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In Theory and Practice: Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute

For many rehab providers, research remains secondary to treatment. Scientific inquiry—both time-consuming and expensive—must be relegated to the background due to the enormous demands of the clinic. At MossRehab, however, a team devoted entirely to research operates within the infrastructure of the rehabilitation hospital. Collectively called the Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute (MRRI), these researchers work [...]

Assessment of spatial attention and neglect with a virtual wheelchair navigation task.

by Laurel J. Buxbaum, PsyD, Mary Ann Palermo,  Dina Mastrogiovanni,  Mary Schmidt Read,  Ellen Rosenberg-Pitonyak,  Albert A. Rizzo, H. Branch Coslett
Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA
A total of 9 participants with right-hemisphere stroke performed a new virtual reality (VR) wheelchair navigation test of lateralized spatial attention and neglect. The test consists of a [...]

The effects of bromocriptine on attention deficits after traumatic brain injury: a placebo-controlled pilot study.

by John Whyte, MD, PhD, Monica Vaccaro, MA, Patricia Grieb-Neff, MS, Tessa Hart, PhD, Marcia Polansky, ScD, H. Branch Coslett, MD

Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of bromocriptine on a variety of aspects of attention, ranging from laboratory-based impairment measures to caregiver ratings and work productivity, in individuals [...]

The Moss Attention Rating Scale for traumatic brain injury: further explorations of reliability and sensitivity to change.

by John Whyte, MD, PhD, Tessa Hart, PhD, Colin A. Ellis, ScB, Inna Chervoneva, PhD
Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA
OBJECTIVE: To examine the interrater agreement and responsiveness to change of the Moss Attention Rating Scale (MARS), 22-item version, during acute inpatient rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury (TBI).
DESIGN: Observational study of clinician [...]

Pulmonary Management of a Patient With Complete Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury and Coexisting Internal Injuries

by Amy C. Van Dyke, PT; Janet Parker, MSPT; Robin Myers, PT, NCS MossRehab Neurologic Physical Therapy Residency Program, Philadelphia, PA
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The Coffee Challenge: A new method for the study of everyday action errors.

by Tania Giovannetti, Myrna F. Schwartz, PhD, Laurel J. Buxbaum, PsyD.
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Errors in everyday activities pose significant consequences for individuals with mild cognitive deficits. However, there are few performance-based methods available to study action in these populations; the Coffee Challenge (CC) was designed for this purpose. Experiment 1 examined CC performance in [...]

Cognitive rehabilitation interventions for executive function: moving from bench to bedside in patients with traumatic brain injury.

by Kevin Cicerone, Harvey Levin, James Malec, Donald Stuss, John Whyte, MD, PhD.
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute.
Executive function mediated by prefrontally driven distributed networks is frequently impaired by traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a result of diffuse axonal injury and focal lesions. In addition to executive cognitive functions such as planning and working memory, the effects [...]

Measuring sustained attention after traumatic brain injury: differences in key findings from the sustained attention to response task (SART).

by John Whyte, MD, PhD, Patricia Grieb-Neff, Christopher Gantz, Marcia Polansky.
Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Clinical reports after traumatic brain injury (TBI) suggest frequent difficulties with sustained attention, but their objective measurement has proved difficult. In 1997, Robertson and colleagues reported on a new sustained attention assessment tool, the [...]

Continuous ASL perfusion fMRI investigation of higher cognition: quantification of tonic CBF changes during sustained attention and working memory tasks.

by Junghoon Kim, PhD, John Whyte, MD, PhD, Jiongjiong Wang, Hengyi Rao, Kathy Z. Tang, John A. Detre, MD.
Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Arterial spin labeling (ASL) perfusion fMRI is an emerging method in clinical neuroimaging. Its non-invasiveness, absence of low frequency noise, and ability to quantify the absolute level [...]

Dimensions of disordered attention in traumatic brain injury: further validation of the Moss Attention Rating Scale.

by Tessa Hart, PhD, John Whyte, MD, PhD, Scott Millis, PhD, Rita Bode, PhD, James Malec, PhD, Risa Nakase Richardson, PhD, Flora Hammond, MD.Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the factor structure of disordered attention in moderate to severe, acute traumatic [...]

Illusory conjunctions in simultanagnosia: coarse coding of visual feature location?

by Simon M. McCrea, Laurel J. Buxbaum, PsyD, H. Branch Coslett, MD.
Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Simultanagnosia is a disorder characterized by an inability to see more than one object at a time. We report a simultanagnosic patient (ED) with bilateral posterior infarctions who produced frequent illusory conjunctions on [...]