Center for Spinal Cord Injury - Research Publications 2020-2025

Edmiston T, Cabahug P, Recio A, Sadowsky CL. Bone Health following Spinal Cord Injury: A Clinical Guide to Assessment and Management. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America. 2025; 36(1):99-110. 

Chen J, Dean J, Anoh K, Cabahug P. Successful ventilator weaning via unilateral phrenic nerve stimulation in a patient with C1 complete tetraplegia. PM&R. 2025; 17(7):861-864. 

Edmiston T, Dean J, Wu S, Sadowsky C. Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury: Overview of Clinical and Rehabilitative Management. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America. 2025; 36(3):499-512. 

Gross-Hemmi MH, Brach M, Popa D, Setiono S, Singhal B, Sunnerhagen KS, InSCI, Stucki G. Methodology and Epidemiologic Data of the Second International Spinal Cord Injury (InSCI) Community Survey. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2025; online ahead of print. 

Bickenbach J, Chhabra HS, Erhan B, Middleton JW, Stucki G, InSCI, Engkasan J. International Spinal Cord Injury Survey: The Way Forward. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2025; online ahead of print. 

Strom, V, Weidner N, Sadowsky C, Myo Hla K, Uddin T, Rapidi CA, InSCI, Sabariego C. Self-reported Secondary Health Conditions in Relation to Age and Time Living With Spinal Cord Injury: Results From the Second International Spinal Cord Injury Community Survey. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2025; online ahead of print. 

Escorpizo R, Osterthun R, Hiekkala D, Kim O, Avallanet M, Berna L, Arsh A, InSCI, Schedin Leiulfsrud A. People With Spinal Cord Injury/Disease in the Labor Market: A Comparative Outlook. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2025; online ahead of print. 

Noonan VK, Kovindha A, Perrouin-Verbe B, Yanez Corrales AC, Hajjioui A, Joseph C, Arora M, Pacheco Barzallo D, InSCI Group. Health-related quality of life and healthcare systems in people with spinal cord injury: A cross-country comparison from the second InSCI community survey. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2025; online ahead of print. 

Escorpizo R, Naud S, Post MWM, Schwegler U, Engkasan J, Halvorsen A, Geraght T, Sadowsky C. Relationship between employment and quality of life and self-perceived health in people with spinal cord injury: an international comparative study based on the InSCI Community Survey. Spinal Cord. 2024; 62(3):110-116. 

Rivera GS, Stokum JA, Dean J, Sadowsky CL, Belzberg AJ, Elrick MJ. Nerve Transfer Surgery in Acute Flaccid Myelitis: Prognostic Factors, Long-Term Outcomes, Comparison with Natural History. Pediatric Neurology. 2024; 150:74-81. 

Farahani FV, Ismaila LE, Sadowsky CL, Sair HI, Chen LM, Belegu V, Pekar JJ, Lindquist MA, Choe AS. Brain Network Alterations in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury: Multilayer Community Detection Approach. Neurotrauma Report. 2024; 5(1):1048-1059. 

Chen, Jing, Sachs Christy, Mertins Rachel, Recio AC. A Quality Improvement Project on Reducing Unplanned Bowel Evacuation During Aquatic Therapy. Journal of Aquatic Physical Therapy. 2024; 32(3):27–33). 

Chen J, Cabahug P, Edmiston T. Superficial Siderosis of the Central Nervous System: A Report of Two Cases with Spinal Pathology and a Review of the Literature. Cureus. 2024; 16(5):e60486. 

Hillaker E, Chen J, Dean J, Yeh N, Sadowsky C, Elfar J. 4-Aminopyridine in pediatric traumatic spinal cord injury: A Case Report. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 2024; 1-3. 

Recio AC, Stiens SA, Morgan M, Selvarajah S, Mazeh AC, Habgood MD, Saunders NR. Realtime physical simulator for virtual reality sailing by patients with spinal cord injury: an innovative voyage. Health Open Research. 2024; 06:06:00. 

Neighbors E, Brunn L, Casamento-Moran A, Martin R. Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation Enables Recovery of Walking in Children with Acute Flaccid Myelitis. Children. 2024; 11(9):1116. 

Ferrara IR, Sadowsky CL. Muscle Mass as a Biomarker for Health Status and Function in Pediatric Individuals with Neuromuscular Disabilities: A Systematic Review. Children. 2024; 11(7):825. 

Lundine JP, Huling JD, Adelson PD, Burd RS, Fuentes M, Haarbauer-Krupa J, Hagen K, Iske C, Koterba C, Kurowski BG, Petrucci S, Rose SC, Sadowsky CL, Westendorf J, Truelove A, Leonard JC. Using Billing Codes to Create a Pediatric Functional Status e-Score for Children Receiving Inpatient Rehabilitation. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2023; 104(11):1882-91. 

