Selected Journal Articles, Chapters, Abstract

The publications categorized and listed below were published in the past five years by the staff of the BIRC-MS, in conjunction with colleagues in many other research centers. Links to PubMed are provided for articles published in journals covered by PubMed.

Age/Aging and Brain Injury
Ashman, T.A., Cantor, J.B., Gordon, W.A., Sacks, A., Spielman, L., Egan, M., & Hibbard, M.R. (2008). A Comparison of cognitive functioning and the Apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype in older adults with and without traumatic brain injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation; 23(3), 139-148. 

Ashman, T., & Mascialino, G. (2008). Post-TBI emotional functioning and age: A systematic review. Brain Injury Professional, 5 (3), 25

Brown, M. (2008). Post-TBI vocational status and age: A systematic review. Brain Injury Professional, 5 (3), 26-27.

Dams-O'Connor, K., Gibbons, L.E., Bowen, J.D., McCurry, S.M., Larson, E.B., & Crane, P.K. (2013). Risk for late-life re-injury, dementia and death among individuals with traumatic brain injury: a population-based study. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 84, 177-182 (PMID: 23172868).

Dijkers, M., Cantor, J., Hibbard, M., Belkonen, S., Warshowsky, A., & Layman, D. (2008). The consequences of TBI in the elderly: A systematic review. Brain Injury Professional, 5 (3), 14-15, 18.

Dijkers, M. Gordon, W., Abreu, B., Graham, J., & Charness, A. (2008). The intersection of aging/age and TBI: Systematic review methodology. Brain Injury Professional, 5 (3), 8-11.

Flanagan, S. (2008). Post-TBI life expectancy and health: A systematic review. Brain Injury Professional, 5 (3), 22-23.

Graham, J.E., Radice-Neumann, D.M., Reistetter, T.A., Hammond, F.M., Dijkers, M., & Granger, C.V. (2010). Influence of sex and age on inpatient rehabilitation outcomes among older adults with traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 91, 43-50. 

Harrison-Felix, C., Kolakowsky-Hayner, S.A., Hammond, F.M., Wang, R., Englander, J., Dams-O’Connor, K., Kreider, S.E.D., Novack, T.A., Diaz-Arrastia, R. (2012). Mortality after surviving traumatic brain injury: Risks based on age groups. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 27, E45-E56.

Sacks, A., Yi, A., & Gordon, W.A. (2008). Post-TBI aging and cognitive functioning: A systematic review. Brain Injury Professional, 5 (3), 24.

Yi, A., & Dams-O’Connor, K. (in press). Psychosocial functioning in older adults with TBI. Neurorehabilitation.

Brain Injury Screening Questionnaire
Goldin-Lauretta, Y., Gordon, W., Matsuzawa, Y., Mitchell, T., Spielman, L., Tsaousides, T., & Cantor, J. (2011). Screening for traumatic brain injury: A comparison of two distinct approaches. [abstract] Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 92, 1962.

Cognitive Functioning After TBI
Ashman, T.A., Cantor, J.B., Gordon, W.A., Sacks, A., Spielman, L., Egan, M., & Hibbard, M.R. (2008). A comparison of cognitive functioning and the Apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype in older adults with and without traumatic brain injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation; 23(3), 139-148. 

Breed, S., Sacks, A., Ashman, T.A., Gordon, W.A., Dahlman, K., & Spielman, L. (2008). A comparison of cognitive functioning among individuals with traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease, and no cognitive impairments. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation; 23(3), 149-157. 

Moore, D.W., Ashman, T.A., Cantor, J.B., Krinick, R.J.,& Spielman, L.A. (2010). Gender and cognition after traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 20, 340-354. 

Sacks, A., Yi, A., & Gordon, W.A. (2008). Post-TBI aging and cognitive functioning: A systematic review. Brain Injury Professional, 5 (3), 24.

Cognitive Rehabilitation
Cantor, J.B., Gordon, W.A., Dams-O’Connor, K., Tsaousides, T. (2011). Short-term intensive cognitive rehabilitation in OIF/OEF veterans – applying the STEP model. Wounds of War: Coping with Blast-related traumatic brain injury in returning troops. Amsterdam: IOS Press.

Cicerone, K.D., Langenbahn, D.M., Braden, C., Malec, J.F., Kalmar, K., Fraas, M., Felicetti, T., Laatsch, L., Harley, J.P., Bergquist, T., Azulay, J., Cantor, J., & Ashman, T. (2011). Evidence based cognitive rehabilitation: Updated review of the literature from 2003 through 2008. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 92, 519-530. 

Dams-O’Connor, K. & Gordon, W.A. (2010). The role and impact of cognitive rehabilitation.Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 33, 893-904. 

Dams-O’Connor, K., & Gordon, W.A., (in press). Integrating top-down and bottom-up interventions after traumatic brain injury: a synergistic approach to neurorehabilitation. Brain Impairment.

Gordon, W.A. (2011). Cognitive rehabilitation. In J.M. Silver, T.W. McAllister & S.C. Yudofsky (eds.), Textbook of traumatic brain injury, 2nd ed, pp. 579-585. Sacramento: American Psychiatric Publishing.

