Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Spinal Cord Injury

Most Recent Publications

Kehn M, Kroll T: Staying physically active after spinal cord injury: A qualitative exploration of barriers and facilitators to exercise participation. BMC Public Health, 9:168, doi:10.1186/1471-2458-9-168

Groah SL, Nash MS, Ljungberg IH, Libin A, Hamm L, Ward E, Burns PA, Enfield G: Nutrient Intake and Body Habitus after Spinal Cord Injury: And Analusis by Sex and Level of Injury. JSCM 2009, 32(1):17-25.

Groah Sl, Spungen MI, Bauman W: Cardiovascular Disease in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury: Towards Best Parctice. Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil 2009, 14(3):84-89.

Research Publications

Archived Articles by RRTC Staff (by topic)

Access and Barriers to Care

Beatty PW, Hagglund KJ, Neri MT, Dhont KR, Clark MJ, Hilton SA. (2003). Access to Health Care Services Among People with Chronic or Disabling Conditions: Patterns and Predictors. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 84:1417-1425.

Scheer J, Kroll T, Neri MT , Beatty P. (2003). Access Barriers for Persons with Disabilities: The Consumers’ Perspective. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 13(4):221-230.

Kroll T, Neri MT . (2003). Experiences with Care Co-ordination among People with Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, or Spinal Cord Injury. Disability and Rehabilitation, 25(19):1106-1114.

Neri MT , Kroll T. (2003). Understanding the Consequences of Access Barriers to Health Care: Experiences of Adults with Disabilities. Disability and Rehabilitation, 25(2):85-96.

Kroll T, Neri MT. (2004). Use of Primary Prevention Services among Male Adults with Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, or Spinal Cord Injury in Managed Care and Fee-for-Service. Managed Care Quarterly, 12 (3):6-10.

Aging

Groah SL, Stiens SA, Gittler MS, Kirshblum SC , McKinley WO. (2002). Spinal Cord Injury Medicine: Preserving wellness and independence of the aging patient with spinal cord injury: a primary care approach for the rehabilitation medicine specialist. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 83(3) Suppl1: S82-S89.

Groah SL, Weitzenkamp D, Sett P, Soni B, Savic G. (2001). The relationship between neurologic level of injury and symptomatic cardiovascular disease risk in the aging spinal injured. Spinal Cord, 39:310-317.

Barriers to Participation

Kroll T, Jones JC, Kehn M, Neri MT. (2006). Barriers and Strategies Affecting the Utilization of Primary Preventive Services for People with Physical Disabilities: A Qualitative Inquiry. Health & Social Care in the Community, 14(4), 284 – 293.

Bladder Cancer

Groah SL, Weitzenkamp DA, Lammertse DP, Whiteneck GG, Lezotte DC, Hamman RF. (2002). Excess risk of bladder cancer in spinal cord injury: evidence for an association between indwelling catheter use and bladder cancer. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 83(3): 346-351.

Groah SL, Lammertse DP. (2003). Factors associated with survival after bladder cancer in spinal cord injury. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 26: 339-344.

Cardiac

Groah Sl, Spungen MI, Bauman W: Cardiovascular Disease in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury: Towards Best Parctice. Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil 2009, 14(3):84-89.

Hamm LF, Kavanagh T, Campbell RB, Mertens DJ, Beyene J, Kennedy J, Shephard RJ. (2004). Timeline for peak improvements during 52 weeks of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, 24:374-382.

Groah S, Menter R. (1998). Long-term cardiac ischemia leading to coronary artery bypass grafting in a tetraplegic patient. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 79:1129-1132.

Community Re-integration

Kroll T, Levine M. (2005). Getting Back to School and Work. In S Groah (ed), Managing Spinal Cord Injury: A Guide to Living Well after Spinal Cord Injury (pp 126-147). Washington, DC: NRH Press.

Diet and Nutrition

Disability Awareness

Kroll T, Groah S, Gilmore B, Neri M, Elrod M, Libin A. (2007). First experiences with the Consumer Professional Partnership Program (CPPP): Involving people with spinal cord injury in the education of rehabilitation professionals. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation. (299-305) Volume 14, Issue 4

Kroll T, Groah S, Gilmore B, Neri M, Elrod M, Libin A. (2007). Involving People with Spinal Cord Injuries in the Education of Rehabilitation Professionals. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 14(5,)229-234.

Kroll T, Groah S, Neri M, Gilmore B .(2008). Consumer-directed Teaching of Health Care Professionals Involved in the Care of People with Spinal Cord Injury: The Consumer Professional Partnership Program (CPPP). The Journal for Continuing Education in Nursing, 39(5), 228-234.

