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  • Yi-An Chen PhD, Rebecca Lewthwaite PhD, Nicolas Schweighofer PhD, John R. Monterosso PhD, Beth E. Fisher PhD, Carolee Winstein PhD. (Available online 24 September 2022), The essential role of social context and self-efficacy in daily paretic arm/hand use after stroke: An ecological momentary assessment study with accelerometry. Arch Phys Med & Rehabil., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2022.09.003
  • Hooyman A, Garbin A, Fisher BE, Kutch J., Winstein CJ. (2022) Paired associative stimulation applied to the Cortex can increase resting-state functional connectivity: A proof of principle study. Neuroscience Letters, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2022.136753
  • Varghese R, Chang B, Kim B, Liew S-L, Schweighofer N, Winstein CJ. (2022). Corpus callosal microstructure predicts bimanual motor performance in chronic stroke survivors: A preliminary cross-sectional study. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1080/10749357.2022.2095085
  • Liew S-L et al., (2022) A large, curated, open-source stroke neuroimaging dataset to improve lesion segmentation algorithms. Scientific Data. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01401-7
  • Beroukhim-Kay D, Kim B, Monterosso J, Lewthwaite R, Winstein C. (2022). Different patterns of neural activity characterize motor skill performance during acquisition and retention. Front. Hun. Neurosci. – Motor Neuroscience. Front. Hum. Neurosci.
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.900405
  • Rochon E, Eskes GA, Skidmore ER, Winstein CJ. (2022). Special Topic Editorial: Combined therapeutic approaches to neurological rehabilitation. Front. Rehab. Sci.
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2022.918005
  • Demers M, Varghese R, Winstein C. (2022). Retrospective analysis of task-specific effects of brain activity after stroke: A pilot study. Front. Hum. Neurosci. – Motor Neurosci. Front. Hum. Neurosci. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.871239
  • Zavaliangos-Petropulu A., …. Liew S-L (2022). Chronic stroke sensorimotor impairment is related to smaller hippocampal volumes: An ENIGMA analysis. JAHA, 2022;11:e025109. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.121.025109
  • Demers M Pagnini F, Phillips D, Chang B, Winstein C, Langer E. (2022). Feasibility of an online Langerian mindfulness program for stroke survivors and caregivers. OTJR: Occupation Participation and Health. http://doi.org/10.1177/15394492221091266
  • Maenza C, Sainburg RL, Varghese R, Dexheimer B, Demers M, Bishop L, Jayasinghe SAL, Wagstaff DA, Winstein C, and For the IPSI Investigative Team (2022). Ipsilesional arm training in severe stroke to improve functional independence (IPSI): phase II protocol. BMC Neurology, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-022-02643-z
  • Ballester BR, Winstein CJ, Schweighofer N. (2022). Virtuous and vicious cycles of arm use and function post-stroke. Perspective, Front. Neurology: Neurorehabilitation. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.804211
  • Kim S, Han CE, Kim B, Winstein CJ, Schweighofer N. (ePub, 2021). Effort, success, and side of lesion determine arm choice chronic stroke survivors with mild-to-moderate impairment. J. Neurophys. 08 DEC 2021 https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00532.2020
  • Ito KL, Kim B, Liu J, Soekadar SR, Winstein C, Yu C, Cramer SC, Schweighofer N, Liew S-L (2021). Corticospinal tract lesion load originating from both ventral premotor and primary motor cortices are associated with post-stroke motor severity. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. https://doi.org/10.1177/15459683211068441
  • Liew S-L, ….Thompson PM, on behalf of the ENIGMA Stroke Recovery working Group (2021). Smaller spared subcortical nuclei are associated with worse post-stroke sensorimotor outcomes in 28 cohorts worldwide. Brain communications, https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcab254
  • Cramer SC, See J, Liu B, Edwardson M, Wang X, Radom-Aizik S, Haddad F, Shahbaba B, Wolf L, Dromerick AW, Winstein CJ. (2021), Genetic factors, brain atrophy, and response to rehabilitation therapy after stroke. Neurorehabilitation Neural Repair. https://doi.org/10.1177/15459683211062899
  • Hooyman A, Gordon J, Winstein C.  (2021) Unique behavioral strategies in visuomotor learning: Hope for the non-learner. Human Movement Science. 79, 102858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2021.102858
  • Kim B, Schweighofer N, Haldar J, Leahy R, Winstein C. (2021). Corticospinal Tract Microstructure Predicts Arm Motor Improvements in Chronic Stroke. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy, 45 (4), pp. 273-281.  https://doi.org/10.1097/NPT.00000000000003631.     