Singh G, Lucas K, Keller A, Martin R, Behrman A, Vissarionov S, Gerasimenko YP. Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation From Adults to Children: A Review. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation. 2023; 29(1):16-32. 

Hayes LH, Hopkins SE, Liu S, Pardo CA, Garcia-Dominguez MA, Oleszek J, Yea C, Ciftci-Kavaklioglu B, Yeh EA, Dean J, Sadowsky CL, Desai J, Wiegand S, Farias-Moeller R, Nash K, Thakur KT, Vargas WS, Hong-Routson SJ, Yeshokumar A, Zhou MS, Makhani N, Wilson-Murphy M, Bove R, Zhang B, Benson LA.. Challenges in the clinical recognition of acute flaccid myelitis and its implications. Journal of Pediatrics. 2023; 253:55-62.e4. 

Sadowsky CL. Targeting Sarcopenia as an Objective Clinical Outcome in the Care of Children with Spinal Cord-Related Paralysis: A Clinician's View. Children. 2023; 10(5):837. 

Reeves B, Smith E, Broussard M, Martin R. Activity based restorative therapy considerations for children: medical and therapeutic perspectives for the pediatric population. Frontiers of Rehabilitation Science. 2023; 4:1186212. 

Haywood C, Martin R, Dent K, Mulcahey MJ. Development of the International Spinal Cord Injury Basic Data Set for informal caregivers. Spinal Cord. 2022; 60(10):888-894. 

Reeves B, Martin R. Exploring problems for school reintegration following spinal cord injury: Perspectives on the kindergarten through fifth-grade population. Frontiers in Rehabiliations Sciences. 2022; 3:962682. 

Edwards DJ, Forrest G, Cortes M, Weightman MM, Sadowsky C, Chang SH, Furman K, Bialek A, Prokup S, Carlow J, VanHiel L, Kemp L, Musick D, Campo M, Jayaraman A. Walking improvement in chronic incomplete spinal cord injury with exoskeleton robotic training (WISE): a randomized controlled trial. Spinal Cord. 2022; 60:522-532. 

Sadowsky CL, Sayenko DG. Editorial: Harnessing Neuroplasticity in the Injured Central Nervous System Using Spinal Modulation . Frontiers in Rehabiltation Sciences. 2022; 3:841014. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36188991/

Vedmurthy P, Murray C, Chen B, Asiedu A, Baranano K, Bay M, Belcher H, Burton V, Conlon C, Fine A, Gill R, Harris J, Hart K, Inches S, Johnson J, Lance E, Lipkin PH, Menon DU, McIntyre T, Rajaprakash M, Recio A, Singer HS, Smegal L, Smith-Hicks CL, Vernon H, Wilms Floet AM, Wong J, Yelin K, Leppert MLO, Zabel TA, Comi AM.. Pandemic intake questionnaire to improve quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of outpatient neurologic and developmental care at the Kennedy Krieger institute during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Rehabiltation Sciences. 2022; 3:934558. 

Sadowsky CL. Editorial: Women in Science - Disability, Rehabilitation, Inclusion Research. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences. 2022; eCollection. 

Amy L Xu 1, Janet M Dean 2, Adam Margalit 1, Paul D Sponseller 1, Cristina L Sadowsky 2. Bilateral Dega and Varus Derotational Osteotomies for Painful Hip Subluxation in Acute Flaccid Myelitis: A Case Report. Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports. 2022; 12(11):34-37. 

McCool A. Some Kids Need A Mobility Boost. Rehab Management Magazine. 2022; 35(6):6-11. 

Curley N, Yang Y, Dean J, Salorio C, Sadowsky C. Description of Bone Health Changes in a Cohort of Children with Acute Flaccid Myelitis. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation. 2022; 28(1):42-52. 

Murdoch S, McCool A. Reclaiming a Child's Indepedence Through Power Mobility. Rehab Management Magazine. 2022; 35(2):20-22. 

Salorio C, Rogers K, Neuland E, Cagney J, Sadowsky C. Use of the Physical Abilities and Mobility Scale (PAMS) in Children Receiving Inpatient Rehabilitation for Spinal Cord Related Paralysis. Developmental Neurorehabilitation. 2022; 25(3):186-192. 

McIntyre A, Sadowsky C, Behrman A, Martin R, Augutis M, Cassidy C, Betz R, Ertzgaard P, Mulcahey MJ; SCIRE Project Research Group.. A Systematic Review of the Scientific Literature for Rehabilitation/Habilitation Among Individuals With Pediatric-Onset Spinal Cord Injury. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation. 2022; 28(2):13-90. 

