Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR): Publications

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Integrating Spinal Cord Injury - Quality of Life instruments into rehabilitation: Implementation science to guide adoption of patient-reported outcome measures.

doi: 10.1080/10790268.2020.1712893

Nitsch KP,
Stipp K,
Gracz K,
Ehrlich-Jones L,
Graham ID,
Heinemann AW

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Job Accommodations, Return to Work and Job Retention of People with Physical Disabilities: A Systematic Review.

Wong J, Kallish N, Crown D, Capraro P, Trierweiler R, Wafford QE, Tiema-Benson L, Hassan S, Engel E, Tamayo C, Heinemann AW

Construct validity of the enfranchisement scale of the community participation indicators.

Kersey J, Terhorst L, Heinemann AW, Hammel J, Baum C, McCue M, Skidmore ER

Motivators, goal setting, and helpful feedback for weight management among individuals with spinal cord injury.

LaVela SL, Jones K, Heinemann AW, Bartle B, Ehrlich-Jones LS

Adult outcomes for children who sustained firearm-related spinal cord injuries.

Pruente J, Heinemann AW, Zebracki K, Mukherjee S, Gaebler-Spira D

Effectiveness of Group Wheelchair Maintenance Training for People with Spinal Cord Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Worobey LA, McKernan G, Toro M, Pearlman J, Cowan RE, Heinemann AW, Dyson-Hudson TA, Pedersen JP, Mesoros M, Boninger ML

Implementing Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Inpatient Rehabilitation: Challenges and Solutions.

Heinemann AW, Nitsch KP, Gracz K, Ehrlich-Jones L, Engel E, Wilson M, Zale C, Graham ID

Content validity of the Brief and Comprehensive ICF Core Sets for common disabling conditions in a developing country.

Pathak A, Abbott HJ, Sharma S, Ribeiro DC, Heinemann AW

Identifying Instruments to Assess Care Quality for Individuals With Custom Ankle Foot Orthoses: A Scoping Review.

Fatone S, Jerousek S, Slater BCS, Deutsch A, LaVela SL, Peterson M, Soltys NT, McPherson V, Heinemann AW

Rehabilitation and COVID-19: a rapid living systematic review by Cochrane Rehabilitation Field updated as of December 31st, 2020 and synthesis of the scientific literature of 2020.

de Sire A, Andrenelli E, Negrini F, Patrini M, Lazzarini SG, Ceravolo MG, International Multiprofessional Steering Committee of Cochrane Rehabilitation REH-COVER Action.

Clinician Perceptions of Robotic Exoskeletons for Locomotor Training After Spinal Cord Injury: A Qualitative Approach.

Ehrlich-Jones L, Crown DS, Kinnett-Hopkins D, Field-Fote E, Furbish C, Mummidisetty CK, Bond RA, Forrest G, Jayaraman A, Heinemann AW

Microprocessor Controlled Knee Ankle Foot Orthosis (KAFO) vs Stance Control vs Locked KAFO: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Deems-Dluhy S, Hoppe-Ludwig S, Mummidisetty CK, Semik P, Heinemann AW, Jayaraman A

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Recommends Prospective Registration of Systematic Reviews.

Heinemann A, Brodsky M, Hoenig H, Chan L

Brain Injury Functional Outcome Measure (BI-FOM): A Single Instrument Capturing the Range of Recovery in Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.

Whyte J, Giacino JT, Heinemann AW, Bodien Y, Hart T, Sherer M, Whiteneck GG, Mellick D, Hammond FM, Semik P, Rosenbaum A, Richardson RN

Inter-rater Reliability of Clinical Frailty Scores for Older Patients in the Emergency Department.

Lo AX, Heinemann AW, Gray E, Lindquist LA, Kocherginsky M, Post LA, Dresden SM

Development of a Multidimensional, Multigroup Measure of Self-Care for Inpatient Rehabilitation.

Bodine AJ, Heinemann AW, Carpenter J, Taylor SM, Hansen P, Lieber RL, Sliwa J

Applying a Bookmarking Approach to Setting Clinically Relevant Interpretive Standards for the Spinal Cord Injury: Functional Index/Capacity Basic Mobility and Self-Care Item Bank Scores.

Kisala PA, Victorson D, Nandakumar R, Shermeyer A, Fyffe D, Heinemann AW, Dyson-Hudson TA, Tulsky DS

The impact of Geriatric Emergency Department Innovations (GEDI) on health services use, health related quality of life, and costs: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Dresden SM, Lo AX, Lindquist LA, Kocherginsky M, Post LA, French DD, Gray E, Heinemann AW

Appraisals of robotic locomotor exoskeletons for gait: focus group insights from potential users with spinal cord injuries.