Haskins, E., Cicerone, K., Dams-O’Connor, K., Eberle, R., Langenbahn, D., Shapiro, & A., Trexler, L. (2011). BI-ISIG Cognitive Rehabilitation Manual: Translating Evidence-Based Recommendations into Practice, 1st ed. Reston, VA: ACRM Publishing.

Helmick, K. et al. (2010). Cognitive rehabilitation for military personnel with mild traumatic brain injury and chronic post-concussional disorder: Results of April 2009 consensus conference. NeuroRehabilitation, 26, 239-255. 

Langenbahn, D.M., Ashman, T., Cantor, J., & Trott, C. (2012). An evidence-based review of cognitive rehabilitation in medical conditions affecting cognitive function. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Sep 25. [Epub ahead of print]

Lebowitz, M.S., Dams-O'Connor, K., & Cantor, J.B. (2012). Feasibility of computerized brain plasticity-based cognitive training after traumatic brain injury. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 49, 1547-1556.

Tsaousides, T., & Gordon, W.A. (2009). Cognitive rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury: Assessment to treatment. Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, 76, 173-181. 

Tsaousides, T., & Gordon, W. A. (2010). Neuropsychological interventions following traumatic brain injury. In M. J. Ashley (ed.), Traumatic brain Injury: rehabilitative treatment and case management, 3rd Edition. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis.

Yi, A.S. & Belkonen, S.M. (2010). Neuropsychological rehabilitation. In J. Kreutzer, J. DeLuca & B. Caplan (eds.), Encyclopedia of clinical neuropsychology. New York: Springer.

Co-morbid Conditions
Dams-O'Connor, K., Gibbons, L.E., Bowen, J.D., McCurry, S.M., Larson, E.B., & Crane, P.K. (2013). Risk for late-life re-injury, dementia and death among individuals with traumatic brain injury: a population-based study. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 84, 177-182 (PMID: 23172868).

Dams-O’Connor, K., Spielman, L., Hammond, F., Sayed, N., Culver, C., & Diaz-Arrastia, R. (in press). An exploration of clinical dementia phenotypes among individuals with and without traumatic brain injury. Neurorehabilitation.

Ho, L., Zhao, W., Dams-O’Connor, K., Tang, C.Y., Gordon, W.A., Peskind, E.R., Yemul, S., Haroutunian, V., & Pasinetti, G.M. (2012). Elevated plasma MCP-1 concentration following traumatic brain injury as a potential “predisposition” factor associated with an increased risk for subsequent development of Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 31, 301-313.

Sacks, A., Brown, M., & Gordon, W. (2009, Nov.). Co-morbidity of substance abuse and traumatic brain injury. Research in Brief, No. 3. Albany, NY: NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services.

Sacks, A., Fenske, C., Gordon, W., Cantor, J.C., Ashman, T., Hibbard, M., Perez, K., Brandau, S., & Spielman, L. (2009). Co-morbidity of substance abuse and traumatic brain injury. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 5, 404-417.

Sayed, N., Culver, C., Hammond, F., Dams-O’Connor, K., & Diaz-Arrastia, R. (2013). Clinical phenotype of dementia after traumatic brain injury. Journal of Neurotrauma, Feb 4. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 23374007.

Emotional Functioning after TBI
Ashman, T.A., Cantor, J.B., Gordon, W.A., Flanagan, S., Ginsberg, A., Engmann, C., Spielman, L., Egan, M., Ambrose, A.F., & Greenwald, B. (2009). A randomized controlled trial of sertraline for the treatment of depression in individuals with traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 90, 733-740. 

Ashman, T., & Mascialino, G. (2008). Post-TBI emotional functioning and age: A systematic review. Brain Injury Professional, 5 (3), 25

Tsaousides, T., Cantor, J.B., & Gordon, W.A. (2011). Suicidal ideation following traumatic brain injury: prevalence rates and correlates in adults living in the community. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 26, 265-275. 

Tsaousides, T., Ashman, T. A., & Gordon, W. A. (in press). Diagnosis and treatment of depression following traumatic brain injury. Brain Impairment.

Ethnicity and Brain Injury
Arango-Lasprilla, J. C., Ketchum, J. M., Gary, K., Hart, T., Corrigan, J., Forster, L., & Mascialino, G. (2009). Race/ethnicity differences in satisfaction with life among persons with traumatic brain injury. NeuroRehabilitation, 24(1), 5-14. 

Mascialino, G., Hirshson, C., Egan, M., Cantor, J., Ashman, T., Tsaousides, T., et al. (2009). Objective and subjective assessment of long-term community integration in minority groups following traumatic brain injury. NeuroRehabilitation, 24(1), 29-36. 

Fatigue, Sleep and Insomnia Post Brain Injury
Ashman, T.A., Cantor, J.B., Gordon, W.A., Spielman, L., Egan, M., Ginsberg, A., Engmann, C., Flanagan, S. (2008). Objective measurement of fatigue following traumatic brain injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation; 23(1): 33-40. 

Cantor, J.B., Ashman, T.A., Gordon, W.A., Ginsberg, A., Engmann, C., Egan, M., Spielman, L., Dijkers, M., & Flanagan, S. (2008). Post TBI fatigue and its impact on participation and quality of life. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation; 23(1): 41-51. 

