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

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)
Impact of Prospective Payment on Rehabilitation Outcomes (Grant# H133G080163)
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, DOE
10/01/08 – 09/30/11

Rehabilitation Research Career Development Program (Grant# K12 HD055929)
National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NICHD), NIH
09/25/07 – 08/31/12

Fogarty International Collaboration Award (Grant# R03 TW007614)
Fogarty International Center, NIH
07/15/06-6/30/09

Disablement Process in Mexican American Older Adults - Renewal (Grant# R01 AG017638)
National Institute of Aging, NIH
08/01/00 – 02/28/10

Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Rehabilitation Research Training (Grant# H133P040003)
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, DOE
07/01/04 – 06/30/09

Interdisciplinary Predoctoral Training in Rehabilitation Research (Grant# T32 HD007539)
National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NICHD), NIH
5/01/01 - 04/30/11

 

Select Publications (last 2 years, from over 230)

Goodwin, J.S., Nguyen-Oghalai, T., Kuo, Y.F., Ottenbacher, K.J. (2007).  Epidemiology of Medicare abuse: The example of power wheelchairs.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55, 221-226. PMCID: PMC1850931

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. PMID: 17302662

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. PMCID: PMC1805682

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. PMID: 17132561

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. PMID: 17398240

Al Snih, S., Ottenbacher, K.J., Markides, K.S., Kuo, Y.F., Eschbach, K., Goodwin, J.S. (2007). The effect of obesity on disability vs mortality in older Americans.. Archives of Internal Medicine, 167, 774-780. PMID: 17452539

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, 5, 39. PMCID: PMC1947953

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.  PMID: 17566063

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.  PMID: 17712097

Grimby, G., Alaranta, H., Borg, J., Ekholm, J., Franchignoni, F., Gerdle, B., Ottenbacher, K., Stam, H., Stucki, G., Vanderstraeten, G. (2007). Mission and vision of the journal of rehabilitation medicine. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 39, 505-506. PMID not listed

Reyes-Ortiz, C.A., Camacho, M.E., Amando, L.F., Valez, L.F., Ottenbacher, K.J., Markides, K.S. (2007). The impact of education & literacy levels on cancer screening among older Latin American and Caribbean adults.  Cancer Control Journal, 14, 388-395. PMID: 17914339

Nguyen-Oghalai, T.U., Ottenbacher, K.J., Caban, M., Granger, C.V., Grecula, M., Goodwin, J.S. (2007). The impact of rheumatoid arthritis on rehabilitation outcomes following lower extremity arthroplasty. Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, 13(5), 247-250.b PMID: 17921790

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. PMID: 17964898

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 and Rehabilitation, 86,883-892. PMID: 17873825

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. PMID: 18254430

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. NIHMSID: NIHMS88784

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, 56, 1063-1068. PMCID: PMC2441644

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. NIHMSID: NIHMS88791

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. NIHMSID: NIHMS87022

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. 14, 552-562. NIHMSID: NIHMS87202

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. PMCID: PMC2574935

Ostir, G.V. Berges, I-M, Ottenbacher, M.E., Graham, J.E., Ottenbacher, K.J. (2008). Positive emotion following stroke. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 40, 477-481. PMCID: PMC2408382

Berges, I.M., Kuo, Y.F., Ostir, G.V., Granger, C.V., Graham, J.E., Ottenbacher, K.J. (2008). Gender and ethnic differences in rehabilitation outcomes after hip-replacement surgery. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 87, 567-572. PMID: 18574348

Reyes-Ortiz, C.A., Velez, L.F., Camacho, M.E., Ottenbacher, K.J., Markides, K.S. (2008). Health insurance and cervical cancer screening among older women in Latin America and Caribbean cities. International Journal of Epidemiology, 37, 870-878. PMCID: PMC2614365

Graham, J.E., Chang, P.J., Berges, I.M., Granger, C.V., Ottenbacher, K.J. (2008). Race/ethnicity and outcomes following inpatient rehabilitation for hip fracture. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 63A, 860-866. NIHMSID: NIHMS56439

Samper-Ternent, R., Al Snih, S., Raji, M.A., Markides, K.S., Ottenbacher, K.J. (2008). Relationship between frailty and cognitive decline in older Mexican Americans. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 56(10), 1845-1852. NIHMSID: NIHMS88799

Nguyen-Oghalai TU, Wu H, McNearney TA, Granger CV, Ottenbacher KJ. (2008) Functional outcome after stroke in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum. 59(7):984-8. PMID: 18576291

Deutsch, A., Granger, C.V., Russell, C., Heinemann, A.W., Ottenbacher, K.J. (2008). Apparent changes in IRF outcomes due to a change in the definition of program interruption. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 89, 2274-2277. PMID: 19061738

Temple, R.O., Zgaljardic, D.J., Abreu, B.C., Seale, G.S., Ostir, G.V., Ottenbacher, K.J (2009). Ecological validity of the Neuropsychological Assessment Battery Screening Module in post-acute brain injury rehabilitation. Brain Injury, 23:1, 45-50.

Ottenbacher, K.J., Graham, J.E., Al Snih, S., Raji, M.A., Mukaila, R., Samper-Ternent, R., Ostir, G.V., Markides, K.S. (2009). Mexican Americans and Frailty: Findings from the Hispanic Established Populations Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly. American Journal of Public Health, 99:4, 673-678. NIHMSID: NIHMS87209

Nguyen-Oghalai, T.U, Ottenbacher, K.J., Kuo, Y-F., Wu, H., Grecula, M., Eschbach, K., Goodwin, J.S. (in press). Minorities and Outpatient Rehabilitative Care after Hip Fracture Hospitalization. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 90:4,  560-563.

Fisher, S.R, Ottenbacher, K.J., Goodwin, J.S., Graham, J.E., Ostir, G.V. (in press) Short Physical Performance Battery in Hospitalized Older Adults. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. NIHMSID: NIHMS587207

Graham J.E., Al Snih S., Berges, I.M., Ray L.A., Markides K.S., Ottenbacher K.J. (in press). Frailty and 10-year mortality risk in older Mexican Americans. Gerontology. NIHMSID: NIHMS87227

Weaver, G.D., Kuo, Y.F., Raji, M.A., Al Snih, S., Ray, L., Torres, E., Ottenbacher, K.J. Pain and disability in Mexican American older adults.  Journal of the Geriatrics Society. NIHMSID: NIHMS87223

Graham JE, Ripsin CM, Deutsch A, Kuo YF, Markelo S, Granger CV, & Ottenbacher KJ(in press). Relationship between diabetes codes that affect Medicare reimbursement (tier comorbidities) and outcomes in stroke rehabilitation. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. NIHMSID: NIHMS89690

Berges, I.M., Graham, J.E., Ostir, G.V., Markides, K.S., Ottenbacher, K.J (in press). Sex differences in mortality among frail Mexican Americans. Journal of Women’s Health.

 


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