Faculty in Print

Our faculty’s research reaches audiences across the globe. Here’s a selection of publications and articles written by BU Sargent College faculty during 2015–2016.

Bandini, L.,Danielson, M., Esposito, L. E., Foley, J. T., Fox, M. H., Frey, G. C., Fleming, R. K., Krahn, G., Must, A., Porretta, D. L., Rodgers, A. B., Stanish, H., Urv, T., Vogel, L. C., and Humphries, K. (2015). Obesity in children with developmental and/or physical disabilities. Disability and Health Journal, Epub. (3):309–316. doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2015.04.005.

Berger, S., Kaldenberg, J., Selmane, R., and Carlo, S. (2016). Occupational therapy interventions to address visual and visual perceptual impairments in adults with TBI: a systematic review. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 70, 7003180010. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2016.020875.

Sandberg, C. W., Bohland, J. W., and Kiran, S. (2015). Changes in functional connectivity related to direct training and generalization effects of a word finding treatment in chronic aphasia. Brain and Language, 150:103–116. doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2015.09.002.

Sprague, C., and Brown, S. (2016). Global HIV and aging: transforming our epidemic response. Interdisciplinary Topics in Gerontology and Geriatrics: HIV and Aging. Ed. M. Brennan-Ing and R. F. DeMarco. doi: 10.1159/000448532.

Coster, W. J., Ni, P., Slavin, M., Kisala, P., Nandakumar, R., Mulcahey, M. J., Tulsky, D., and Jette, A. M. (2016). Differential item functioning in PROMIS® pediatric short forms in a sample of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.13138.

Demir, M., and Kramer, J. M. (2015). Key elements supporting goal attainment for transition-age young adults: a case study illustration from Project TEAM. Inclusion, 3(3), 145–161. doi: 10.1352/2326-6988-3.3.145.

Dunham, B. (2016). Homebirth midwifery in the United States: evolutionary origins and modern challenges. Human Nature. doi: 10.1007/s12110-016-9266-7.

Ellis, T., DeAngelis, T., Dalton, D., and Venne, J. (2016). Be Active & Beyond: A Guide to Exercise and Wellness for People with Parkinson’s Disease. The American Parkinson’s Disease Association.

Fulford, D., Eisner, L. R., and Johnson, S. L. (2015). Differentiating risk for mania and borderline personality disorder: the nature of goal regulation and impulsivity. Psychiatry Research, 227, 347–352. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.02.001.

Gill, S. V. (2015). Walking to the beat of their own drum: how children and adults meet task constraints. PLOS ONE, 10, e0127894.

Heller Murray, E. S., Mendoza, J. O., Gill, S. V., Perkell, J. S., and Stepp, C. E. (2016). Effects of biofeedback on control and generalization of nasalization in typical speakers. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.

Heislein, D. M., and Eisemon, E. O. (2016). Physical rehabilitation after total knee arthroplasty. Pathology and Intervention in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation (2nd ed). Ed. Magee, Zachazewski, Quillin. (St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders).

Jacobs, K., Doyle, N., and Ryan, C. (2015). The nature, perception, and impact of e-mentoring on post-professional occupational therapy doctoral students. Occupational Therapy in Health Care, 29(2): 201–213, 2015. doi: 10.3109/07380577. 2015.1006752. PMID: 25821883.

Seto, D. N., Kandarian, S. C., and Jackman, R. W. (2015). A key role for leukemia inhibitory factor in C26 cancer cachexia. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Aug 7; 290(32): 19976–19986. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.638411. PMID: 26092726.

AlHeresh, R. A., and Keysor, J. J. (2015). The work activity and participation outcomes framework: a new look at work disability outcomes through the lens of the ICF. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 107–112.

Kiran, S., Meier, E. L., Kapse, K. J., and Glynn, P. A. (2015). Changes in task-based effective connectivity in language networks following rehabilitation in post-stroke patients with aphasia. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9, 316. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00316.