Cantor, J.B., Bushnik, T., Cicerone, K., Dijkers, M.P., Gordon, W.A., Kolakowsky-Hayner, S.A., Hammond, F.M., Lequerica, A., Nguyen, M,. & Spielman, L.A. (2012). Insomnia, fatigue, and sleepiness in the first 2 years after traumatic brain injury: a NIDRR TBI Model System module study. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 27, 1-14.

Cantor, J.B., & Gordon, W.A. (in press). What is post TBI fatigue? The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine.

Cantor, J.B., Gordon, W.A., & Gumber, S. (in press). What is post TBI fatigue Neurorehabilitation.

Dijkers, M., & Bushnik, T. (2008). Assessing fatigue after traumatic brain injury: an evaluation of the Barroso Fatigue Scale. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 23, 3-16. 

Greenwald, B., Lombard, L.A., & Watanabe, T.K. (2011). Managing sleepiness after traumatic brain injury. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 3, 480-485.

Greenwald, B.D., & Ripley, D.L. Fatigue. (2009). In A. Cristian (ed.) Medical management of adults with neurologic disabilities, pp. 129-138. New York: Demos Medical Publishing.

Greenwald, B.D., & Sabini, R.C. (2009). Sleep. In A. Cristian (ed.) Medical management of adults with neurologic disabilities, pp. 363-374. New York: Demos Medical Publishing.

Lequerica, A., Bushnik, T., Wright, J., Kolakowsky-Hayner, S.A., Hammond, F., Dijkers, M.P., Cantor, J.B. (2012). Psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Assessment of Fatigue scale in traumatic brain injury: A NIDRR TBI model system study. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 27, E28-E35.

Gender and Brain Injury
Graham, J.E., Radice-Neumann, D.M., Reistetter, T.A., Hammond, F.M., Dijkers, M., & Granger, C.V. (2010). Influence of sex and age on inpatient rehabilitation outcomes among older adults with traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 91, 43-50. 

Moore, D.W., Ashman, T.A., Cantor, J.B., Krinick, R.J.,& Spielman, L.A. (2010). Gender and cognition after traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 20, 340-354. 

General Information About Brain Injury
Dams-O’Connor, K. & Gordon, W.A. (2010). The role and impact of cognitive rehabilitation. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 33, 893-904. 

Flanagan, S.R., Cantor, J.B., & Ashman, T.A. (2008). Traumatic brain injury: Future assessment tools and treatment prospects. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 4, 1-16. 

Greenwald, B.D., & Rigg, J.L. (2009). Neurorehabilitation in traumatic brain injury: Does it make a difference? Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, 76, 182-189. 

Sahler, C.S., & Greenwald, B.D. (2012). Traumatic brain injury in sports: a review. Rehabilitation Research and Practice, vol. 2012, Article ID 659652, 10 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/659652 (epub)

Medical Issues and Biomedical Science
Brown, A.W., Elovic, E.P., Kothari, S., Flanagan, S.R., & Kwasnica, C. (2008). Brain injury rehabilitation. 1. Epidemiology, pathophysiology, prognostication, innovative treatments and prevention. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 89 (3 Suppl 1). 

Cristian, A., & Greenwald, B.D. (eds.) (2009). Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinic of North America. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co.

Dijkers M., & Greenwald B. (2006, 2012). Functional assessment in TBI rehabilitation. In N.D. Zasler, D. Katz & R. Zafonte (eds), Brain injury medicine. New York: Demos Publishers.

Flanagan, S. (2008). Post-TBI life expectancy and health: A systematic review. Brain Injury Professional, 5 (3), 22-23.

Flanagan, S.R., Kwasnica, C., Brown, A.W., Elovic, E.P., & Kothari, S. (2008). Brain injury rehabilitation. 2. Medical rehabilitation in acute and subacute settings. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 89 (3 Suppl 1). 

Greenwald, B.D., & Delisser, K. (2011). Initial rehabilitation interventions in the acute hospital setting and transitioning to the next level of care. In F. Zollman (ed.) Management of traumatic brain injury, pp. 192-198. New York: Demos Medical Publishing.

Greenwald, B.D., Kapoor, N., & Singh, A.D. (2012). Visual impairments in the first year after traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 26, 1338-1359.

Greenwald, B.D., & Nori, P. (2011). Disorders of consciousness. In F. Zollman (ed.) Management of traumatic brain Injury, pp. 199-205. New York: Demos Medical Publishing.

Ho, L., Zhao, W., Dams-O’Connor, K., Tang, C.Y., Gordon, W.A., Peskind, E.R., Yemul, S., Haroutunian, V., & Pasinetti, G.M. (2012). Elevated plasma MCP-1 concentration following traumatic brain injury as a potential “predisposition” factor associated with an increased risk for subsequent development of Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 31, 301-313.

Kothari, S., Flanagan, S.R., Kwasnica, C., Brown, A.W., & Elovic, E.P. (2008). Brain injury rehabilitation. 5. Traumatic brain injury medicine: Emerging concepts in prognostication, evaluation, and treatment. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 89 (3 Suppl 1). 

Kwasnica, C., Brown, A.W., Elovic, E.P., Kothari, S., & Flanagan, S.R. (2008). Brain injury rehabilitation. 3. Spectrum of the acquired brain injury population. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 89 (3 Suppl 1).

