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Student Presentations/Publications

  • 2024

    Hadeel Alghanim

    • "Does Accelerometer-Determined Physical Activity Change in Patients with Acetabular Dysplasia One Year after Periacetabular Osteotomy?"
      School of Health Professions Annual Research Day 2024: Oral Presentation
    • "Does Accelerometer-Determined Physical Activity Change in Patients with Acetabular Dysplasia One Year after Periacetabular Osteotomy?"
      Actigraph Digital Data Summit (ADDS) 2024: Poster Presentation
    • "International Student Insights on the Experience of Studying in the US"
      for International Education Week (UAB Graduate School and Global Affairs: discussion panel and workshop)

    Talal Alshammari

    • “Therapeutic Potential of Simulated Virtual Reality Park Experiences and Its Impact on stress reduction: A Scoping Review”
      School of Health Professions Research Day 2024: Poster Presentation

    Hamad Bin Shuwayyi

    • "Development and Validation of a Backward Resistive Force Device for Enhancing Gait Force Production in Healthy Individuals."
      School of Health Professions Research Day 2024: Poster Presentation
  • 2023

    Hadeel Alghanim

    • “The Rehabilitation of Individuals with Acetabular Dysplasia undergoing Periacetabular Osteotomy”
      American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM 2023): Poster Presentation
    • “The Rehabilitation of Individuals with Acetabular Dysplasia undergoing Periacetabular Osteotomy”
      School of Health Professions Research Day 2023: Poster Presentation

    Hamad Bin Shuwayyi

    • "The Interaction of Split-belt Treadmill Walking and Increased Slope on Propulsive Force Generation in Healthy Individuals." School of Health Professions Research Day 2023: Poster Presentation

    Tracy Fleming-Tracy

    • “The tele-exercise and multiple sclerosis (TEAMS) study: Evaluating the moderators on Quality of life outcomes for Multiple Sclerosis patients”, Coauthor, ACRM 2023
  • 2022

    Tracy Fleming- Tracy

    • “Improving the Health of Americans with Mobility Limitations through Evidence-Based Health Promotion Programs”
      Coauthor, HCN Annual Conference, 2022.
    • “Recruitment Strategies in a Randomized Control Trial Comparing Clinic and Home-Based Exercise among Adults with Multiple Sclerosis”
      First Author, HCN Annual Conference, 2022.

Student Publications

  • 2024

    Michael Hankes

    • Jones, R., Hankes, M., Armstrong N., Gabriel, K., Buford, T., Dooley, E. (2024). "Abstract P215: Activity Behaviors and Cardiometabolic Health Outcomes in People Living With HIV." Circulation 149(Suppl_1): AP215-AP215.

