos, C., Gallaway, M., Duda, D., Chen, I., Kim, J.J., Gur, R.C., Wolf, R.L., Grady, M.S., Hampton, S., Diaz-Arrastia, R., Smith, D.H. Neuroimaging findings in US government personnel with possible exposure to directional phenomena in Havana, Cuba. JAMA 2019;322:336-347.

Verma, R., Swanson, R.L., Smith, D.H. Neuroimaging of US government personnel exposed to directional phenomena—reply. JAMA 2019;322:2249-2250.

Vitale, F., Driscoll, B., Murphy, B. Biomedical applications of MXenes. In: B. Anasori, Y. Gogotsi, Metal Carbides and Nitrides (Mxenes), Switzerland: Springer, 2019:505-524.

Vitale, F., Turchetti, L. Numerical prediction of blood damage in membrane-based biomedical assist devices. In: A. Basile, M.C. Annesini, V. Piemonte, C. Charcosset, Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier, 2020:127-156.

Wang, L., Tower, R.J., Chandra, A., Yao, L., Tong, W., Xiong, Z., Tang, K., Zhang, Y., Liu, X.S., Boerckel, J.D., Guo, X., Ahn, J., Qin, L. Periosteal mesenchymal progenitor dysfunction and extraskeletally-derived fibrosis contribute to atrophic fracture nonunion. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2019;34:520-532.

Wei, Y., Tower, R.J., Tian, Z., Mohanraj, B., Mauck, R.L., Qin, L., Zhang, Y. Spatial distribution of type II collagen gene expression in the mouse intervertebral disc. JOR Spine 2019. http://doi.org/10.1002/jsp2.1070

Winter, L., Moriarty, H. Robinson, K. Employment status among US military veterans with traumatic brain injury: mediation analyses and the goal of tertiary prevention. Frontiers in Neurology 15 March 2019. http://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2-19.00910

Zhang, Y., Zuozhen, T., Ashley, J.W., Wang, L., Tower, R.J., Wei, Y., Qin, L., Yang, S., Enomoto-Iwamoto, M. Extracellular matrix and adhesion molecule gene expression in the normal and injured murine intervertebral disc. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2019;98:35-42.

Zhang, J.Y., Kalpakjian, C., Larrága-Martinez, M., Chestek, C.A., Gates, D.H. Priorities for the design and control of upper limb prostheses: a focus group study. Disability and Health Journal 2019;12:706-711.

Presentations

B.A. Abramoff. Cognition in spinal cord injury, Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital, Allentown, PA., March 2019.

B.A. Abramoff. Early career committee update, American Spinal Injury Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Waikiki, HI, April 2019.

B.A. Abramoff, W. Guminiak, K. McCartney, S. Dayanidhi, D. Chen, A. Kessler. Swimming and cardiovascular fitness in spinal cord injury: a 6-week exercise training program, American Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals Education Conference and Expo, Nashville, TN, September 2019.

B.A. Abramoff. An overview of Charcot spinal arthropathy. Available at www.neurodiem.com/talk, Biogen, January 2020.

I.M. Baily, W.J. Beckworth, B.A. Abramoff, L.A. Ward, S.K. Yoon, M.B. Umpierrez, A. Kakarala. The natural history of cervical radiculopathy with soft disc herniations and osteophytes. Pain Medicine 2019;20:1850-1851. Spine Intervention Society Annual Meeting, New York, NY, September 2019.

J.M. Brent, Z. Tian, F. Shofer, A.Z. Sandroni, C.R. Scanzello, L. Zhao, D. Chen, F. Vitale, Y. Zhang. Functional decline in mice overexpressing human interleukin (IL)-8 with age, Orthopedic Research Society and Philadelphia Spine Research Society 5th International Spine Research Symposium, Skytop, PA, November 2019.

J. Charles. Examination of effects of AMPAC scores on inpatient rehabilitation facility discharge outcomes, Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting, San Juan, PR, February 2019.

J. Charles. Accelerated neurorecovery effects of memantine and carbidopa/levodopa after subarachnoid hemorrhage, Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting, San Juan, PR, February 2019.

T. Dillingham. A prospective assessment of an adjustable immediate fit transtibial prosthesis, Orthotics and Prosthetics Innovative Technologies Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2019.

N. Driscoll, B. Murphy, B. Erickson, N.V. Apollo, J. Medaglia, F. Vitale. Ti3C2 MXene for dry electroencephalographic (EEG) electrodes. Biomedical Engineering Society Conference, Philadelphia, PA, October 2019.

S.H. Evans. Dysport product theater. Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting, San Juan, PR, February 2019.

K. Heath. Spasticity workshop, Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, Select Medical, West Orange, NJ, January 2019.