Nakase-Richardson, R., Whyte, J., Giacino, J., Pavawalla, S., Barnett, S.D., Yablon, S.A., Sherer, M., Kalmar, K., Hammond, F., Greenwald, B., Horn, L.J., Seel, R., McCarthy, M., Tran, J., Walker, W. (2011). Longitudinal outcome of patients with disordered consciousness in the NIDRR TBI Model Systems Programs. Journal of Neurotrauma, Jun 13. [Epub ahead of print] 

Saulle, M., & Greenwald, B.D. (2012). Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: a review. Rehabilitation Research and Practice, vol. 2012, Article ID 816069, 9 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/816069.

Tang, C., Eaves, E., Dams-O’Connor, K., Ho, L. Gordon, W., & Pasinetti, G.M. (2012). Diffuse disconnectivity in traumatic brain injury: A resting state fMRI and DTI study. Translational Neuroscience, 3(1), 9-14.

Wu, L. M., Diefenbach, M. A., Gordon, W. A., Cantor, J. B., & Cherrier, M. M. (2012). Cognitive problems in androgen deprivation therapy: A qualitative pilot study. Urologic Oncology. 2012 Sep 10. [Epub ahead of print]

Zhao, W., Ho, L., Varghese, M., Yemu,l S., Dams-O'Connor, K., Gordon, W., Knable, L., Freire, D., Haroutunian, V., & Pasinetti, G.M. (2012). Decreased level of olfactory receptors in blood cells following traumatic brain injury and potential association with tauopathy. Journal of Alzheimers Disease, Dec 14. PMID: 23241557

Methods Re: Measurement, Research Design and Systematic Reviews
Brown, M. (2009). Perspective on outcome: What disability insiders and outsiders each bring to the assessment table. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 90 (Suppl 1), S36-S40. 

Brown, M. (2010). Participation: the insider’s perspective. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 91, S34-S37. 

Corrigan, J.C., Cuthbert, J.P., Whiteneck, G.G., Dijkers, M.P., Coronado, V., Heinemann, A.W., Harrison-Felix, C., & Graham, J.E. (2012). Representativeness of the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems national database. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 27, 391-403

Dijkers, M.P.J.M. (2009). Case-control studies false and true: mislabeled study designs in rehabilitation research, and a master class in case-control study design. [Editorial] Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 41, 289-290. 

Dijkers, M. (2009). The Task Force on Systematic Reviews and Guidelines. The value of “traditional” reviews in the era of systematic reviewing. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 88, 423-430. 

Dijkers, M., for the Panel on Systematic Reviews and Guidelines Sponsored by the National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR). (2009). When the best is the enemy of the good – The nature of research evidence used in systematic reviews and guidelines. Focus Technical Brief. Austin, TX: SEDL.

Dijkers M. (2010). Challenges and recommendations for placebo controls in randomized trials in physical and rehabilitation medicine. [Letter to the editor] American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 89, 1045-1046.

Dijkers M. (2010). Community Integration Questionnaire. In Kreutzer J., DeLuca J., & Caplan, B. (eds). Encyclopedia of clinical neuropsychology. Berlin and New York: Springer.

Dijkers, M.P. (2010). Issues in the conceptualization and measurement of participation: An overview. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 91, S5-S19.

Dijkers, M.P. (2010). Low-cost and no-cost steps in research design to improve the quality of evidence. Focus Technical Brief No. 27. Austin, TX: National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research, SEDL.

Dijkers, M.P. (2011). External validity in research on rehabilitation interventions: issues for knowledge translation. Focus Technical Brief. Austin, TX: National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research, SEDL.

Dijkers, M., Boninger, M., Bushnik, T., Esselman, P., Heinemann, A., Heller, T., Libin, A., Nye, C., Starks, J., Sherer, M., Vandergoot, D., Wehmeyer, M. (Task Force on Systematic Reviews and Guidelines, convened by the National Center for the Dissemination of Rehabilitation Research). (2011). Guidelines for assessing the quality and applicability of systematic reviews. National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDRR).

Dijkers, M.P., Bushnik, T., Heinemann, A.W., Heller, T., Libin, A.V., Starks, J., Sherer, M., & Vandergoot, D. (2012). Systematic reviews for informing rehabilitation practice: An introduction. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 93, 912-918.

Dijkers, M. Gordon, W., Abreu, B., Graham, J., & Charness, A. (2008). The intersection of aging/age and TBI: Systematic review methodology. Brain Injury Professional, 5 (3), 8-11.

Dijkers M., & Greenwald B. (2012). Functional assessment in TBI rehabilitation. In N.D. Zasler, D. Katz & R. Zafonte (eds), Brain injury medicine, 2nd ed. New York: Demos Publishers.

Dijkers, M.P., Murphy, S.L., & Krellman, J. (2012). Evidence-based practice for rehabilitation professionals: concepts and controversies. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 93, 164-176.

Gavett, B.E., Crane, P.K., & Dams-O’Connor, K. (2013). Bi-factor analyses of the Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone. Neurorehabilitation, 32, 253-265.