Dent K, Zebracki K, Sadowsky C, Martin R, Behrman A, Lipa B, Biering-Sorensen F, Vogel L, Mulcahey MJ. Evaluation of the International Spinal Cord Injury Bowel Function Basic Data Set Version 2.0 in Children and Youth With Spinal Cord Injury. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation. 2022; 28(1):21-33. 

Suresh KV, Karius A, Wang K, Sadowsky C, Sponseller PD. Scoliosis in pediatric patients with Acute Flaccid Myelitis. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation. 2022; 28(1):34-41. 

Silvestri JL, Lawson S, Sadowsky C. Chronic Shoulder Pain in Manual (MWC) Users with Spinal Cord Injury. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy. 2022; 10(1):1-12. 

Raja AE, Shustorovich A, Robinson D, Alfonso K, Meyer R, Roemmich RT, Eng C, Wisniewski SJ, Cabahug P. Musculoskeletal Ultrasound as a Motivator for Selecting a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program in the United States of America - A Multi-Center Survey Study. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 2022; 101(1):97-103. 

Catania QN, Morgan M, Martin R. (2021) Trends in Pressure Injury Development in Patients with Lower Motor Neuron and Upper Motor Neuron Lesions: A Retrospective Descriptive Study. Wound Management & Prevention, 67(7):16-21. 

Greenberg B, Plumb P, Cutter G, Dean J, Desena A, Hopkins S, Krishnan C, Pardo C, Recio A, Schreiner T, Yeh EA, McCreary M. (2021) Acute flaccid myelitis: long-term outcomes recorded in the CAPTURE study compared with paediatric transverse myelitis. BMJ Neurology Open, 19;3(1):e000127.

Raja AE, Shustorovich A, Robinson D, Alfonso K, Meyer R, Roemmich RT, Eng C, Wisniewski SJ, Cabahug P. (2021) Musculoskeletal Ultrasound as a Motivator for Selecting a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program in the United States of America - A Multi-Center Survey. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, in press. 

Smith CG. (2021) A Holistic Approach to Complex Rehabilitation. Rehab Management Magazine, 34(1):6-8. 

Murphy OC, Messacar K, Benson L, Bove R, Carpenter JL, Crawford T, Dean J, DeBiasi R, Desai J, Elrick MJ, Farias-Moeller R, Gombolay GY, Greenberg B, Harmelink M, Hong S, Hopkins SE, Oleszek J, Otten C, Sadowsky CL, Schreiner TL, Thakur KT, Van Haren K, Carballo CM, Chong PF, Fall A, Gowda VK, Helfferich J, Kira R, Lim M, Lopez EL, Wells EM, Yeh EA, Pardo CA, AFM working group. (2021) Acute flaccid myelitis: cause, diagnosis, and management. Lancet, 397(10271):334-346.  

Hagen K, Porter C, Martin R, Dean J, Salorio C, Sadowsky C. (2020) Improvements in Function Following Inpatient Activity-Based Therapy for Children With Acute Flaccid Myelitis. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, 26(4):275-282. 

Michael E, Stager K. (2020) Designer Decisions. Rehab Management Magazine, 33(7):6-8. 

McHugh LV, Miller AA, Leech KA, Salorio C, Martin RH. (2020) Feasibility and utility of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation combined with walking-based therapy for people with motor incomplete spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 6(1):104.

Mertins R, Sachs C, Recio AC. (2020) The Pandemic Safe Pool. Rehab Management Magazine, 2020-2021 Product Directory: 22-24. 

Cabahug P, Pickard C, Edmiston T, Lieberman J. (2020) A Primary Care Provider’s Guide to Spasticity Management in Spinal Cord Injury. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, 26(3):157-165. 

Sadowsky CL, Mingioni N, Zinski J. (2020) A Primary Care Provider's Guide to Bone Health in Spinal Cord-Related Paralysis. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, 26(2):128-133. 

Michael E, Sytsma T, Cowan RE. (2020) A Primary Care Provider’s Guide to Wheelchair Prescription for Persons With Spinal Cord Injury. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, 26(2):100-107. 

Nash H, Wilt D. (2020) Shifting rehab from compensatory to restorative. Rehab Management Magazine, 33(3): 10-11. 

Linden M. (2020) Satisfied with the Ride. Rehab Management Magazine, 99(2):109-115. 

Recio AC, Kubrova E, Stiens SA. (2020) Exercise in the Aquatic Environment for Patients with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury and Invasive Appliances; Successful Integration and Therapeutic Interventions. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 99(2):109-115. 

Catania QN. (2020) Pressure Injury Risk Reduction. Rehab Management Magazine, 33(1):14-17.