E.S. Ho, W. Torres, L. Prosser, M.J. Johnson. Ailu: an affordable sensorized toy for detection of neuro and motor delays in infants, IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, Toronto, CA, June 2019.

M.E. Hodde. Cervical and lumbar spine radiofrequency neuroanatomy, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Temple University/MossRehab Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Training Program, Philadelphia, PA, 2019.

M.E. Hodde. Back and neck pain—common conditions, causes, treatments, and when to see a doctor, Congregation Beth El, Voorhees Township, NJ, December 2019.

A. Jaffe, A. Nkrumah, K. Alessandroni, L. Prosser, V. Graci. The biomechanics of pediatric falls: a novel approach to fall risk assessment in the hospital, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual Assembly, San Antonio, TX, November 2019.

A.M. Jaffe. Cerebral palsy: what the adult physiatrist needs to know, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, May 2019.

A.M. Jaffe. Torticollis: the full range of motion, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Chester County Hospital, West Chester, PA, May 2019.

A.M. Jaffe. Cerebral palsy: the evolving landscape, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Chester County Hospital, West Chester, PA, February 2020.

M.J. Johnson. GirlPowered Spark Series: Michelle Johnson, YouTube Video, REC Foundation: http://www.robotics education.org, and GirlPowered: https://www.girlpowered.com, February 2019.

M.J. Johnson. Thinking outside the box: rehabilitation robots/technology for low and high resource settings, Women in A1 and Robotics Summit, Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, New York, NY, March 2019.

M.J. Johnson. Thinking globally about rehabilitation and robots, Rome Cup 2019, American Embassy, Universitá Roma Tre, Dipartmento di Ingegenria, Rome, Italy, April 2019.

M.J. Johnson. Women in science and technology: no longer hidden figures, Women Bridge the Ocean Panel, American Embassy, Rome, Italy, April 2019.

M.J. Johnson. Community-based rehabilitation robotics, Annual Accessibility, Rehabilitation and Movement Science Research Symposium, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, April 2019.

M.J. Johnson. Rehabilitation robots harnessing artificial intelligence for the 21st century older person: what is important? Why It Matters: A1 for Older Persons Workshop, 10th Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, United Nations, Permanent Mission of Japan to the UN and AARP, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, New York, NY, April 2019.

M.J. Johnson. Introduction to rehabilitation robotics, University of Wisconsin, Department of Occupational Therapy, Milwaukee, WI, April 2019.

M.J. Johnson. Towards robot-assisted neurorehabilitation for stroke patients with both motor and cognitive impairments, RehabWeek 2019, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 2019.

S. Joshi, M. McLarney, B., Abramoff. Copper deficiency related to myelopathy 40 years following a jejunoileal bypass, Association of Academic Physiatrists, Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 2020.

C. Kather, K. Lima, W. Torres, O. Sanders, S. Pierce, L. Prosser, M.J. Johnson. Kinetic classifications for assessment of typical and atypical infant play behavior with toys, Proceedings of Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 2019.

C. Kather, K. Lima, W. Torres, O. Saunders, S. Pierce, L. Prosser, M.J. Johnson. Infant sentiment analysis in behavioral qualification, Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 2019.

E.B. Katz. Rehabilitation for acute flaccid myelitis, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, July 2019.

J.M. King. Dystonia in cerebral palsy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Sidney Kimmel College of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, April 2019.

R. Lamba, C. Ilacqua, C. Plastaras. Presentation of os odontoideum in a young male: a case report, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual Assembly, San Antonio, TX, November 2019.

S. Lysenko, N. Seethapathi, C. Chambers, W. Torres, R. Saluja, L. Prosser, K. Kording, M.J. Johnson. Infant sentiment analysis in behavioral qualification. Proceedings of the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 2019.

M. McLarney, F. Shofer, J. Zheng. Discharging patients with cancer: the current state of affairs, Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 2020.

M. McLarney, L. Pezzin, E. McGinley, L. Prosser, T. Dillingham. The prevalence of lower limb loss in children and associated cost of prosthetic devices: a study of MarketScan® commercial insurance claims data from 2009-2015. Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 2020.

M. McLarney, S. Singh. Weaning the ventilator: a case highlighting the benefit of percutaneous diaphragmatic pacing in traumatic spinal cord injury, American Spinal Cord Injury Association Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 2020.

B. Murphy, N. Driscoll, N.V. Apollo, A.G. Richardson, P. Mulcahey, G. Robbins, T. Dillingham, F. Vitale. A Ti3C2 MXene-based array for high-density surface electromyography. Biomedical Engineering Society Conference, Philadelphia, PA, October 2019.

