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Associate Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine (Program in Physical Therapy and G.H. Sergievsky Center) akr7@columbia.edu |
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| Post Doctoral Training: Computational Motor Control, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine Post Doctoral Training: Movement Sciences, Columbia University EdD Movement Science (Motor Control and Learning), Teacher’s College/Columbia University MA Occupational Therapy (Developmental Disabilities), New York University Post-Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation, All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation BOT Occupational Therapy, Institute for the Physical Handicapped, New Delhi, India |
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| Clinical Interests |
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| Movement disorders, neurological rehabilitation, occupational therapy |
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| Honors and Awards |
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| 2012- Keynote speaker, Huntington' Disease Clinical Research Symposium, Huntington Study Group, Seattle Washington 2010- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Career Development Award 2009- Keynote Speaker at Fourth European GAITRite Conference, University Hospital Basel Switzerland 2008- Associate Editor, American Journal of Occupational Therapy 2007- Invited speaker at Parkinson's Disease Foundation 50th Anniversary Educational Symposium |
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| Research Interests |
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Examination of sensori-motor impairments in movement disorders (including basal ganglia and cerebellar disorders) Understanding the mechanisms underlying motor impairments, and developing novel methods of rehabilitation interventions. |
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| Teaching Responsibilities |
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Neuroscience
(with Dr. Kinirons)
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| Scholarly Productivity |
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| Recent Publications Louis ED, Rao AK, Gerbin M. Functional correlates of gait and balance difficulty in essential tremor: Balance confidence, near misses and falls. Gait Posture. 2012, 35(1): 43-47. Gutman SA, Rafael EI, Rao AK. Effect of a Motor Based Role Play Intervention on the Social Behaviors of Adolescents with High Functioning Autism: Multiple Baseline Single Subject Design. In Press, American Journal of Occupational Therapy. Rao AK, Mazzoni P, Wasserman P, Marder K. Longitudinal Change in Gait and Motor Function in Pre-manifest Huntington's Disease. PLoS Curr. 2011 Oct 4;3:RRN1268. Rao, A.K. Gillman, A, and Louis, E.D. Quantitative gait analysis in essential tremor reveals impairments that are maintained into advanced age. Gait and Posture. 2011, 34: 65-70. Rao, A.K., Marder, K.S. and Gordon, A.M Impairment in precision grip control in pre-manifest Huntington’s disease. Movement Disorders. 2011, 26(5): 862-869. Montes, J., Dunaway, S., Montgomery, M.J., Sproule, D., Kaufmann, P., De Vivo, D.C., and Rao, A.K. Fatigue Leads to Gait Changes in Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Muscle and Nerve. 2011, 43(4): 485-488. Louis, E.D., Rios, E. and Rao, A.K. Tandem Gait Performance in Essential Tremor: Clinical Correlates and Association with Midline Tremors. Movement Disorders, 2010, 25(11): 1633-1638. Rao, A.K. Enabling functional independence in Parkinson’s disease: Update on Occupational therapy intervention. Movement Disorders. 2010, 25(Supp.1): 146-151. Rao, A.K., Louis, E.D. and Marder, K.S. Clinical assessment of mobility and balance impairments in pre-symptomatic Huntington’s disease. Gait and Posture: 2009, 30: 391-393. Rao, A.K., Muratori, L., Louis, E.D., Moskowitz, C.B. and Marder, K.S. Clinical measurement of mobility and balance impairments in Huntington’s disease: Validity and responsiveness. Gait & Posture: 2009, 29: 433-436. Rao, A.K. Role of occupational therapy movement disorders of the basal ganglia. Invited paper. In press Physical Disabilities Special Interest Section Quarterly. 2008, 31(3), 1-4. Rao, A.K., Muratori, L., Louis, E.D., Moskowitz, C.B. and Marder, K.S. Spectrum of gait impairments in Presymptomatic and symptomatic Huntington’s disease. Movement Disorders, 2008, Vol 23 (8): pp. 1100-1107. Shadmehr R, Donchin O, Hwang EJ, Hemminger SE, and Rao A.K. Learning dynamics of reaching. In: Motor Cortex in Voluntary Movements. A. Riehle and E. Vaadia (editors), 2005, CRC Press, pp. 297-328. Rao, A.K., Quinn, L. and Marder, K. Test-retest reliability of gait outcome measures in Huntington’s disease. Movement Disorders, 2005, 20 (8), 1033-1037. Quinn, L. and Rao, A.K.. Physical Therapy and Huntington’s disease: current perspectives and case report. Neurology Report: 2002, 26 (3), 145-153. Rao, A.K. and Gordon, A.M. Contribution of tactile information to accuracy in pointing. Experimental Brain Research, 2001, 138: 438-445. Flanagan JR and Rao AK (1995). Trajectory adaptation to a non-linear visuomotor transformation: evidence for motion planning in visually perceived space. Journal of Neurophysiology, 74(5): 2174-2178.
Quinn, L., Busse, M., Broad, M., Dawes, H., Ekwall, C., Fritz, N., Heemskerk, A-W, Hopkins, C., Jones, U., Kegelmeyer, D., Khalil, H., Kloos, A., Meek, C., Owen, J., Rao, A.K., Sands, R. and Waters, R. Physiotherapy Guidance Document. 2009, European Huntington’s Disease Network. Ulm, Germany. Rao, A.K. Cognition and Motor Skills. In A. Henderson & C. Pehosky (Eds.). Hand Function in the Child: Foundations for remediation. St. Louis: MO. Mosby-Elsevier. 2005: 101-113.
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