Scholarly Activities - Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

May-July, 2005

September 9, 2005

Grant / Contract Awards

Kristi Kirschner (Subcontractor: C. Gill, P.I., UIC): NIH, "Clinical versus Experiential Views of Genetic Disability"

Todd Kuiken: "Targeted Hyper-Reinnervation to Improve Myoelectric Prosthesis Control in a Woman with Shoulder Disarticulation Amputation", an 'unsolicited contract proposal' to NICHD/NCMRR, ($298,900 one year)

Mike Lewik: American Heart Association "Role of Hip Impairments on Functional Outcome Following Stroke" ($91,272, 2 yrs)

James Patton: two Conference Grant Awards to support costs for the 9th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR): NIH, $26,000; Whitaker Foundation, $8,000

James Stinear: American Heart Association "Robotic Walking-Enhanced Neuroplasticity" ($47,796, 2 yrs)

Santiago Toledo: (Subcontractor: J. Hauser, P.I., NU) Conference Grant $54,318

Joe Towles: American Heart Association "Mechanisms that Limit Thumb Function during Precision and Lateral Pinch in Persons with Stroke" ($95,592, 2 yrs)

Student NSF Awards:
James Finley and Eileen Romito each received a 3-year NSF Graduate Fellowship: James will be working on assessing reflex coordination in the lower limb with Yasin Dhaher and Eric Perreault; Eileen will be working in brain-computer interfaces with Lee Miller (Physiology) and Eric Perreault

Scholarly Activity--

Clinical Faculty/Staff

Henry Betts: Presentation at People Gas to future leaders entitled "Exploring Leadership., May 11

Bogey, RA, Perry, J and Gitter, AJ. An EMG-to-force processing approach for determining ankle muscle forces during normal human gait. Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering, to be published in September, 2005;

Bogey, Ross: Presentations: WGN News, June 16, 2005: related to the RIC Prime of Life Stroke Rehabilitation Program

Colleen Fitzgerald:

Profile of chronic pelvic pain (CPP) patients in a multidisciplinary rehabilitation pain program, to be presented at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' 53rd Annual Clinical Meeting (ACM) being held in San Francisco, California, May 7-11;

Interstitial Cystitis; Abdominal/Pelvic Pain; Exercise Prescription for Pelvic Pain;
Pharmacologic/CAM Prescription for Pelvic Pain - presented American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Comprehensive Pain Management Review Course
New Orleans, May 2005

Deborah Gaebler: Awarded the UCP Research and Educational Foundation 2005 Isabelle and Leonard Goldenson Award in Technology and Rehabilitation, to be presented at the UCP Annual meeting, Phoenix, June 23-25.

Scholas, M.G., Tann, B., and Gaebler-Spira, Deborah: Oral Bisphonates to Treat Disuse Osteopenia in Children with Disabilities: A Case Series. Pediatric Orthopaedics, Volume 25, Number 3, May/June, 2005.

Norman Harden: American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Course Chair: Emerging Concepts in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pain, May 4-7, New Orleans, Louisiana and, June 16-18, San Francisco, California

Todd Kuiken presented "The New Bionic Arm", Insurance Rehabilitation Study Group, 40th Anniversary Conference, May 3, 2005.

Stacy McCarty presented Physical Therapy for the Primary Care Physician." MacNeal Hospital Grand Rounds, July 13, 2005; "Fundamentals of Arthritis." Lifetime Fitness, May 25, 2005

Debjani Mukherjee:

Panel presentation: Specialists or Special Interests: The Ethics of Disability Ethics. Mukherjee, D., Kuchewski, M., Savage, T. & Sisti, D.; Presented at the "The Ethics of Bioethics: A Conference on the Crisis of Confidence in Bioethics", April 7-9, 2005, Albany, NY.

Panel presentation: "Disability, End of Life Care and the Crisis of Confidence in Bioethics." Mukherjee, D., Drake, S. & Coleman, D. Chicago End of Life Care Coalition meeting, May 24, 2005.