E. Oyerinde, L. Prosser, M.J. Johnson. Parameterizing emotion and movement during self play to detect atypical infant development. Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, October 2019.

L. Pezzin, E. Hume, E. McGinley, D. Polsky, R. Schwartz, M. McLarney, T. Dillingham. The impact of CMS’ mandatory bundled payment mode on post-acute care discharge disposition of patients with lower joint replacements: a national study, Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 2020.

A. Popescu. Anticoagulants and antiplatelets for lumbar medial branch interventions, Spine Intervention Society Annual Scientific Meeting, New York, NY, August 2019.

A. Popescu. Pearls from the masters, Spine Intervention Society Annual Scientific Meeting, New York, NY, August 2019.

L. Prosser. The development of selective motor control in children with cerebral palsy—what we know so far, 24th Congress of the Chinese Pediatric Society of the Chinese Medical Association, Zhuhai, China, October 2019.

L. Prosser. The role of variability and error in movement learning: APPT research forum. American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting, Denver, CO, February 2020.

L. Prosser. The development of selective motor control in children with cerebral palsy, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., October 2019.

R. Swanson. Clinical-scientist approach to mTBI, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Sidney Kimmel College of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, January 2019.

R. Swanson. Diagnostic accuracy in brain injury medicine, Brain Injury Fellowship Graduation Keynote Speech, MossRehab, Elkins Park, PA, June 2019.

R. Swanson. Clinical presentation in adult mild-to-moderate TBI, National Neurotrauma Society Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, July 2019.

R. Swanson. Data blitz sessions 1 and 2, co-chair, National Neurotrauma Society Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, July 2019.

R. Swanson. Being a VA researcher and a veteran, Veterans Research Townhall, Veterans Community Advisory Board for the Veterans Affairs Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP), Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, September 2019.

A. Tingan. Evaluation and management of common running injuries. Conshohocken Running Club, Conshohocken, PA, May 2019.

A. Tingan. Athletic pubalgia and core muscle injury, Philadelphia Orthopaedic and Sports Rehab Foundation, Lower Extremity Update, Philadelphia, PA, November 2019.

J. Vasudevan. Where sports medicine meets pain medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wilwaukee, WI., September 2019.

F. Vitale, Z. Tian, J. Huang, D.Z. Markova, J. Liu, M. Enomoto-Iwamoto, C.R. Scanzello, D. Chen, Y. Zhang. Functional deficits in the mice overexpressing human interleukin (IL)-8, Association of Academic Physiatry Annual Meeting, San Juan, PR, February 2019.

T. Wang, N. Driscoll, B. Murphy, P. Unegbu, N.V. Apollo, W.J. Gordian-Velez, D. Adewole, M. Serruya, D. K. Cullen, F. Vitale. Flexible transparent µLED arrays for optogenetic stimulation of living electrodes, Biomedical Engineering Society Conference, Philadelphia, PA, October 2019.

L. Yao, L. Zhong, R.J. Tower, Y. Wei, Z. Miao, J. Park, R. Shrestha, L. Wang, W. Yu, Y. Zhang, K. Susztak, M. Li, J. Ahn, L. Qin. Single cell transcriptome analysis of the aging effect on bone marrow mesenchymal progenitors, Orthopedic Research Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, February 2020.

S. Zhao, L.A. Prosser, W. Torres, D.K. Bogen, S.R. Pierce, K. Nilan, H. Zhang, F. Shofer, M.J. Johnson. Postural control in supine may identify early motor delay in medically fragile preterm infants during natural play, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 2019.

Y. Zhang. ADAM8 and TIPE/PIPE2 in intervertebral disc degeneration and back pain, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, July 2019.

Y. Zhang. Reduced inflammation in injured tail intervertebral disc of TIPE and TIPE2-deficient mice, Orthopedic Research Society and Philadelphia Spine Research Society, International Spine Research Symposium, Skytop, PA, November 2019.

J. Y. Zheng, The evaluation and management of musculoskeletal disorders in cancer patients: considerations in the geriatric patients, International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kobe, Japan, June 2019.

J. Y. Zheng. Balancing rehabilitation with prognosis in cancer patients: an evidenced-based review of when and how to intervene, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual Assembly, San Antonio, TX, November 2019.

J. Y. Zheng. Rehabilitation in gynecology oncology, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Sidney Kimm el College of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, January 2020.

L. Zhong, L. Yao, R.J. Tower, Y. Wei, L. Wang, W. Yu, Y. Zhang, Y. Gong, F. Long, P. Seale, C. Chen, J. Ahn, L. Qin. Identification of a novel adipose lineage cell population that regulates bone marrow environment. Orthopedic Research Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, February 2020.

ForwardMotion is written and edited by Keith M. Robinson, MD

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