Heinemann AW, Kinnett-Hopkins D, Mummidisetty CK, Bond RA, Ehrlich-Jones L, Furbish C, Field-Fote E, Jayaraman A

Users with spinal cord injury experience of robotic Locomotor exoskeletons: a qualitative study of the benefits, limitations, and recommendations.

Kinnett-Hopkins D, Mummidisetty CK, Ehrlich-Jones L, Crown D, Bond RA, Applebaum MH, Jayaraman A, Furbish C, Forrest G, Field-Fote E, Heinemann AW

Modified PRISM and SCI-SET Spasticity Measures for Persons With Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Results of a Rasch Analyses.

Sweatman WM, Heinemann AW, Furbish CL, Field-Fote EC

Using remote learning to teach clinicians manual wheelchair skills: a cohort study with pre- vs post-training comparisons.

Worobey LA, Kirby RL, Cowan RE, Dyson-Hudson TA, Shea M, Heinemann AW, Pedersen JP, Hibbs R, Boninger ML

Identifying Instruments to Assess Care Quality for Individuals with Custom Ankle Foot Orthoses: A Scoping Review.

Fatone S, Jerousek S, Slater BCS, Deutsch A, LaVela SL, Peterson M, Soltys NT, McPherson V, Heinemann AW

Patient and Clinician Perspectives on Quality-of-Care Topics for Users of Custom Ankle-Foot Orthoses.

Heinemann AW, Deutsch A, Fatone S, Soltys N, McPherson V, Peterson M, Slater BCS, LaVela SL

Systematic Review and Appraisal of the Cross-Cultural Validity of Functional Status Assessment Measures in Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Kulhawy-Wibe SC, Zell J, Michaud K, Yazdany J, Davis AM, Ehrlich-Jones L, Thorne JC, Everix D, Cappelli LC, Suter LG, Limanni A, Barber CEH

The South Asian Healthy Lifestyle Intervention (SAHELI) trial: Protocol for a mixed-methods, hybrid effectiveness implementation trial for reducing cardiovascular risk in South Asians in the United States.

Kandula NR, Bernard V, Dave S, Ehrlich-Jones L, Counard C, Shah N, Kumar S, Rao G, Ackermann R, Spring B, Siddique J

Understanding children with cerebral palsy and bullying: A mixed methods approach.

Stang K, Frainey B, Tann B, Ehrlich-Jones L, Deike D, Gaebler-Spira D

Appraisals of robotic locomotor exoskeletons for gait: focus group insights from potential users with spinal cord injuries.

Heinemann AW, Kinnett-Hopkins D, Mummidisetty CK, Bond RA, Ehrlich-Jones L, Furbish C, Field-Fote E, Jayaraman A

Rehabilitation Is a Global Health Priority.

Heinemann AW, Feuerstein M, Frontera WR, Gard SA, Kaminsky LA, Negrini S, Richards LG, Vallée C

Prosthesis satisfaction in a national sample of Veterans with upper limb amputation.

Resnik L, Borgia M, Heinemann AW, Clark MA

Pragmatic adaptation of implementation research measures for a novel context and multiple professional roles: a factor analysis study.

Smith JD, Rafferty MR, Heinemann AW, Meachum MK, Villamar J, Lieber RL, Brown CH

Assessing whether ad hoc clinician-generated patient questionnaires provide psychometrically valid information.

Lee MK, Basford JR, Heinemann AW, Cheville A

A Review of CONSORT Guidelines About Comparison Groups With a Focused Discussion on Implications for Rehabilitation Clinical Trials.

Levack WMM, Engkasan JP, Heinemann AW, Negrini S

The Randomized Controlled Trials Rehabilitation Checklist: Methodology of Development of a Reporting Guideline Specific to Rehabilitation.

Negrini S, Armijo-Olivo S, Patrini M, Frontera WR, Heinemann AW, Machalicek W, Whyte J, Arienti C, RCTRACK Promoters.

Blinding in Rehabilitation Research: Empirical Evidence on the Association Between Blinding and Treatment Effect Estimates.

Armijo-Olivo S, Dennett L, Arienti C, Dahchi M, Arokoski J, Heinemann AW, Malmivaara A

Integrating Spinal Cord Injury - Quality of Life instruments into rehabilitation: Implementation science to guide adoption of patient-reported outcome measures.

Nitsch KP, Stipp K, Gracz K, Ehrlich-Jones L, Graham ID, Heinemann AW

Budget impact analysis of robotic exoskeleton use for locomotor training following spinal cord injury in four SCI Model Systems.