Kramer, J., Liljenquist, K., and Coster, W. (2016). Validity, reliability, and usability of the PEDI-CAT (ASD). Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 58 (3), 255–261. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.12837. PMCID: PMC4688240.

Lewis, C. L., Foch, E., Luko, M. M., Loverro, K. L., and Khuu, A. (2015). Differences in lower extremity and trunk kinematics between single leg squat and step down tests. PLOS ONE, 10, e0126258. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126258.

Marinko, L. N., Christie, R. E., and Lewis, C. L. (2015). Successful rehabilitation of a young adult with total hip arthroplasty a decade after a Girdlestone procedure: a case report. PM&R. Aug; 7(8):895–900. doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2015.04.002. Epub 2015 Apr 7. PMID: 25857591.

Lindenmayer, J. P., Khan, A., Lachman, H., McGurk, S. R., Goldring, A., Thanju, A., and Kaushik, S. (2015). COMT genotype and response to cognitive remediation in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 168(1–2), 279–284. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.07.037.

McGurk, S. R., Mueser, K. T., Xie, H., Welsh, J., Kaiser, S., Drake, R. E., Becker, D., Bailey, E., Fraser, G., Wolfe, R., and McHugo, G. J. (2015). Cognitive enhancement treatment for people with mental illness who do not respond to supported employment: a randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Psychiatry, 172(9), 852–861. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.14030374.

Saphirstein, R. J., Gao, Y. Z., Lin, Q. Q., and Morgan, K. G. (2015). Cortical actin regulation modulates vascular contractility and compliance in veins. Journal of Physiology, 593:3929–3941. PMID: 26096914.

Fahey, N., Soni, A., Allison, J., Vankar, J., Prabhakaran, A., Moore Simas, T., Byatt, N., Phatak, A., O’Keefe, E., and Nimbalkar, S. (2016). Higher levels of education mitigate the relationship between perceived stress and positive screening for common mental disorders among women in rural India: results of a cross-sectional study. Annals of Global Health. doi: 10.1016/j.aogh.2016.04.001.

Orsmond, G. I., and Cohn, E. S. (2015). The distinctive features of a feasibility study: objectives and guiding questions. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, 35, 169–177.

Proctor, D., and Quatromoni, P. A. (2015). Two voices: recovery from disordered eating as told by an elite male athlete and his sports nutritionist. Annals of Sports Medicine and Research, 2(2): 1016–1022.

Quissell, K., and Walt, G. (2016). Sustaining effectiveness over time: the case of the global network to stop tuberculosis. Health Policy and Planning, 31 (Suppl. 1): i17–i32. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czv035.

Salge Blake, J. (2016). Nutrition & You (4th ed). (San Francisco: Pearson Education, Inc./Benjamin Cummings).

Starr, J., and Dalton, D. (2016). The thorax and chest wall. Joint Structure and Function, A Comprehensive Analysis (6th ed). Ed. P. Levangie and C. Norkin. (Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Company).

McKenna, V. S., Heller Murray, E. S., Lien, Y. S., and Stepp, C. E. (2016). The relationship between relative fundamental frequency and a kinematic estimate of laryngeal stiffness in healthy adults. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research.

Timbie, C., and Barbas, H. (2015). Pathways for emotions: specializations in the amygdalar, mediodorsal thalamic and posterior orbitofrontal network. Journal of Neuroscience, 35: 11976–11987.

Webster, K. A., Vincent, L., and Docherty, C. A. (2015). Peak plantar pressures during walking in chronic ankle instability and healthy patients. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 49: A22–A23.

John, Y. J.*, Zikopoulos, B.*, Bullock, D., and Barbas, H. (2015). The emotional
gatekeeper: a computational model of attentional selection and suppression through the projection from the amygdala to the thalamic reticular nucleus. PLOS Computational Biology. 2016 Feb 1; 12(2):e1004722. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004722. eCollection 2016 Feb. PMID: 26828203; PMCID: PMC4734702. (* Co-first authors)

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