  • Maenza C, Wagstaff DA, Varghese R, Winstein C, Good DC, Sainburg RL. (2021). Remedial training of the less-impaired arm in chronic stroke survivors with moderate to severe upper-extremity paresis improves functional independence: A Pilot Study. Front. Hum. Neurosci., 15:645714. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.645714
  • Sanchez N, Winstein CJ. (2021). Lost in translation: Simple steps in experimental design of neurorehabilitation-based research interventions to promote motor recovery post-stroke. Front. Hum. Neurosci., 20 April 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.644335
  • Shih H-JS, Winstein CJ, Kulig K (2021). Young adults with recurrent low back pain demonstrate altered trunk coordination during gait independent of pain status and attentional demands. Exp Brain Res, 2021 April 19. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-021-06106-8
  • Chen, Y-A., Demers, M., Lewthwaite, R., Schweighofer, N., Monterosso, J., Fisher, B., Winstein, C. (2021) A Novel Combination of Accelerometry and Ecological Momentary Assessment for Post-Stroke Paretic Arm/Hand Use: Feasibility and Validity. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10 (6), 1328. doi: 10.3390/jcm10061328
  • Torriani-Passin, C., Demers, M., Polese, J., Bishop, L., Wade, E., Winstein, C (2021). mHealth technologies used to capture walking and arm use behavior in adult stroke survivors: a scoping review beyond measurement properties. Disability and Rehabilitation [epub ahead of print], 1-13. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2021.1953623
  • Jayasinghe SAL, Good D, Wagstaff DA, Winstein C, Sainburg RL. (2020) Motor deficits in the ipsilesional arm of severely paretic stroke survivors correlate with functional independence in left, but not right hemisphere damage. Front Hum Neurosci, 09 December; https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.599220
  • Demers M, Martinie O, Winstein C, Robert MT. (2020). Active video games and low-cost virtual reality: an ideal therapeutic modality for children with physical disabilities during a global pandemic. Frontiers Neurology, Neurorehabilitation subsection. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.601898
  • Demers M, Winstein C. (2020). A perspective on the use of ecological momentary assessment and intervention to promote stroke recovery and rehabilitation. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation. https://doi.org/10.1080/10749357.2020.1856557.
  • Tsay J, Winstein C (2020). Five features to look for in early-phase clinical intervention studies. Point of View/Directions for Research. Neurorehabilitation and Neural. https://doi.org/10.1177/1545968320975439
  • Mattke S, Cramer SC, Wang M, Bettger JP, Crockroft KM, Feng W, Jaffee M, Oyesanya TO, Puccio AM, Temkin N, Winstein C, Wolf SL, Yochelson MR. (2020). Estimating minimal clinically important differences for two scales in patients with chronic traumatic brain injury. Current Medical Research and Opinion. (pre-print online). https://doi.org/10.1080/03007995.2020.1841616
  • Geed S, Nelsen MA, Lane CJ, Winstein CJ, Wolf SL, Dromerick AW. (2020) Rasch Analysis of UE Fugl-Meyer in the ICARE stroke trial: Effects of rescaling on clinical assessment and measurement of recovering motor control. Arch Phys Med Rehab. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2020.08.019
  • Varghese R, Kutch J.J., Schweighofer N, Winstein CJ (2020). The probability of choosing both hands depends on an interaction between motor capacity and limb-specific control in chronic stroke. Exp Brain Res. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-020-05909-5
  • Martinez C, Bacon H, Rowe V, Russak D, Fitzgerald E, Woodbury, Wolf SL, Winstein C. (2020). A Reaching Performance Scale for Two Wolf Motor Function Test Items. Arch Phys Med Rehab. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2020.05.003
  • Chung Y-C, Lewthwaite R, Winstein CJ, Monterosso JR, Fisher BE. (2020). Expectancy and affective response to challenging balance practice conditions in individuals with Parkinson’s disease. European J Neurosci. 2020;00:1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14723
  • Rowley MK, Winstein CJ, Kulig K. (2020). Persons in remission from recurrent low back pain alter trunk coupling under dual-task interference during a dynamic balance task. Experimental Brain 238:957-968, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-020-05772-4
  • Buxbaum LJ, Varghese R, Stoll H, Winstein CJ (2020). Predictors of Arm Nonuse in Chronic Stroke: A Preliminary Investigation. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 34(6):512-522. [Preprint]
  • Makhoul MP, Pinto EB, Mazzini NA, Winstein C. Torriani-Pasin C. (2020). Translation and validation of the stroke self-efficacy questionnaire to a Portuguese version in stroke survivors, Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 27:6, 462-472, DOI: 10.1080/10749357.2020.1713555
  • Varghese R, Winstein C.J. (2020). Relationship between motor capacity of the contralesional and ipsilesional hand depends on the side of stroke in chronic stroke survivors with mild-to-moderate impairment. Frontiers in Neurology, 10:1340. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2019.01340.
