Medical Rehabilitation Department Research
Current Projects
Interdisciplinary Comprehensive Arm Rehab Evaluation (ICARE) Stroke Initiative. IRB#Pro00012032. Primary Investigators are Richard Riggs, MD and Pamela Roberts, PhD.
Rash Analysis of a new Scoring Hierarchy for Hand Items on the Motor Assessment Scale. IRB#Pro00021099. Primary Investigators are Pamela Roberts, PhD, Aimee Bender, MS, OTR/L and Richard Riggs, MD
Impact of Orthopedic Readmission Rates. IRB#Pro00009667. Primary Investigators are Pamela Roberts, PhD, Richard Riggs, MD and Harriet Aronow, PhD
Coomorbidity Index for Stroke Patients. IRB#Pro00019053. Primary investigators are Pamela Roberts, PhD and Richard Riggs, MD
Cancer Patients in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility. IRB#Pro00019053. Primary investigators are Arash Asher, MD, Richard Riggs, MD, Pamela Roberts, PhD and Andre Rogatko
Selected Publications and Papers
2011
Jo, M. (2011). Ependymoma; Ewing's sarcoma; Germ cell tumors; Gliomatosis cerebri; Meninges type tumors; Meningioma; Neurocytoma; Neuroma; Oligodendroglioma, Pineal tumors; Pituitary adenoma; Xanthroastrocytoma. In J. Kreutzer, B. Caplan, J. DeLuca (Eds), Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. New York: Springer
2010
Riggs, R., Roberts, P., Aronow, H. & Younan, T. (2010). Joint Replacement and Hip Fracture Readmission Rates: Impact of Discharge Destination. PM&R, Volume 2, 806-810.
2009
Roberts, P., Riggs, R & Blaisdell, P. (2010). Nuts and Bolts Administrative Practice Changes to Operate Under the Recovery Audit Contraction (2009). Critical Reviews in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 21(3), 257-274.
Roberts, P., Cox, M., Schubert, L. & Gentry, K. (2009) Dysphagia Intervention Across the LIfespan. OT practice, Vol 14, Issue 8, May 11, 2009.
Granger, CV., Carlin, M., Diaz, p., Dorval, J., Forer, S., Kessler, C. Melvin, JL., Miller, LS., Riggs, R. & Roberts, P. (2009). Medical Necessity: Is Current Documentation Practice and Payment Denial Limiting Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation? What Features Should Be Included in a Best Documentation Practice to Ensure It Is Comprehensive but Not Overly Burdensome?Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Journal. 88(9), 755-765.
Riggs, R., Arono, H. & Roberts, P. (2009). Joint Replacement and Hip Fracture Readmission Rates: Impact of Discharge Destination Abstract. PM&R, Volume 1, S103-S286, September 2009 .
2008
Roberts, P. (2008). Occupational therapy resource summaries: practice settings. In, Crepeau, E.B., Cohn, E.S., & Schell, B.A.B. (Eds.). Willard and Spackman's occupational therapy (11th edition), Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
Roberts, P., Kuerfest, S., & Low, J.F. (2008). Historical and social context for practice. In, C. Trombly & M. Radowski (Eds.), Occupational therapy for physical dysfunction (21-39), Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 6th edition.
Roberts, P. (2008, December 15). Staff competence: a Joint Commission perspective, OT Practice, 13(22).
2007
Riggs, R., Roberts, P., & Gilewski, M.J. (2007). Visual deficit interventions in adult stroke and brain injury. A systematic review. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 86: 853-860.
2006
Roberts, P. (2006). Motor relearning. In, Pendleton, H. & Schultz-Krohn, W. (Eds), Pedretti's occupational therapy: practice skills for physical dysfunction, Mosby, 6th edition.
Roberts, P. (2006) Special Certification in Feeding, eating, and swallowing: benefiting clients and occupational therapy practitioners. OT practice, 11(8).
Roberts, P. (2006). Preliminary results for the PAR-PRO: a measure of home and community participation. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 87(8), 1043-1051.
Education
2011 Rehabilitation Grand Rounds
TBD
Physicians Conference
September 2011
Post-Professional Program
Since 2001, Outpatient Rehabilitation Services at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has featured an American Physical Therapy Association Accredited Outpatient Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency Program. This year-long post graduate residency focuses on improving the orthopedic evaluation, examination and treatment skills of physical therapists with the goal of improving outcomes for our patients.
Click here to send a message to program coordinator: Kathy Veling
Student Program
Our clinical education program has active contracts with schools across the United States for Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Language Pathology.
Click here to send message to education Coordinator: Maria Cecilia Alpasan