Pinto D, Garnier M, Barbas J, Chang SH, Charlifue S, Field-Fote E, Furbish C, Tefertiller C, Mummidisetty CK, Taylor H, Jayaraman A, Heinemann AW

Measuring Pain in TBI: Development of the TBI-QOL Pain Interference Item Bank and Short Form.

Carlozzi NE, Kisala PA, Boulton AJ, Roth E, Kratz AL, Sherer M, Sander AM, Heinemann AW, Chiaravalloti ND, Bushnik T, Tulsky DS

Development and Calibration of the TBI-QOL Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities and TBI-QOL Satisfaction With Social Roles and Activities Item Banks and Short Forms.

Heinemann AW, Kisala PA, Boulton AJ, Sherer M, Sander AM, Chiaravalloti N, Bushnik T, Hanks R, Roth E, Tulsky DS

2019 American College of Rheumatology Recommended Patient-Reported Functional Status Assessment Measures in Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Barber CEH, Zell J, Yazdany J, Davis AM, Cappelli L, Ehrlich-Jones L, Everix D, Thorne JC, Bohm V, Suter L, Limanni A, Michaud K

Air Travel for People Who Use Wheelchairs: Survey Results

Jessica Presperin Pedersen, Peter Axelson, Seanna Hurley Kringen

Quality of life for persons with Parkinson's disease participating in a 6-month physical activity intervention

Allison Peipert, Edeth Engel, Jing Song, Jungwha Lee, Kayleigh Mann, Jessica Pedersen, Danny Bega, Linda Ehrlich-Jones

Wheelchair Backs That Support the Spinal Curves: Assessing Postural and Functional Changes

Jessica Presperin Pedersen;
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab,
Cynthia Smith
, Margaret Dahlin
, Molly Henry
, Janell Jones
, Kelly McKenzie
, Heather Roussel
, Lindsey Yingling

National Institutes of Health Toolbox Emotion Battery: Application of Summary Scores to Adults With Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Stroke.

Babakhanyan I, Carlozzi NE, McKenna BS, Casaletto KB, Heinemann AW, Heaton RK

Development of the TBI-QOL Headache Pain Item Bank and Short Form.

Tulsky DS, Tyner CE, Boulton AJ, Kisala PA, Heinemann AW, Roth EJ, Carlozzi NE

A Systematic Review and Appraisal of the Cross-Cultural Validity of Functional Status Assessments Measures in Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Kulhawy-Wibe SC, Zell J, Michaud K, Yazdany J, Davis AM, Ehrlich-Jones L, Thorne JC, Everix D, Cappelli LC, Suter LG, Limanni A, Barber CEH

Effects of an Implementation Intervention to Promote Use of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures on Clinicians' Perceptions of Evidence-Based Practice, Implementation Leadership, and Team Functioning.

Heinemann AW, Nitsch KP, Ehrlich-Jones L, Malamut L, Semik P, Srdanovic N, Kocherginsky M, Hobbs S

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Obesity in People With Spinal Cord Injury: The Effects of Disadvantaged Neighborhood.

Wen H, Botticello AL, Bae S, Heinemann AW, Boninger M, Houlihan BV, Chen Y

Cognitive, Emotional, and Physical Functioning as Predictors of Paid Employment in People With Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Spinal Cord Injury.

Wong AWK, Chen C, Baum MC, Heaton RK, Goodman B, Heinemann AW

Preferences for physical activity: a conjoint analysis involving people with chronic knee pain.

Pinto D, Bockenholt U, Lee J, Chang RW, Sharma L, Finn DJ, Heinemann AW, Holl JL, Hansen P

The Burden of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in the United States: Disability-Adjusted Life Years.

Hall OT, McGrath RP, Peterson MD, Chadd EH, DeVivo MJ, Heinemann AW, Kalpakjian CZ

Wheelchair Breakdowns Are Associated With Pain, Pressure Injuries, Rehospitalization, and Self-Perceived Health in Full-Time Wheelchair Users With Spinal Cord Injury.

Hogaboom NS, Worobey LA, Houlihan BV, Heinemann AW, Boninger ML

Experience of Robotic Exoskeleton Use

Heinemann AW, Jayaraman A, Mummidisetty CK, Spraggins J, Pinto D, Charlifue S, Tefertiller C, Taylor HB, Chang SH, Stampas A, Furbish CL, Field-Fote EC

Sensitivity of the SCI-FI/AT in Individuals With Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.

