Kenneth J. Ottenbacher, PhD
Russell Shearn Moody Distinguished Chair in Neurological Rehabilitation
  Division of Rehabilitation Sciences
Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Research Education (SAHS)

Contact:
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, TX 77555-1137
Phone: (409) 747-1637
Fax: (409) 747-1638
Email: kottenba@utmb.edu

Current CV:  Click on the icon to open e-folio in a new window.

Research Areas
Functional assessment, outcomes measures, stroke, disability

Education

1972	University of Montana, Missoula	BS
1975	University of Central Arkansas, Conway	BS
1976	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	MS
1982	University of Missouri, Columbia	PhD

Funding (as Principal Investigator)
Title: Rehabilitation Research Career Development Program
Source: National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NICHD), National Institutes of Health
Amount: $4,975,148(Grant# K12-HD055929)
Period: 2007-2012

Title: Fogarty International Collaboration Award
Source: Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health
Amount: $102,618 (Grant# R03-TW007614)
Period: 2006-2009

Title: Disablement Process in Older Mexican American Adults - Renewal
Source: National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
Amount: $1,113,732 (Grant# R01-AG17638)
Period: 2005-2010

Title: Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Research Training Program (Postdoctoral)
Source: National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Dept. of Education
Amount: $615,108 (Grant# H133P040003)
Period: 2004-2009

Title: Interdisciplinary Predoctoral Rehabilitation Research Training Program
Source: National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NICHD), National Institutes of Health
Amount: $1,030,448 (Grant# T32-HD07539)
Period: 2001-2011

Select Publications (last 2 years, from over 230)
Reyes-Ortiz, C.A., Ostir, G.V., Pelaez, M., Ottenbacher, K.J. (2006). Cross-national comparison of disability in Latin American and Caribbean persons aged 75 and older. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 42(1), 21-33.

Kuo, Y.F., Ostir, G.V., Granger, C.V., Ottenbacher, K.J. (2006). An examination of follow-up therapy in patients with stroke. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 85(3), 192-200.

Deutsch, A., Granger, C.V., Heinemann, A.W., Fiedler, R.C., DeJong, G., Kane, R.L., Ottenbacher, K.J., Naughton, J.P., Trevisan, M. (2006). Poststroke rehabilitation: Outcomes and reimbursement of inpatient rehabilitation facilities and subacute rehabilitation programs. Stroke, 37(6), 1477-1482.

Ostir, G.V., Berges, I.M., Smith, P.M., Smith, D., Rice, J.L., Ottenbacher, K.J. (2006). Does change in functional performance affect quality of life in persons with orthopaedic impairment? Social Indicators Research, 77(1), 79-93.

Alfaro-Acha, A., Ostir, G.V., Markides, K.S., Ottenbacher, K.J. (2006). Cognitive status, body mass index and hip fracture in Hispanic older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 54, 1251-1255.

Berges, I.M., Ottenbacher, K.J., Smith, P.M., Smith, D., Ostir, G.V. (2006). Perceived pain and satisfaction with medical care after hospital discharge. Clinical Rehabilitation, 20, 724-730.

Ostir, G.V., Berges, I.M., Markides, K.S., Ottenbacher, K.J. (2006). Hypertension in older adults and the role of positive emotions. Psychosomatic Medicine, 68, 727-733.

Nguyen-Oghalai T.U., Ottenbacher, K.J., Granger C.V., Smith S.T., Goodwin J.S. (2006). Impact of osteoarthritis on rehabilitation for persons with hip fracture. Arthritis and Rheumatism (Arthritis Care & Research), 55(6), 920-924.

Alfaro-Acha, A., Al Snih, S., Raji, M.A., Markides, K.S., Ottenbacher K.J. (2007). Does 8-foot walk time predict cognitive decline in older Mexicans Americans. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55, 245-251.

Ostir, G.V., Ottenbacher, K.J., Fried, L.P., Guralnik, J.M. (2007). The effect of depressive symptoms on the association between functional status and social participation. Social Indicators Research, 80(2), 379-392.

Berges, I.M., Kuo, Y.F., Markides, K.S., Ottenbacher, K.J. (2007). Attendance at religious services and physical function after stroke among older Mexican Americans. Experimental Aging Research, 33(1), 1-11.

Berges, I.M., Ottenbacher, K.J., Kuo, Y.F., Smith, P.M., Smith, D., Ostir, G.V. (2007). Satisfaction with quality of life poststroke: effect of sex differences in pain response. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 88, 413-417.