    Betsy Hopson

    • Jiminez V, Hopson B, Caudill C, Arynchyna-Smith A, Rogers S, Rocque BG, Blount JP. "The role of a dedicated transition process from pediatric to adult interdisciplinary care for persons with spina bifida." Neurosurg Focus. 2024 Aug 1;57(2):E8. doi: 10.3171/2024.5.FOCUS24260. PMID: 39088868.
    • Bevans S, Swana HS, Pattisapu JV, Foy AB, Clarke MJ, Hopson BD, Harmon D, Blount JP. Editorial. "Two novel models to optimize transitional care in spina bifida: the patient as provider and the congenital neurosurgeon in active collaboration." Neurosurg Focus. 2024 Aug 1;57(2):E2. doi: 10.3171/2024.6.FOCUS24387. PMID: 39088857.
    • Maleknia PD, Hopson L, Blount JP, Rocque BG, Arynchyna-Smith A, Hopson BD. "Transition mentorship for spina bifida patients with the JUMP program: a pilot study." Neurosurg Focus. 2024 Aug 1;57(2):E9. doi: 10.3171/2024.5.FOCUS24264. PMID: 39088852.
    • Lozano-Ramirez JF, Castillo H, Locastro MM, Lai GY, Bradko V, Jarosz S, Whitehead WE, Hopson B, Castillo J. "Health care transition models in spina bifida care: evidence-based lessons in support of neurosurgical practice." Neurosurg Focus. 2024 Aug 1;57(2):E7. doi: 10.3171/2024.5.FOCUS24253. PMID: 39088846.
    • Stewart, A., Hale, A. T., Saccomano, B. W., Barkley, A. S., Hopson, B. D., Arynchyna-Smith, A., Johnston, J. M., Rocque, B. G., Blount, J. P., & Rozzelle, C. J. (2024). Neurosurgical Management of Myelomeningocele in Premature Infants: A Case Series. Research square, rs.3.rs-4158288.
    • Polfuss M, Smith K, Hopson B, Moosreiner A, Huang CC, Ravelli MN, Ding D, Huang Z, Rocque BG, White-Traut R, Van Speybroeck A, Sawin KJ. "Body Composition and Energy Expenditure in Youth With Spina Bifida: Protocol for a Multisite, Cross-Sectional Study." JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Jul 2;13:e52779. doi: 10.2196/52779. PMID: 38954458; PMCID: PMC11252625.
    • Anderson, L., Hopson, B., Caudill, C., Rocque, B. G., Blount, J., Arynchyna-Smith, A., Thrower, J., Johnston, J., & Rozzelle, C. (2024). Evaluation of multidisciplinary high-risk pregnancy clinic for myelomeningocele. Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 10.1007/s00381-024-06337-4. Advance online publication.

    Madison Mintz

    • Mintz, M. R., Rimmer, J., Wilroy, J., Oster, R., Bray, L., Lanzi, R., Lai, B. (2024) “Current trends of virtual exercise interventions among people with physical disabilities: a scoping review” (Manuscript Ref. No.: ARRCT-D-24-00017)
    • Mintz, M. R., Ferguson, C., Dayton, L. A., Wilroy, J., Rimmer, J. H. (2024) “Qualitative Evaluation of Virtual Exercise Delivered to People with Physical Disabilities” (Manuscript Ref. No.: 1470630)

    McKenna Tharpe

  • 2023

    Amal Alharbi

    Alex Evancho

    • Evancho A, Tyler WJ, McGregor K. A review of combined neuromodulation and physical therapy interventions for enhanced neurorehabilitation. Front Hum Neurosci. 2023 Jul 21;17:1151218. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2023.1151218. PMID: 37545593; PMCID: PMC10400781

    Tracy Fleming-Tracy

    Betsy Hopson

    • Szymanski KM, Adams CM, Alkawaldeh MY, Austin PF, Bowman RM, Castillo H, Castillo J, Chu DI, Estrada CR, Fascelli M, Frimberger DC, Gargollo PC, Hamdan DG, Hecht SL, Hopson B, Husmann DA, Jacobs MA, MacNeily AE, McLeod DJ, Metcalfe PD, Meyer T, Misseri R, O'Neil J, Rensing AJ, Routh JC, Rove KO, Sawin KJ, Schlomer BJ, Shamblin I, Sherlock RL, Slobodov G, Stout J, Tanaka ST, Weiss DA, Wiener JS, Wood HM, Yerkes EB, Blount J. "Causes of death among people with myelomeningocele: A multi-institutional 47-year retrospective study." J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 2023;16(4):605-619. doi: 10.3233/PRM-220086. PMID: 38073338.
    • Dias MS, Wang M, Liang M, Rizk EB, Bowman R, Partington MD, Blount JP, Rocque BG, Hopson B, Lee A, Walker WO. "First-time tethered cord release among adults with myelomeningocele: an analysis of people in the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry." J Neurosurg Spine. 2023 Jun 16:1-7. doi: 10.3171/2023.5.SPINE2328. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37347622; PMCID: PMC10286836.
    • Blount JP, Hopson BD, Johnston JM, Rocque BG, Rozzelle CJ, Oakes JW. "What has changed in pediatric neurosurgical care in spina bifida? A 30-year UAB/Children's of Alabama observational overview." Childs Nerv Syst. 2023 Jul;39(7):1791-1804. doi: 10.1007/s00381-023-05938-9. Epub 2023 May 26. PMID: 37233768.
    • Cohen MB, Hopson B, Swanson-Kimani E, Davis D, Rocque B. "Improving bowel management in children with spina bifida." J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2023 May 25. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000003847. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37229746.