  • Kwakkel G, van Wegen EEH, Burridge JH, Winstein CJ, van Dokkum LEH, Alt Murphy M, Levin MF, Krakauer JW; ADVISORY group (2019). Standardized Measurement of Quality of Upper Limb Movement After Stroke: Consensus-Based Core Recommendations From the Second Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Roundtable. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2019 Nov;33(11):951-958. DOI: 10.1177/1545968319886477. Epub 2019 Oct 29. Also published in: Int J Stroke. 2019 Oct;14(8):783-791. DOI: 10.1177/1747493019873519. Epub 2019 Sep 11. PMID: 31510885
  • Costa PHV, de Jesus TPD, Winstein C, Torriani-Pasin C, Polese JC. (2019). An investigation into the validity and reliability of mHealth devices for counting steps in chronic stroke survivors. Clin Rehabil. Dec 18:269215519895796. DOI: 10.1177/0269215519895796
  • Maenza C, Good DC, Winstein CJ, Wagstaff DA, Sainburg RL. (2019). Functional deficits in the less-impaired arm of stroke survivors depend on hemisphere of damage and extent of paretic arm impairment. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2019 Sep 20:1545968319875951. DOI: 10.1177/1545968319875951
  • Winstein CJ, Kim B, Kim S, Martinez C, Schweighofer N. (2019). Dosage matters: A phase IIb randomized controlled trial of motor therapy in the chronic phase after stroke. Stroke. Jun 5:STROKEAHA118023603. DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.023603. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Chanthaphun S, Heck SL, Winstein CJ, Baker L. (2019). Development of a training paradigm for voluntary control of the peri-auricular muscles: A feasibility study. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 16:75. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-019-0540-x
  • Stewart JC, Lewthwaite R, Rocktashel J, Winstein CJ. (2019). Self-efficacy and reach performance in individuals with mild motor impairment due to stroke. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 33:319-328. DOI: 10.1177/1545968319836231
  • Edwardson M, Ding Li, Park C, Lane CJ, Nelsen MA, Wolf SL, Winstein CJ, Dromerick AW. (2019). Reduced upper limb recovery in subcortical stroke patients with small prior radiographic stroke. Front Neurol (section neurorehabilitation). 10:454. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2019.00454
  • Kim S, Park H, Han CE, Winstein C, Schweighofer, N (2018). Measuring habitual arm use post-stroke with a bilateral time-constrained reaching task. Front Neurol (section, Stroke) https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2018.00883
  • Fietzer AL, Winstein CJ, Kulig K. (2018) Changing one’s focus of attention alters the structure of movement variability. Human Movement Science. 62: 14-24.
  • Bamman MM, Cutter GR, Brienza DM, Chae J, Corcos DM, DeLuca S, Field-Fote E, Fouad MN, Lang CE, Lindblad A, Motl RW, Perna CG, Reisman D, Saag KM, Savitz SI, Schmitz KH, Stevens-Lapsley J, Whyte J, Winstein CJ, Michel ME. (2018) Medical Rehabilitation: Guidelines to advance the field with high-impact clinical trials. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. Dec;99(12):2637-2648. DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2018.08.173. Epub 2018 Aug 24. PMID:30148997
  • Winstein C, Varghese R. (2018). Been there, done that, so what’s next for arm and hand rehabilitation in stroke? NeuroRehabilitation Jul 4. DOI: 10.3233/NRE-172412. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29991146
  • Kim B, Fisher BE, Schweighofer N, Leahy RM, Haldar JP, Choi S, Kay DB, Gordon J, Winstein CJ. (2018). A comparison of seven different DTI-derived estimates of corticospinal tract structural characteristics in chronic stroke survivors. J. Neurosci Methods. Apr 21;304: 66-75. DOI: 1016/j.jneumeth.2018.04.010. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29684462
  • Sook-Lei Liew, Kathleen A. Garrison, Kaori L. Ito, Panthea Heydari, Mona Sobhani, Julie Werner, Hanna Damasio, Carolee J. Winstein, Lisa Aziz-Zadeh. “Laterality of Poststroke Cortical Motor Activity during Action Observation Is Related to Hemispheric Dominance,” Neural Plasticity, vol. 2018, Article ID 3524960, 14 pages, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/3524960.