Paper presentation: "Experiencing T4 sites: Appropriation, Commemoration or Both" In Mitchell, D (Chair), Annihilating Subjects, Resurrecting Subjects: Reflections on a 2004 Summer Disability Studies Institute in Potsdam, Germany. Society for Disability Studies, June 8-11, 2005, San Francisco, CA.

Paper presentation: "Touring T4 sites: Disability and Eugenics in Germany". Mukherjee, D. In Hayri, M. (Chair). Disabilities. David Thomasma International Bioethics Retreat. June 20-24, 2005, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Brent Newell: Week of 5/9/05 featured on WSIL channel 3 (local ABC affiliate) along with therapists and patients from the chronic pain rehabilitation program on the treatment of chronic pain.

Slipman CW, Plastaras C, Patel R, Isaac Z, Chow D, Garvan C, Pauza K, Furman M "Provocative cervical discography symptom mapping" , The Spine Journal, 5(4): 381-388, July-August 2005

Joel Press:

Evidence Based Approach to Low Back Pain Non-operative Treatments. North American Spine Society Spring Break, Miami, Florida, April 7, 2005

The Kinetic Chain and Throwing, Grand Rounds, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Cincinnati Medical School, Cincinnati, Ohio April 22, 2005

Exercise and Pain. Emerging Concepts of Pain Management, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Course, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 3, 2005

Exercise and Neck Pain. Emerging Concepts of Pain Management, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Course, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 4, 2005

Exercise and Shoulder Pain Emerging Concepts of Pain Management, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Course, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 5, 2005

Christopher Siodlarz: RIC Spinal Procedures Basic Training Course, May 21-22

Steven Stanos:

presented "Balancing safety and efficacy in the management of pain", American Association of Physician Assistants Annual Meeting May 28, 2005, Orlando, Florida

presented "A short history of pain medicine, an end to mind-body dualism";, "Biopsychosocial approaches to chronic pain", Update on diagnosis and treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome", Rational approach to opioid management1", 8th Annual Benard L Mass Foundation Lectureship, Detroit Medical Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. May 24 & 25, Detroit Michigan

"Emerging Concepts in the Diagnosis & Treatment of Pain: An Intensive & Comprehensive Approach" 2nd Annual American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Pain Management Review Course: presented
"History of pain: specificity to convergence, to opening gates to a biospychosocial approach", "Interdisciplinary care: rational for treatment",
"Diagnosis and assessment of lumbosacral disorders", and "Legal and medical issues of disability: making sense of the confusion"

Lisa-Ann Wuermser:

Presented "the FIM as an outcome measure in SCI" American Spinal Injury Association Annual Meeting pre-course, May 11, Dallas, Texas;

Presented "spinal cord injury: saving neurons" Sherman Hospital, Trauma Nursing Course, May 10, Dallas, Texas

Nursing Research

Abstracts accepted for presentation at Annual ARN conference scheduled for 10/05:

• Preoxygenation Practices Prior to Tracheal Suctioning By Nurses Who Care for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury - Kathy Stevens RN PhD accepted for poster presentation
• Navigating Through Life with a Baclofen Pump: Rules of the Road - Bev Tann RN BSN CRRN accepted for poster presentation
• Insights: Adults with Disabilities Reflect on their Pediatric Healthcare (A Video) - Janet Simpson RN BSN CRRN accepted for poster presentation
• Making Our Voices Heard----Media Training for the Rehabilitation Nurse - Jennifer Zolp RN BSN MJ accepted for poster presentation
• Steps to Safety----Using an Algorithm to Determine Appropriate Interventions Jennifer Zolp RN BSN MJ accepted for poster presentation
• Reducing Falls - Staff Role - Linda Danzy RN AND
• Designing a Caregiver Intervention: Tailoring a Structured Intervention to Individual Needs, accepted for paper presentation, ARN annual meeting, October 7, 2005, RB. King, R. Hartke, F. Denby, G. Herring, & B. Alexander.