Keeney T, Slavin M, Kisala P, Ni P, Heinemann AW, Charlifue S, Fyffe DC, Marino RJ, Morse LR, Worobey LA, Tate D, Rosenblum D, Zafonte R, Tulsky D, Jette AM

Conceptual Underpinnings of the Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders (Neuro-QoL): Comparisons of Core Sets for Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Cord Injury, and Traumatic Brain Injury.

Wong AWK, Lau SCL, Fong MWM, Cella D, Lai JS, Heinemann AW

Predatory Publishing in Rehabilitation.

Basford JR, Heinemann AW

Relationships between environmental factors and participation in adults with traumatic brain injury, stroke, and spinal cord injury: a cross-sectional multi-center study.

Wong AWK, Ng S, Dashner J, Baum MC, Hammel J, Magasi S, Lai JS, Carlozzi NE, Tulsky DS, Miskovic A, Goldsmith A, Heinemann AW

Research progress from the SCI Model Systems (SCIMS): an interactive discussion on future directions.

Boninger ML, Field-Fote EC, Kirshblum SC, Lammertse DP, Dyson-Hudson TA, Hudson L, Heinemann AW

Scoping review to develop common data elements for lumbar spinal stenosis.

Heinemann A, Raad J, Akuthota V, Segal N, Nitsch KP, Rho M, Chan L, Casey E, Press J, Sowa G, Moore J

Interpreting Patterns of Low Scores on the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery.

Holdnack JA, Tulsky DS, Brooks BL, Slotkin J, Gershon R, Heinemann AW, Iverson GL

Brief Review of Psychometric Properties and Clinical Utility of the Ages and Stages Questionnaires, Third Edition for Evaluating Pediatric Development

Rothstein, A., Miskovic, A., & Nitsch, K.

Physical Activity Minimum Threshold Predicting Improved Function in Adults With Lower-Extremity Symptoms.

Dunlop DD, Song J, Lee J, Gilbert AL, Semanik PA, Ehrlich-Jones L, Pellegrini CA, Pinto D, Ainsworth B, Chang RW

Enhancing quality of prosthetic services with process and outcome information.

Heinemann AW, Ehrlich-Jones L, Connelly L, Semik P, Fatone S

Physical Activity Minimum Threshold Predicting Improved Function in Adults With Lower-Extremity Symptoms.

Dunlop DD, Song J, Lee J, Gilbert AL, Semanik PA, Ehrlich-Jones L, Pellegrini CA, Pinto D, Ainsworth B, Chang RW

Measuring Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Quality of Care: Discharge Self-Care Functional Status Quality Measure.

Pardasaney P, Deutsch A, Iriondo-Perez J, Ingber M, McMullen T

Implementing motivational interviewing training: Strengthening the role of the registered nurse

Maloney, A.R. & Ehrlich-Jones, L.

Assessment of the relationship of spiritual well-being to depression and quality of life for persons with spinal cord injury.

Wilson CS, Forchheimer M, Heinemann AW, Warren AM, McCullumsmith C

Depression and Unmet Needs for Assistance With Daily Activities Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

Xiang X, An R, Heinemann A

Comorbidity Indices Versus Function as Potential Predictors of 30-Day Readmission in Older Patients Following Postacute Rehabilitation.

Kumar A, Karmarkar AM, Graham JE, Resnik L, Tan A, Deutsch A, Ottenbacher KJ

Psychometric Properties of the Satisfaction With Life Scale in People With Traumatic Brain, Spinal Cord, or Burn Injury: A National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Model System Study

Amtmann, D., Bocell, F.D., Bamer, A., Heinemann, A.W., Hoffman, J.M., Juengst, S.B., Rosenberg, M., Schneider, J.C., Wiechman, S., & McMullen, K.

Do Inactive Older Adults Who Increase Physical Activity Experience Less Disability: Evidence From the Osteoarthritis Initiative.

Song J, Gilbert AL, Chang RW, Pellegrini CA, Ehrlich-Jones LS, Lee J, Pinto D, Semanik PA, Sharma L, Kwoh CK, Jackson RD, Dunlop DD

Relational empathy and holistic care in persons with spinal cord injuries.

LaVela SL, Heinemann AW, Etingen B, Miskovic A, Locatelli SM, Chen D

Impact of urinary incontinence on medical rehabilitation inpatients.

Mallinson T, Fitzgerald CM, Neville CE, Almagor O, Manheim L, Deutsch A, Heinemann A

Rehabilitation Research at the National Institutes of Health: Moving the Field Forward (Executive Summary).