  • Lewthwaite R, Winstein CJ, Lane CJ, Wagenheim B, Nelsen MA, Dromerick AW, Wolf SL (2018). Accelerating stroke recovery: Secondary outcomes form the Interdisciplinary Comprehensive Arm Rehabilitation Evaluation (ICARE) Clinical Trial. Neurorehabilitation Neural Repair; 32, pp 150-165. https://doi.org/10.1177/15459683187607
  • Winstein CJ (2018). Thoughts about the negative results of clinical trials in rehabilitation medicine. Kinesiology Review; 7, 58-63,  https://doi.org/10.1123/kr.2017-0063
  • Liew, S.-L.*, Anglin, J.M*., Banks, N.W., Sondag, M., Ito, K.L., Kim, H., Chan, J., Ito, J, Jung, C., Khoshab, N., Lefebvre, S., Nakamura, W., Saldana, D., Schmiesing, A., Tran, C., Vo, D., Ard, T., Heydari, P., Kim, B., Aziz-Zadeh, L., Cramer, S.C., Liu, J., Soekadar, S., Nordvik, J.-E., Westlye, L.T., Wang, J., Winstein, C.J., Yu, C., Ai, L., Koo, B., Craddock, R.C., Milham, M., Lakich, M., Pienta, A., & Stroud, A. (2018) A large, open source dataset of stroke anatomical brain images and manual lesion segmentations. Scientific Data, 5, doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.11​
  • Winstein C. (2018). The ATTEND trial: An alternative explanation with implications for future recovery and rehabilitation clinical trials. Int J Stroke. Feb;13(2):112-116. doi: 10.1177/1747493017743061 Epub 2017 Dec 7. PMID: 29214907
  • Sean Müller, Ann-Maree Vallence & Carolee Winstein (2018) Investigation of Perceptual-Motor Behavior Across the Expert Athlete to Disabled Patient Skill Continuum can Advance Theory and Practical Application, Journal of Motor Behavior, 50:6, 697-707, https://doi.org/10.1080/00222895.2017.1408557
  • Stewart JC, O’Donnell M, Handlery K, Winstein C. (2017) Skilled reach performance correlates with corpus callosum structural integrity in individuals with mild motor impairment after stroke: a preliminary investigation. Neurorehab Neural Repair, 31(7): 657-665. DOI: 10.1177/1545968317712467
  • Kwakkel G, Lannin NA, Borschmann K, English C, Ali J, Churilov L, Saposnik G, Winstein C, van Wegen EEH, Wolf SL, Krakauer JW, Bernhardt J. (2017) Standardized measurement of sensorimotor recovery in stroke trials: consensus-based core recommendations from Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Roundtable. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. Sep;31(9):784-792. DOI: 10.1177/1545968317732662 PMID: 28934918
  • Kwakkel G, Lannin NA, Borschmann K, English C, Ali J, Churilov L, Saposnik G, Winstein C, van Wegen EEH, Wolf SL, Krakauer JW, Bernhardt J. (2017) Standardized measurement of sensorimotor recovery in stroke trials: consensus-based core recommendations from Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Roundtable. Int J Stroke, 12(5): 451-461. DOI: 10.1177/1747493017711813
  • Reinkensmeyer DJ, Blackstone S, Bodine C, Brabyn J, Brienza D, Caves K, DeRuyter F,…Winstein C…(2017) How a diverse research ecosystem has generated new rehabilitation technologies: Review of NIDILRR’s Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers. J NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 14:109. DOI 10.1186/s12984-017-0321-3
  • Harris SR, and Winstein CJ. (2017) The past, present, and future of Neurorehabilitation: From NUSTEP through IV STEP and beyond. J Neurol Phys Ther; 41:S3-S9.