Libin A, Lauderdale M, Spungen MI, Myers CC, Groah S. (2008). Healthy Tomorrow: Formation of disability awareness and empathy in preschool children. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 31(2), 229-230.

Exercise

Hidler J, Hamm L, Lichy A, Groah S. (2008) Automating Activity-Based Interventions: The Role of Robotics. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development;45(2),337-344.

Lewis J, Nash MS, Hamm LF, Martins SC, Groah SL. (2007) The relationship between perceived exertion and physiological indicators of stress during graded arm exercise in persons with spinal cord injuries. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation;88(9):1205-11.

Health and Housing

Ho P-S, Kroll T, Kehn M, Pearson K, Anderson P. (2007). Health and Housing among Low-Income Adults with Disabilities. Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved, 18(4), 902-915.

Knowledge Translation

Kroll T, Barbour R, Harris J. (2007). Using focus groups in disability research. Qualitative Health Research, 17(5), 690-698.

Palsbo S, Kroll T. (2007). Meeting Information Needs To Facilitate Decision Making: Report Cards for People with Disabilities. Health Expectations, 10, 278-285.

Kroll T, Keer D, Placek P, Cyril J, Hendershot G. (eds) (2007).Towards Best Practices for Surveying People with Disabilities. Hauppauge, NY: NovaPublishers.

Kroll T (Ed) (2008). Focus on Disability: Trends in Research and Application. Hauppauge, NY: NovaPublishers.

Kroll T, Neri M (in press). Research Designs (Chapter 3). In S. Andrew & E. Halcomb (eds), Mixed Methods Research for Nursing and the Health Sciences. Wiley-Blackwell.

Secondary Conditions

Kroll T, Neri M, Ho P-S. (2007). Secondary Conditions in Spinal Cord Injury: Results from a Prospective Survey. Disability and Rehabilitation, 29(15), 1229-1237.

Self-Efficacy

Kroll T, Kehn M, Ho P-S, Groah S. (2007). The SCI Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale (ESES): development and psychometric properties. The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 4:34, www.ijbnpa.org.

Kroll T, Kehn M, Ho P-S, Groah S. (2007). Short communication: The SCI Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale (ESES): Development and Psychometric Properties. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 34(4)

Shoulder Injury

Elrod M, Lichy A. (2005). The Impact of Spinal cord Injury on the Shoulder. In Groah, S (Ed.) Managing Spinal Cord Injury: A guide to Living Well with Spinal Cord Injury. Washington, DC, NRH Publishing:261-288

Peer-Mentoring

Kroll T. (2005). Peer Mentoring. In S Groah (ed), Managing Spinal Cord Injury: A Guide to Living Well after Spinal Cord Injury (pp 97-110). Washington, DC: NRH Press.

Violently Acquired Spinal Cord Injury

Kroll T (2008). Rehabilitative Needs of Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury Resulting from Gun Violence: The Perspective of Nursing and Nursing and Rehabilitation Professionals. Applied Nursing Research, 21, 45-49.

Kroll T, Beatty PW. (2003). Meeting the Rehabilitation Needs of People with Violently Acquired Spinal Cord Injury (VASCI): An Application of the Relational Model of Disability. Electronic journal of the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Volume 6: http://aabss.org/journal2003/Kroll.htm

Other Publications

Kirshblum SC, Groah SL, McKinley WO, Gittler MS, Stiens SA. (2002). Spinal Cord Injury Medicine: Etiology, classification, and acute medical management. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 83(3) Suppl1: S50-S57.

McKinley WO, Gittler MS, Kirshblum SC, Stiens SA, Groah SL. (2002). Spinal Cord Injury Medicine: Medical complications after spinal cord injury: identification and management. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 83(3) Suppl1: S58-S64.

Gittler MS, McKinley WO, Stiens SA, Groah SL, Kirshblum SC. (2002). Spinal Cord Injury Medicine: Rehabilitation outcomes. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 83(3) Suppl1: S65-S71.

Stiens SA, Kirshblum SC , Groah SL, McKinley WO, Gittler MS. (2002). Spinal Cord Injury Medicine: Optimal participation in life after spinal cord injury: physical, psychosocial, and economic reintegration into the environment. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 83(3) Suppl1: S72-S81.

Groah S, Lanig I. (2000). Neuromusculoskeletal syndromes in wheelchair athletes. Seminars in Neurology, 20(2): 201-207.