Goldin-Lauretta, Y., Gordon, W., Matsuzawa, Y., Mitchell, T., Spielman, L., Tsaousides, T., & Cantor, J. (2011). Screening for traumatic brain injury: A comparison of two distinct approaches. [abstract] Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 92, 1962.

Gordon, W.A. (2009). Clinical trials in rehabilitation research: balancing rigor and relevance. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 90 (Suppl 1), S1-S2. 

Johnston, M.V., & Dijkers, M.P. (2012). Toward improved evidence standards and methods for rehabilitation: Recommendations and challenges. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 93, S185-199.

Kozlowski, A.J., Pretz, C.R., Dams-O’Connor, K., Kreider, S., & Whiteneck, G. (2012). Applying individual growth curve models to evaluate change in rehabilitation. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Aug 16. E-pub ahead of print. PMID: 22902887.

Lequerica, A., Bushnik, T., Wright, J., Kolakowsky-Hayner, S.A., Hammond, F., Dijkers, M.P., Cantor, J.B. (2012). Psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Assessment of Fatigue scale in traumatic brain injury: A NIDRR TBI model system study. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 27, E28-E35.

Maas, A., Harrison-Felix, C., Menon, D., Adelson, D., Balkin, T., Bullock, R., Engel, D., Gordon, W., Langlois-Orman, J., Lew, H., Robertson, C., Temkin, N., Valadka, A., Verfaellie, M., Wainwright, M., Wright, D., & Schwab, K. (2010). Common data elements for traumatic brain injury: Recommendations from the interagency working group on demographics and clinical assessment. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 91, 1641-1649.

Pretz, C.R., Kozlowski, A.J., Dams-O’Connor, K., Kreider, S., Cuthbert, J.P., Corrigan, J.D., Heinemann, A.W., &Whiteneck, G. (2012). Descriptive modeling of longitudinal outcome measures in traumatic brain injury: A NIDRR Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Study. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.[Epub ahead of print]

Saatman, K.E., Duhaime, A., Bulloci, R. et al. (including W.A. Gordon). (2008). Classification of traumatic brain injury for targeted therapies. Journal of Neurotrauma, 25, 719-738. 

Seel, R., Dijkers, M.P., & Johnston, M.V. (2012). Developing and using evidence to improve rehabilitation practice. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 93, 97-100.

Whiteneck, G., & Dijkers, M.P. (2009). Difficult to measure constructs: conceptual and methodological issues concerning participation and environmental factors. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 90 (Suppl 1), S22-S35. 

Whyte, J., Gordon, W.A., & Gonzalez-Rothi, L.J. (2009). A phased developmental approach to neurorehabilitation research: the science of knowledge building. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 90 (Suppl 1), S3-S10. 

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Post-Concussion Syndrome
Cantor, J.B. (2008, Mar. 24). Improving the recognition and treatment of traumatic brain injury. Psychiatry Weekly, 3 (12).

Gordon, W.A. (2008). A wound obscure, yet serious: Consequences of unidentified traumatic brain injury are often severe. Cerebrum. (http://www.dana.org/news/cerebrum/detail.aspx?id=13570)

Gordon, W.A., & Brown, M. (2008). Mild traumatic brain injury: Identification, the key to preventing social failure. Brain Injury Professional, 5(2), 8-11.

Greenwald, B.D., Ambrose, A.F. & Armstrong, G.P. (2012). Mild brain injury. Rehabilitation Research and Practice, Article ID 469475. doi:10.1155/2012/469475

Helmick, K. et al. (2010). Cognitive rehabilitation for military personnel with mild traumatic brain injury and chronic post-concussional disorder: Results of April 2009 consensus conference. NeuroRehabilitation, 26, 239-255. 

Mortality
Dams-O'Connor, K., Gibbons, L.E., Bowen, J.D., McCurry, S.M., Larson, E.B., & Crane, P.K. (2013). Risk for late-life re-injury, dementia and death among individuals with traumatic brain injury: a population-based study. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 84, 177-182 (PMID: 23172868).

Harrison-Felix, C., Kolakowsky-Hayner, S.A., Hammond, F.M., Wang, R., Englander, J., Dams-O’Connor, K., Kreider, S.E.D., Novack, T.A., Diaz-Arrastia, R. (2012). Mortality after surviving traumatic brain injury: Risks based on age groups. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 27, E45-E56.

Harrison-Felix, C., Kreider, S.E.D., Arango-Lasprilla, J.C., Brown, A.W., Dijkers, M.P., Hammond, F.M., Kolakowsky-Hayner, S.A., Hirshson, C., Whiteneck, G.G., & Zasler, N.D. (2012). Life expectancy following rehabilitation: a NIDRR Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems study. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 27, E69-E80.

Hirshson, C.I., Gordon, W.A., Singh, A., Ambrose, A., Dams-O’Connor, K., & Spielman, L.A. (2013). Mortality of elderly individuals with TBI in the first 5 years following injury. Neurorehabilitation, 32, 225-232.

Neuropsychology
Belkonen, S.M. (2010). Hopkins Verbal Learning Test. In J. Kreutzer, J. DeLuca & B. Caplan (Eds.), Encyclopedia of clinical neuropsychology. New York: Springer.

Dams-O’Connor, K. (2010). Error recognition and error correction. In J. S. Kreutzer, J. DeLuca & B. Caplan (eds.), Encyclopedia of clinical neuropsychology. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.