Rosemarie B. King -

• Accepted appointment to the Stroke Nursing Committee of the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing of the American Stroke Assn

Diane Hartwig presented "Cardiac Rehabilitation" and "Disability and Sexuality" at the CRRN review course in Chicago, IL; Presented "Sexuality and Fertility Following Spinal Cord Injury" at the National Conference for Paradigm Health in Chicago, IL

Allied Health:

Seven posters and/or papers were presented in April at the Annual Convention of the American Occupational Therapy Association:

Sarah Housman and Tiffany Tucker:
Functional Outcomes Following Modified Constraint Induced- Poster Session

Mary Ellen Phillips Stoykov and Jennifer Stevens:
A Motor Imagery Protocol for Rehabilitation of Chronic Hemiparesis: Results of a Pilot Study- Poster Session

Mary Ellen Phillips Stoykov and Mark Stojakovich:
The Use of the Task-Oriented Approach in a Multi-Site Study using Cortical Stimulation and OT- Short Course

Becky Ozelie, Marianne Laubach, and Beth Jordan:
Rehabilitation principles of tendon transfers for persons with tetraplegia- Short Course

Heidi Waldinger:
Hand Rehabilitation after Stroke: Limitations of Current Practice and New Evidence-Based Approaches- Paper Session

Lori Bravi and Mark Stojakovich:
Gains in Functional Recovery from Hemiparesis through Motor Imagery Techniques- Poster Session

Kathy Stubblefield:
Nerve Transfer to Improve Control of Myoelectric Prostheses in Above Elbow Amputations- Paper Session

Other presentations:

Cherney, L. R., Babbitt, E. M., Oldani, J., & Semik, P. Efficacy of Repeated Choral Reading for Individuals with Chronic Nonfluent Aphasia. Paper presented at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Sanibel Island, FL, May, 2005;

Cherney, L. R. Cognitive and communication problems in adults with neurological disorders. Workshop presented at Gaylord Hospital, Wallingford, CT, May, 2005

Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research

Publications:

Lai, J-S, Cella D, Dineen K, Bode RK, vonRoenn J, Gershon R, Shevrin D. An item bank was created to improve the measurement of cancer fatigue. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 58(2), 190-7, 2005

Mallinson, T., Waldinger, H., Semanik P, Lyons JS, Feinglass J, Chang RW. Promoting physical activity in persons with arthritis. OT Practice, 10-13, March 2005

Corrigan J, Bogner J, Lamb-Hart G, Heinemann AW, Moore D. Increasing substance abuse treatment compliance for persons with traumatic brain injury. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, in press

Deutsch A, Granger CV, Fiedler RC, DeJong G, Kane RL, Ottenbacher KJ, Heinemann AW, Naughton JP, Trevisan M. Outcomes and reimbursement of inpatient rehabilitation facilities and subacute rehabilitation programs for Medicare beneficiaries with hip fracture. Medical Care, in press

Cella D, Chang CH, Heinemann AW. Item response theory (IRT): Applications in quality of life measurement, analysis and interpretation. In, M Mesbah, BF Cole, M-LT Lee: Statistical design, measurement and analysis of health related quality of life. Kluwer Academic Publishers, in press

Heinemann AW, Rawal PH. Spinal cord injury. In AJ Goreczny (Ed.). Handbook of Health and Rehabilitation Psychology, in press

Anne Deutsch - Abstract accepted as a poster presentation for the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine: Early Impact of the Inpatient Rehabilitation Prospective payment System

Presentations:

Deutsch A, Granger CV, Heinemann AW. Early Impact of the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System. Mary E. Switzer Research Fellowship Seminar. May 2, 2005; Washington, D.C.

Mallinson, T. Development of the Arthritis Comprehensive Treatment Assessment. Mary E. Switzer Research Fellowship Seminar. May 2, Washington DC.

Mallinson, T. Choosing an instrument for your outcomes study: Why measurement issue matter when measuring clinical outcomes. The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Conference. May 3, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Service:

Heinemann, A. Steering committee member and speaker at the Rehabilitation Medicine Summit sponsored by the Foundation for PM&R, April 28, 2005, Crystal City, Virginia. "Metrics of Rehabilitation Research Capacity."