Frontera WR, Bean JF, Damiano D, Ehrlich-Jones L, Fried-Oken M, Jette A, Jung R, Lieber RL, Malec JF, Mueller MJ, Ottenbacher KJ, Tansey KE, Thompson A

Qualitative Development of a Discrete Choice Experiment for Physical Activity Interventions to Improve Knee Osteoarthritis.

Pinto D, Danilovich MK, Hansen P, Finn DJ, Chang RW, Holl JL, Heinemann AW, Bockenholt U

Measuring Environmental Factors: Unique and Overlapping International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Coverage of 5 Instruments.

Heinemann AW, Miskovic A, Semik P, Wong A, Dashner J, Baum C, Magasi S, Hammel J, Tulsky DS, Garcia SF, Jerousek S, Lai JS, Carlozzi NE, Gray DB

An Item Bank to Measure Systems, Services, and Policies: Environmental Factors Affecting People With Disabilities.

Lai JS, Hammel J, Jerousek S, Goldsmith A, Miskovic A, Baum C, Wong AW, Dashner J, Heinemann AW

Using the ICF's environmental factors framework to develop an item bank measuring built and natural environmental features affecting persons with disabilities.

Heinemann AW, Lai JS, Wong A, Dashner J, Magasi S, Hahn EA, Carlozzi NE, Tulsky DS, Jerousek S, Semik P, Miskovic A, Gray DB

Trajectories of Life Satisfaction After Spinal Cord Injury.

Pretz CR, Kozlowski AJ, Chen Y, Charlifue S, Heinemann AW

Current Research Outcomes From the Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems.

Chen Y, Heinemann AW

To What Extent Do Neighborhood Differences Mediate Racial Disparities in Participation After Spinal Cord Injury?

Botticello AL, Boninger M, Charlifue S, Chen Y, Fyffe D, Heinemann A, Hoffman JM, Jette A, Kalpakjian C, Rohrbach T

Effectiveness of Group Wheelchair Skills Training for People With Spinal Cord Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Worobey LA, Kirby RL, Heinemann AW, Krobot EA, Dyson-Hudson TA, Cowan RE, Pedersen JP, Shea M, Boninger ML

Spinal Cord Injury-Functional Index/Assistive Technology Short Forms.

Slavin MD, Ni P, Tulsky DS, Kisala PA, Heinemann AW, Charlifue S, Fyffe DC, Graves DE, Marino RJ, Morse LR, Rosenblum D, Tate D, Worobey LA, Dawson MB, Jette AM

Wheelchair Skills Capacity and Performance of Manual Wheelchair Users With Spinal Cord Injury.

Kirby RL, Worobey LA, Cowan R, Pedersen JP, Heinemann AW, Dyson-Hudson TA, Shea M, Smith C, Rushton PW, Boninger ML

Perceptions of Person-Centered Care Following Spinal Cord Injury.

Heinemann AW, LaVela SL, Etingen B, Miskovic A, Locatelli SM, Neumann HD, Chen D

Measuring Access to Information and Technology: Environmental Factors Affecting Persons With Neurologic Disorders.

Hahn EA, Garcia SF, Lai JS, Miskovic A, Jerousek S, Semik P, Wong A, Heinemann AW

A Multidimensional Rasch Analysis of the Functional Independence Measure Based on the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Database.

Pretz CR, Kean J, Heinemann AW, Kozlowski AJ, Bode RK, Gebhardt E

The Safety Assessment Measure for persons with traumatic brain injury: Item pool development and content validity.

Seel RT, Macciocchi S, Velozo CA, Shari K, Thompson N, Heinemann AW, Sander AM, Sleet D

Evaluating the Psychometric Properties and Responsiveness to Change of 3 Depression Measures in a Sample of Persons With Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury and Major Depressive Disorder.

Williams RT, Heinemann AW, Neumann HD, Fann JR, Forchheimer M, Richardson EJ, Bombardier CH, PRISMS Investigators.

Evaluating Individual Change With the Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders (Neuro-QoL) Short Forms.

Kozlowski AJ, Cella D, Nitsch KP, Heinemann AW

Clinical trial registration: The time has come.

Chan L, Heinemann AW

TBI-QOL: Development and Calibration of Item Banks to Measure Patient Reported Outcomes Following Traumatic Brain Injury.

Tulsky DS, Kisala PA, Victorson D, Carlozzi N, Bushnik T, Sherer M, Choi SW, Heinemann AW, Chiaravalloti N, Sander AM, Englander J, Hanks R, Kolakowsky-Hayner S, Roth E, Gershon R, Rosenthal M, Cella D