Dams-O’Connor, K. (2010). Strategy substitution. In J. S. Kreutzer, J. DeLuca & B. Caplan (eds.), Encyclopedia of clinical neuropsychology. Heidelberg, Ger: Springer.

Hanks, R.A., Millis, S., Ricker, J., Giacino, J., Nakese-Richardson, R., Frol, A., Novack, T., Kalmar, K., Sherer, M. & Gordon, W.A. (2008). The predictive validity of a brief inpatient neuropsychologic battery for persons with traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 89, 950-957. 

Tsaousides, T., Dams-O’Connor, K., & Gordon, W.A. (2011). Cognition in mild traumatic brain injury: neuropsychological assessment. In F.S. Zollman (ed.), Management of traumatic brain injury. New York: Demos Medical Publishing.

Yi, A.S. (2010). California Verbal Learning Test. In J. Kreutzer, J. DeLuca & B. Caplan (eds.), Encyclopedia of clinical neuropsychology. New York: Springer.

PART, PART-O, PART-OS
Bogner, J., Whiteneck, G., Corrigan, J.D., Lai, J.S., Dijkers, M.P., & Heinemann, A.W. (2011). Comparison of scoring methods for the Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools – Objective. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 92, 552-563. 

Whiteneck, G.G., Dijkers, M.P., Heinemann, A.W., Bogner, J., Bushnik, T., Cicerone, K.D., Corrigan, J.D., Hart, T., Malec, J.F, & Millis, S.R. (2011). Development of the Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools – Objective (PART-O) for use with individuals after traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 92, 542-551. 

Participation and Participation Measurement
Brown, M. (2010). Participation: the insider’s perspective. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 91, S34-S37. 

Brownsberger, M., & Hibbard, M.R. (2009). Assessment of community integration. In E. Mpofu & T. Oakland (Eds.), Assessment in rehabilitation and health. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Cantor, J.B., Ashman, T.A., Gordon, W.A., Ginsberg, A., Engmann, C., Egan, M., Spielman, L., Dijkers, M., & Flanagan, S. (2008). Post TBI fatigue and its impact on participation and quality of life. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation; 23(1): 41-51. 

Dijkers M. (2010). Community Integration Questionnaire. In Kreutzer J., DeLuca J., & Caplan, B. (eds). Encyclopedia of clinical neuropsychology. Berlin and New York: Springer.

Dijkers, M.P. (2010). Issues in the conceptualization and measurement of participation: An overview. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 91, S5-S19. 

Heinemann, A.W., Tulsky, D., Dijkers, M., Brown, M., Magasi, S., Gordon, W., & DeMark, H. (2010). Issues in participation measurement in research and clinical applications. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 91, S72-S76. 

Mascialino, G., Hirshson, C., Egan, M., Cantor, J., Ashman, T., Tsaousides, T., et al. (2009). Objective and subjective assessment of long-term community integration in minority groups following traumatic brain injury. NeuroRehabilitation, 24(1), 29-36. 

Tsaousides, T., Matsuzawa, Y., & Lebowitz, M. (2011). Familiarity and prevalence of Facebook use for social networking among individuals with traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 25, 1155-1162. 

Whiteneck, G., & Dijkers, M.P. (2009). Difficult to measure constructs: conceptual and methodological issues concerning participation and environmental factors. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 90 (Suppl 1), S22-S35.

Perceptions and Perspectives of Disability Insiders
Brown, M. (2009). Perspective on outcome: What disability insiders and outsiders each bring to the assessment table. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 90 (Suppl 1), S36-S40. 

Predicting Outcome
Arango-Lasprilla, J. C., Ketchum, J. M., Gary, K., Hart, T., Corrigan, J., Forster, L., & Mascialino, G. (2009). Race/ethnicity differences in satisfaction with life among persons with traumatic brain injury. NeuroRehabilitation, 24(1), 5-14. 

Cantor, J.B., Ashman, T.A., Gordon, W.A., Ginsberg, A., Engmann, C., Egan, M., Spielman, L., Dijkers, M., & Flanagan, S. (2008). Post TBI fatigue and its impact on participation and quality of life. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation; 23(1): 41-51. 

Corrigan, J.D., Bogner, J., Pretz, C., Mellick, D., Kreider, S., Whiteneck, G.G., Harrison-Felix, C., Dijkers, M.P., & Heinemann, A.W. (2012). Use of neighborhood characteristics to improve prediction of psychosocial outcomes: a traumatic brain injury model systems investigation. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 93, 1350-1358.

Cuthbert, J.P., Corrigan, J.C., Whiteneck, G.G., Harrison-Felix, C., Dijkers, M.P., Coronado, V., & Heinemann, A.W. (2011). Factors that predict acute hospitalization discharge disposition for adults with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 92, 721-730. 

Davis, L.C., Sherer, M., Sander, A.M., Bogner, J.A., Corrigan, J.D., Dijkers, M.P., Hanks, R.A., Bergquist, T.F., & Seel, R.T. (2012). Preinjury predictors of life satisfaction at 1 year after traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 93, 1324-1330.