Al Snih, S., Ottenbacher, K.J., Markides, K.S., Kuo, Y.F., Eschbach, K., Goodwin, J.S. (2007). The effect of obesity on disability versus mortality in older Americans. Archives of Internal Medicine, 167, 774-780.

Graham, J.E., Stoebner-May, D.G., Ostir, G.V., Snih, S.A., Peek, M.K., Markides, K., Ottenbacher, K.J. (2007). Health-related quality of life in older Mexican Americans with diabetes: A cross-sectional study. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, (open access http://www.hqlo.com/content/5/1/39).

Ostir, G.V., Kuo, Y.F., Berges, I.M., Markides, K.S., Ottenbacher, K.J. (2007). Measures of lower body functions and risk of mortality over 7-years of follow-up. American Journal of Epidemiology, 166, 599-605.

Raji, M.A., Reyes-Ortiz, C.A., Yong-Fang, K., Markides, K.S., Ottenbacher, K.J. (2007). Depressive symptoms and cognitive change in older Mexican Americans. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 20(3), 145-152.

Ottenbacher, K.J., Graham, J.E. (2007). The state-of-the-science: access to postacute care rehabilitation services. A Review. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 88, 1513-1521.

Granger, G.V., Deutsch, A., Russell, C., Black, T., Ottenbacher, K.J. (2007). Modifications of the FIM™ Instrument under the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 86, 883-892.

Nakamura, T., Abreu, B.C., Patterson, R.M., Buford, W.L., Ottenbacher, K.J. (2008). Upper-limb kinematics of the presumed-to-be-unaffected side after brain injury. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 62(1), 46-50.

Chang, P-F., Ostir, G.V., Kuo, Y-F., Granger, C.V., Ottenbacher, K.J. (2008). Ethnic differences in discharge destination among older patients with traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 89, 231-236.

Nguyen-Oghalai, T.U., Kuo, Y.F., Zhang, D.D., Graham, J.E., Goodwin, J.S., Ottenbacher, K.J. (2008). Discharge setting for patients with hip fracture: Trends from 2001 to 2005. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. (Early access http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01688.x.)

Ottenbacher, K.J., Campbell, J., Kuo, Y.F., Ostir, G.V., Deutsch, A., Granger, C.V. (2008). Racial and ethnic differences in post-acute rehabilitation outcomes following stroke in the U.S. Stroke, 39, 1514-1519.

Graham, J.E., Ostir, G.V., Kuo, Y.F., Fisher, S.R., Ottenbacher, K.J. (2008). Review of the relationship between test methodology and mean velocity in timed walk tests. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 89, 865-872.

Graham, J.E., Ostir, G.V., Fisher, S.R., Ottenbacher, K.J. (2008). Assessing walking speed in clinical research: A systematic review. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. Early access http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/jep/0/0).

Ostir, G.V. Berges, I.M., Ottenbacher, M.E., Clow, A., Ottenbacher, K.J. (2008). Associations between positive emotion and recovery of functional status following stroke. Psychosomatic Medicine, 70, 404-409.

Ostir, G.V. Berges, I-M, Ottenbacher, M.E., Graham, J.E., Ottenbacher, K.J. (in press). Positive emotion following stroke. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 40, 477-481.

Berges, I.M., Kuo, Y.F., Ostir, G.V., Granger, C.V., Graham, J.E., Ottenbacher, K.J. (in press). Gender and ethnic differences in rehabilitation outcomes following hip replacement surgery. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Graham, J.E., Chang, P.J., Berges, I.M., Granger, C.V., Ottenbacher, K.J. (in press). Race/ethnicity and outcomes following inpatient rehabilitation for hip fracture. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences.

Reyes-Ortiz, C.A., Velez, L.F., Camacho, M.E., Ottenbacher, K.J., Markides, K.S. (in press). Health insurance and cervical cancer screening among older women in Latin America and Caribbean cities. International Journal of Epidemiology.

Samper-Ternent, R., Al Snih, S., Raji, M.A., Markides, K.S., Ottenbacher, K.J. (in press). Relationship between frailty and cognitive decline in older Mexican Americans. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Deutsch, A., Granger, C.V., Russell, C., Heinemann, A.W., Ottenbacher, K.J. (in press). Apparent changes in IRF outcomes due to a change in the definition of program interruption. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.