    McKenna Tharpe

  • 2022

    Amal Alharbi

    Tracy Fleming-Tracy

    • Tracy Flemming T, Young H-J, Lai B, Layton B, Stokes D, Fry M, Mehta T, Riser E, & Rimmer J. Supporting successful recruitment in a randomized control trial comparing clinic and home-based exercise among adults with multiple sclerosis. Research Involvement and Engagement, 8(1), 1–9, 2022.

    Betsy Hopson

    • Hopson B, Eckenrode M, Rocque BG, Blount J, Hooker E, Rediker V, Cao E, Tofil N, Lau Y, Somerville CS. "The development of a transition medical home utilizing the individualized transition plan (ITP) model for patients with complex diseases of childhood." Disabil Health J. 2023 Apr;16(2):101427. doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2022.101427. Epub 2022 Dec 13. PMID: 36621354.
    • Shamblin IC, Corwin I, Blount JP, Hopson BD, Davis D, Swanson-Kimani E, Rocque BG. "Functional level of lesion scale: Validating fourteen years of research with the national spina bifida patient registry." J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 2022;15(4):587-591. doi: 10.3233/PRM-220072. PMID: 36502350.
    • Kuhn EN, Hopson B, Shamblin I, Maleknia PD, Rocque BG. "Telemedicine and Spina Bifida Transition: A Pilot Randomized Trial." World Neurosurg. 2022 Nov;167:e1455-e1460. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.09.076. Epub 2022 Sep 22. PMID: 36156308.
    • Rocque BG, Hopson B, Shamblin I, Liu T, Ward E, Bowman R, Foy AB, Dias M, Heuer GG, Smith K, Blount JP. "Time to shunt failure in children with myelomeningocele: an analysis of the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry." J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2022 Aug 19:1-6. doi: 10.3171/2022.7.PEDS22224. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35986725.

    Madison Mintz

    Alyson Moll

    • Kuhman D, Moll A, Reed W, Rosenblatt N, Visscher K, Walker H, and Hurt C (2022). "Effects ofsensory manipulatic on locomotor adaptation to split-belt treadmill walking in healthy younger and older adults." IBRO Neuroscience Reports. 12: 149-156
  • 2020

    Tracy Fleming-Tracy

    Lai B, Chiu C-Y, Pounds E, Tracy T, Mehta T, Young H-J, Riser E, Rimmer JH. A description of Covid-19 modifications to the TEAMS study protocol for remotely delivering teleassessment/teletraining of complementary alternative medicine among people with multiple sclerosis: protocol for a randomized controlled effectiveness trial. JMIR Res Protoc 2020.

    Tracy Flemming T, Young H-J, Lai B, Layton B, Stokes D, Fry M, Mehta T, Riser E, & Rimmer J. Supporting successful recruitment in a randomized control trial comparing clinic and home-based exercise among adults with multiple sclerosis. Research Involvement and Engagement, 8(1), 1–9, 2022.

    Kim, Y., Mehta, T., Tracy, T., Young, H. J., Pekmezi, D. W., Rimmer, J. H., & Niranjan, S. J. (2023). A qualitative evaluation of a clinic versus home exercise rehabilitation program for adults with multiple sclerosis: The tele-exercise and multiple sclerosis (TEAMS) study. Disability and health journal, 16(3), 101437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2022.101437