Graham, J.E., Radice-Neumann, D.M., Reistetter, T.A., Hammond, F.M., Dijkers, M., & Granger, C.V. (2010). Influence of sex and age on inpatient rehabilitation outcomes among older adults with traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 91, 43-50.

Nakase-Richardson, R., Whyte, J., Giacino, J., Pavawalla, S., Barnett, S.D., Yablon, S.A., Sherer, M., Kalmar, K., Hammond, F., Greenwald, B., Horn, L.J., Seel, R., McCarthy, M., Tran, J., Walker, W. (2012). Longitudinal outcome of patients with disordered consciousness in the NIDRR TBI Model Systems Programs. Journal of Neurotrauma, 29, 59-65.

Yuh, E.L., Mukherjee, P., Lingsma, H.F., Yue, J.K., Ferguson, A.R., Gordon, W.A., Valadka, A.B., Schnyer, D.M., Okonkwo, D.O., Mass, A.I.R., Manley, G.T., AND TRACK-TBI INVESTIGATORS INCLUDING: Benegar, A., Casey, S.S., Cheong, M., Cooper, S.R., Dams-O’Connor, K., Hricik, A.J., Inoue, T., Knight, E.E., Kulubya, E.S., Lawless, K., Morabito, D.J., Menon, D.K., Pacheco, J.L., Puccio, A.M., Sinha, T.K., Vassar, M.J. (2013). MRI improves 3-month outcome prediction in mild traumatic brain injury. Annals of Neurology, 73, 224-235.

Quality of Life
Arango-Lasprilla, J. C., Ketchum, J. M., Gary, K., Hart, T., Corrigan, J., Forster, L., & Mascialino, G. (2009). Race/ethnicity differences in satisfaction with life among persons with traumatic brain injury. NeuroRehabilitation, 24(1), 5-14. 

Cantor, J.B., Ashman, T.A., Gordon, W.A., Ginsberg, A., Engmann, C., Egan, M., Spielman, L., Dijkers, M., & Flanagan, S. (2008). Post TBI fatigue and its impact on participation and quality of life. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation; 23(1): 41-51. 

Tsaousides, T., & Mascialino, G. (2010). Quality of life. In J. S. Kreutzer, J. DeLuca & B. Caplan (eds.), Encyclopedia of clinical neuropsychology. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.

Tsaousides, T., Warshowsky, A., Ashman, T.A., Cantor, J.B., Spielman, L., & Gordon, W.A. (2009). The relationship between employment-related self-efficacy and quality of life following traumatic brain injury. Rehabilitation Psychology, 54(3), 299-305. 

Reporting of Research
Dijkers, M.P. (2009). Ensuring inclusion of research reports in systematic reviews. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 90 (Suppl. 1), S60-S69.

Dijkers, M.P.J.M., Brown, M., & Gordon, W.A. (2008). Getting published and having an impact: Turning rehabilitation research results into gold. Focus Technical Brief No. 19. Austin, TX: National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research.

Screening for Hidden Brain Injury
Cantor, J.B. (2008, Mar. 24). Improving the recognition and treatment of traumatic brain injury. Psychiatry Weekly, 3 (12).

Gordon, W.A. (2008). A wound obscure, yet serious: Consequences of unidentified traumatic brain injury are often severe. Cerebrum. (http://www.dana.org/news/cerebrum/detail.aspx?id=13570)

Gordon, W.A., & Brown, M. (2008). Mild traumatic brain injury: Identification, the key to preventing social failure. Brain Injury Professional, 5(2), 8-11.

Substance Abuse and TBI
Sacks, A., Brown, M., & Gordon, W. (2009, Nov.). Co-morbidity of substance abuse and traumatic brain injury. Research in Brief, No. 3. Albany, NY: NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services.

Sacks, A., Fenske, C., Gordon, W., Cantor, J.C., Ashman, T., Hibbard, M., Perez, K., Brandau, S., & Spielman, L. (2009). Co-morbidity of substance abuse and traumatic brain injury. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 5, 404-417.

Systematic Reviews and Research Overviews
Ashman, T., & Mascialino, G. (2008). Post-TBI emotional functioning and age: A systematic review. Brain Injury Professional, 5 (3), 25

Brown, M. (2008). Post-TBI vocational status and age: A systematic review. Brain Injury Professional, 5 (3), 26-27.

Cicerone, K.D., Langenbahn, D.M., Braden, C., Malec, J.F., Kalmar, K., Fraas, M., Felicetti, T., Laatsch, L., Harley, J.P., Bergquist, T., Azulay, J., Cantor, J., & Ashman, T. (2011). Evidence based cognitive rehabilitation: Updated review of the literature from 2003 through 2008. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 92, 519-530. 

Dijkers, M., Cantor, J., Hibbard, M., Belkonen, S., Warshowsky, A., & Layman, D. (2008). The consequences of TBI in the elderly: A systematic review. Brain Injury Professional, 5 (3), 14-15, 18.

Flanagan, S. (2008). Post-TBI life expectancy and health: A systematic review. Brain Injury Professional, 5 (3), 22-23.

Langenbahn, D.M., Ashman, T., Cantor, J., & Trott, C. (2012). An evidence-based review of cognitive rehabilitation in medical conditions affecting cognitive function. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Sep 25. [Epub ahead of print]

Sacks, A., Yi, A., & Gordon, W.A. (2008). Post-TBI aging and cognitive functioning: A systematic review. Brain Injury Professional, 5 (3), 24.