  • Rowe VT, Winstein CJ, Wolf SL, Woodbury ML. (2017). The Functional Test of the Hemiparetic Upper Extremity- A Rasch Analysis with Theoretical Implications. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. Apr 20. pii: S0003-9993(17)30253-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr. 2017.03.021. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28434819.
  • Edwardson MA, Wang X, Liu B, Ding L, Lane CJ, Park C, Nelsen MA, Jones TA, Wolf SL, Winstein CJ, Dromerick AW. Stroke Lesions in a Large Upper Limb Rehabilitation Trial Cohort Rarely Match Lesions in Common Preclinical Models. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2017 Jun;31(6):509-520. doi: 10.1177/1545968316688799. Epub 2017 Jan 1. PubMed PMID: 28337932; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5433918.
  • Kim B, Winstein C. (2017). Can neurological biomarkers of brain impairment be used to predict poststroke motor recovery? A systematic review. Neurorehabil Neural Repair, Jan;31 (1):3-24. Review. PMID: 27503908
  • Sainburg RL, Maenza C, Winstein C, Good D. (2016) Motor lateralization provides a foundation for predicting and treating non-paretic arm motor deficits in stroke. Adv Exp Med Biol. 957:257-272. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-47313-0_14. PMID: 28035570
  • Valero-Cuevas FJ, Klamroth-Marganska V, Winstein CJ, Riener R. (2016) Erratum to: Robot-assisted and conventional therapies produce distinct rehabilitative trends in stroke survivors. J Neuroeng Rehabil. Dec 6;13(1):101. PMID: 27923391
  • Valero-Cuevas FJ, Klamroth-Marganska V, Winstein CJ, Riener R. (2016) Robot-assisted and conventional therapies produce distinct rehabilitation trends in stroke survivors. J Neuroeng Rehabil. Oct 11;13(1):92 PMID:27724916
  • Winstein C, Wolf S, Dromerick AW (2016). Task-oriented rehabilitation program for stroke—Reply. Comment on Task-oriented rehabilitation program on upper extremity recovery following motor stroke: The ICARE Randomized Clinical Trial [JAMA. 2016]; JAMA. July 5;316(1):102. Doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.5025. PMID: 27380356
  • Winstein CJ, Stein J, Arena R, Bates B, Cherney LR, Cramer SC, Deruyter F, Eng JJ, Fisher B, Harvey RL, Lang CE, MacKay-Lyons M, Ottenbacher KJ, Pugh S, Reeves MJ, Richards LG, Stiers W, Zorowitz RD (2016); on behalf of the American Heart Association Stroke Council, Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, Council on Clinical Cardiology, and Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research. Guidelines for adult stroke rehabilitation and recovery: a guideline for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke 2016;47(6):e98-e169. Doi: 10.1161/STR.0000000000000098.
  • Winstein CJ, Wolf SL, Dromerick AW et al., Interdisciplinary Comprehensive Arm Rehabilitation Evaluation (ICARE) Investigative Team (2016) Effect of a task-oriented rehabilitation program on upper extremity recovery following motor stroke: The ICARE randomized clinical Trial. JAMA, Feb 9; 315(6):571-81. Doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.0276. PMID: 26864411
  • Lee YY, Winstein CJ, Fisher BE (2016). The role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in context-dependent motor performance. Eur J. Neurosci, Apr;43(7):954-60. Doi: 10.1111/ejn.13178 PMID: 26797866
  • Lee TD, Wulf G, Winstein CJ, Zelaznik HN (2016). In Memoriam: Richard Allen Schmidt (1941-2015). Motor Behav. 48(1):1-4. Doi: 10.1080/00222895.2016.1124687.
  • Park H, Kim S, Winstein CJ, Gordon J, Schweighofer N. (2016). Short-duration and intensive training improves long-term reaching performance individuals with chronic stroke. Neurorehab Neural Repair, Jul;30(6):551-61. Doi:1177/1545968315606990. PMID:26405046
  • Chen Y-A, Chung Y-C, Wade E, Proffitt R, & Winstein CJ. (2015). Attentional demand of a virtual reality-based reaching task in nondisabled older adults. J Motor Learn Dev, 3:91-109.
  • Garrison KA, Rogalsky C, Sheng T, Liu B, Damasio H, Winstein CJ, Aziz-Zadeh LS (2015). Functional MRI preprocessing of lesioned brains: Manual versus automated region of interest analysis. Front Neurol, Sep 25;6:196. Doi:10.3389/fneur.2015.00196. eCollection 2015.

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