Heinemann, A. National Association of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers Annual Meeting. Organizer and facilitator of a panel titled "Strategies for measuring the quality of RRTC-generated research findings: Need for a common standard," with speakers Richard P. Melia, Ph.D., National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Marcel P.J.M. Dijkers Ph.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Marybeth Farquhar, RN, MSN, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and Maurice McInerney, American Institute for Research. Washington, DC, April 25, 2005.

Bode, R. NIDRR Field-Initiated Program review panel member, June 2005

Anne Deutsch -
Member, Technical Expert Panel: Quality Indicators for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities. Sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (November 2003 to May 2005)
Member, Technical Expert Panel: Minimum Data Set 3.0. Sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (August 2003 to present)

Sensory Motor Performance Program

Wei, Y., Patton, J. L., (2005) "Forces that Supplement Visuomotor Learning: A 'Sensory Crossover' Experiment" conditionally accepted pending revisions, Experimental Brain Research

Patton, J. L., Phillips-Stoykov, M.E., Mussa-Ivaldi, F.A. (2005) "Evaluation of robotic training forces that either enhance or reduce error in chronic hemiparetic stroke survivors" conditionally accepted pending revisions, Experimental Brain Research.

Patton J.L., Dawe G., Scharver C., Mussa-Ivaldi, F. A., Kenyon R., (2005) "Robotics and Virtual Reality: A Perfect Marriage for Motor Control Research and Rehabilitation," conditionally accepted pending revisions, to Assistive Technology.

Chib VS, Patton JL, Lynch KM, Mussa-Ivaldi FA (2005) The Effect of Stiffness and Curvature on the Haptic Identification of Surfaces. In: First Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, IEEE-WHC 2005, pp 126 - 131

Chib, VS, Patton, JL, Lynch, KM & Mussa-Ivaldi, FS (2005) The Effect of Stiffness and Curvature on the Haptic Identification of Surfaces, Proceedings of the First Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 0-7695-2310-2/05

PRESENTATIONS AT ICORR:

Hyung-Soon Park, Qiyu Peng and Li-Qun Zhang: "Causality-Based Portable Control System Design for Tele-Assessment of Elbow Joint Spasticity" (podium presentation)

Qiyu Peng, Hyung-Soon Park, and Li-Qun Zhang; "A Low-Cost Portable Tele-Rehabilitation System for the Treatment and Assessment of the Elbow Deformity of Stroke Patients" (poster presentation)

Sulzer, JS, MA Peshkin, JL Patton (2005) MARIONET: An exotendon-driven, rotary Series Elastic Actuator for exerting joint torque, International Conference on Robotics for Rehabilitation (ICORR), Chicago, IL

Scharver, C, Patton, J, Kenyon, R, Kersten, E (2005) Comparing adaptation of constrained and unconstrained movements in three dimensions, Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR 2005), Chicago, IL

Wei, Y., Bajaj, P., Scheidt, R., Patton J.L. (2005) "Visual Error Augmentation for Enhancing Motor Learning and Rehabilitative Relearning", IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, Chicago, IL

Sukal, T, Ellis, M and Dewald, J: "Dynamic Characterization of Upper Limb Discoordination Following Hemiparetic Stroke"

Vengateswaran J. Ravichandran and Eric J. Perreault (2005), "Estimation of muscle synergies in the presence of arbitrary inputs", ICORR, Chicago

Stoykov, N., Lowery, M., Heckman, CJ, Taflove, A. and Kuiken, TA: "Recording Intramuscular EMG Signals Using Surface Electrodes"

Peshkin M, Brown DA, Santos-Munné JJ, Makhlin A, Lewis E, Colgate JE, Patton JL, Schwandt D (2005) KineAssist: A robotic overground gait and balance training device. In: IEEE-International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), Chicago, IL, USA

Reed K, Peshkin M, Hartmann M, Colgate JE, Patton JL (2005) Kinesthetic Interaction. In: IEEE-International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), Chicago, IL, USA

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