Sahler, C.S., & Greenwald, B.D. (2012). Traumatic brain injury in sports: a review. Rehabilitation Research and Practice, vol. 2012, Article ID 659652, 10 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/659652 (epub)

Saulle, M., & Greenwald, B.D. (2012). Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: a review. Rehabilitation Research and Practice, vol. 2012, Article ID 816069, 9 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/816069.

Treatments (see also, Cognitive Rehabilitation, above)
Ashman, T.A., Cantor, J.B., Gordon, W.A., Flanagan, S., Ginsberg, A., Engmann, C., Spielman, L., Egan, M., Ambrose, A.F., & Greenwald, B. (2009). A randomized controlled trial of sertraline for the treatment of depression in individuals with traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 90, 733-740.

Brown, A.W., Elovic, E.P., Kothari, S., Flanagan, S.R., & Kwasnica, C. (2008). Brain injury rehabilitation. 1. Epidemiology, pathophysiology, prognostication, innovative treatments and prevention. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 89 (3 Suppl 1).

Cantor, J.B. (2010, Spring). Complementary and alternative medicine in the management of traumatic brain injury. TBI Challenge, 3 (5), 3-4, 22.

Elovic, E.P., Kothari, S., Flanagan, S.R., Kwasnica, C., & Brown, A.W. (2008). Brain injury rehabilitation. 4. Traumatic brain injury medicine: Outpatient and community reintegration. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 89 (3 Suppl 1). 

Flanagan, S.R., Kwasnica, C., Brown, A.W., Elovic, E.P., & Kothari, S. (2008). Brain injury rehabilitation. 2. Medical rehabilitation in acute and subacute settings. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 89 (3 Suppl 1). 

Greenwald, B.D., & Ripley, D.L. Fatigue. (2009). In A. Cristian (ed.) Medical management of adults with neurologic disabilities, pp. 129-138. New York: Demos Medical Publishing.

Greenwald, B.D., & Sabini, R.C. (2009). Sleep. In A. Cristian (ed.) Medical management of adults with neurologic disabilities, pp. 363-374. New York: Demos Medical Publishing.

Greenwald, B.D., & Delisser, K. (2011). Initial rehabilitation interventions in the acute hospital setting and transitioning to the next level of care. In F. Zollman (ed.) Management of traumatic brain Injury, pp. 192-198. New York: Demos Medical Publishing.

Greenwald, B., Lombard, L.A., & Watanabe, T.K. (2011). Managing sleepiness after traumatic brain injury. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 3, 480-485. 

Hart, T., Dijkers, M.P., Whyte, J., Braden, C., Trott, C.T., & Fraser, R. (2010). Vocational interventions and supports following job placement for persons with traumatic brain injury. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 32, 135-150.

Stitik, T.P., Klecz, R., Greenwald, B., & Tran, J.J. (2010). Pharmacotherapy of disability. In W.R. Frontera, J.A. Delisa, B.M. Gans, N.E. Walsh & L.R. Robindon (eds). DeLisa’s physical medicine and rehabilitation: principles and practice, 5th ed., pp. 1743-1803. Philadelphia: Lippincott Willliams & Wilkins.

Yi, A.S. & Belkonen, S.M. (2010). Neuropsychological rehabilitation. In J. Kreutzer, J. DeLuca & B. Caplan (eds.), Encyclopedia of clinical neuropsychology. New York: Springer.

Veterans, Military Personnel and TBI
Cantor, J.B., Gordon, W.A., Dams-O’Connor, K., Tsaousides, T. (2011). Short-term intensive cognitive rehabilitation in OIF/OEF veterans – applying the STEP model. Wounds of War: Coping with Blast-related traumatic brain injury in returning troops. Amsterdam: IOS Press.

Helmick, K. et al. (2010). Cognitive rehabilitation for military personnel with mild traumatic brain injury and chronic post-concussional disorder: Results of April 2009 consensus conference. NeuroRehabilitation, 26, 239-255. 

Vocational Functioning After TBI
Brown, M. (2008). Post-TBI vocational status and age: A systematic review. Brain Injury Professional, 5 (3), 26-27.

Hart, T., Dijkers, M.P., Whyte, J., Braden, C., Trott, C.T., & Fraser, R. (2010). Vocational interventions and supports following job placement for persons with traumatic brain injury. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 32, 135-150.

Tsaousides, T., Ashman, T. A., & Seter, C. (2008). The psychological effects of employment after traumatic brain injury. Rehabilitation Psychology, 53, 456-463.

Tsaousides, T., Warshowsky, A., Ashman, T.A., Cantor, J.B., Spielman, L., & Gordon, W.A. (2009). The relationship between employment-related self-efficacy and quality of life following traumatic brain injury. Rehabilitation Psychology, 54(3), 299-305.

Other Topics
Dijkers, M.P.J.M. (2009). International collaboration and communication in rehabilitation research. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 90, 711-716.

Dijkers, M.P., Harrison-Felix, C., & Marwitz, J.H. (2010). The traumatic brain injury model systems: history and contributions to clinical service and research. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 25, 81-91. 


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