Publications
Juried or refereed journal articles and exhibitions:
Beekhuizen KB, Field-Fote EC: Massed practice versus massed practice with stimulation: Effects on upper extremity function and cortical plasticity in individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury. Neurorehabil Neural Repair, 19:33-45, 2005.
Field-Fote EC: Electrical stimulation modifies spinal and cortical neural circuitry. Exerc Sport Sci Rev, 32 (4): 155-160, 2004.
Perez MA, Floeter MK, Field-Fote EC: Repetitive sensory input increases reciprocal Ia inhibition in individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury. J Neuro Phys Ther, 28(3): 144-121, 2004.
Nash MS, Jacobs PL, Johnson BM, Field-Fote EC: Metabolic and cardiac responses to robotic-assisted locomotion in motor-complete tetraplegia. J Spinal Cord Med, 27:78-82, 2004.
Field-Fote EC, Andersen B, Robertson VJ, Spielholz NI: Monophasic and biphasic stimulation evoke different responses. Muscle Nerve, 28:239-241, 2003.
Field-Fote EC: Quantification of functional behavior in humans and animals: time for a paradigm shift. J Rehabil Res Dev, 40(4):19 – 24, 2003 (Suppl 1).
Perez MA, Field-Fote EC. Impaired posture-dependent modulation of disynaptic reciprocal Ia inhibition in individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury. Neurosci Lett, 341:225-8, 2003.
Perez MA, Field-Fote EC, Floeter MK: Patterned sensory stimulation induces plasticity in reciprocal Ia inhibition in humans. J Neurosci, 23:2014-8, 2003.
Field-Fote EC and Tepavac D: Improved intra-limb coordination in individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury following training with body weight support and functional electrical stimulation. Phys Ther, 82: 707-716, 2002
Tepavac D and Field-Fote EC: Vector coding: a technique for quantification of intersegmental coupling in multicyclic behaviors. J Appl Biomechanics, 17(3):259 – 270, 2001.
Field-Fote EC: Combined use of body weight support, functional electrical stimulation and treadmill training to improve walking ability in individuals with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 82(6):818-24, 2001.
Field-Fote EC, Fluet GG, Schafer SD, Schneider E; Smith R, Downey PA, and Ruhl CD: The Spinal Cord Injury Functional Ambulation Inventory (SCI-FAI). J Rehabil Med. 33:177-181, 2001.
Field-Fote EC: Spinal cord control of movement: implications for locomotor rehabilitation following spinal cord injury. Phys Ther 80: 477-84, 2000.
Field-Fote EC, Hufford T, Kerfoot N, Kizer S Calancie B: Effect of lower extremity weightbearing load on motoneuron excitability in able-bodied subjects. Electromyography Clin Neurophysiol 40 (8): 459-64, 2000.
Loudon JK, Ruhl M, Field EC: Ability to reproduce head position following whiplash injury. Spine, 22:865-868, 1997.
Field EC, Abdel-Moty E, Loudon J: The effect of back-injury and load on ability to replicate a novel posture. J Back Musculoskel Rehabil, 8:199-207, 1997.
Field EC, Stein PSG: Spinal cord coordination of hindlimb movements in the turtle. I. Intralimb temporal relationships during scratching and swimming. J Neurophysiol, 78 (3): 1394-1403, 1997.
Field EC, Stein PSG: Spinal cord coordination of hindlimb movements in the turtle. II. Interlimb temporal relationships during scratching and swimming. Journal of Neurophysiol, 78 (3): 1404-1413, 1997.
Stein PSG, Victor JC, Field EC, Currie SN: bilateral control of hindlimb scratching in the spinal turtle: contralateral circuitry contributes to the normal ipsilateral motor pattern of fictive rostral scratching, J Neurosci, 15: 4343-4355, 1995.
Field EC: Older persons and chronic pain: education for long term management, Topics Geriatric Rehabilitation, 6:17-24, 1991.
Field EC: facilitating problem solving and critical thinking in physical therapy stu¬dents, Journal of Physical Therapy Education 6:3-5, 1991.
Other works, publications and abstracts:
Field-Fote EC, , Khan MT, Lindley SD. Locomotor Training in Individuals with Incomplete SCI: Functional and Spinal Reflex Changes Associated with Four Different BWS Training Protocols. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy, 23(4):170, 2004.
Cohen MI, Beckley DC, Perez MX, Solomon NH, Field-Fote EC. Effect of locomotor training on respiratory function in individuals with incomplete cervical or thoracic spinal cord injury. Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy, 15(4):31, 2004.
Beekhuizen K, Eldidy CA, Fernandez YC, Garcia RM, Girald J, Field-Fote EC. Effect of high versus low frequency stimulation on cortical plasticity and pinch grip strength. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy, 28(4):181, 2004.
Field-Fote EC, Lindley SD, Khan MT. Locomotor training in individuals with incomplete SCI: functional and spinal reflex related changes associated with four different bws training protocols. Soc Neurosci Abstr 187.24, San Diego, CA, November, 2005.
Beekhuizen KS, Field-Fote EC. Massed practice and somatosensory stimulation improves hand/arm function in individuals with SCI. Soc Neurosci Abstr 231.8, San Diego, CA. November, 2004.
Field-Fote EC, Khan MT, Lindley SD . Comparison of four different techniques for lomomotor training after SCI: functional and reflex outcomes. Proceedings of the World Federation of Neurological Rehabilitation. Zurich, Switzerland, September, 2004.
Field-Fote EC: Activity-dependent plasticity of spinal reflexes associated with locomotor training in individuals with complete and incomplete SCI. Proceedings of the International Society for Electromyography and Kinesiology (ISEK), Boston, MA. June 2004.
Beekhuizen KS, Field-Fote EC: Effects of massed practice and somatosensory stimulation in individuals with spinal cord injury. Proceedings of the 2004 Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association, February 2004.
Beekhuizen KS, Field-Fote EC. Effect of different intensities of peripheral nerve stimulation on cortical plasticity in able-bodied individuals. Soc Neurosci Abstr, November, 2003.
Perez MA, Field-Fote EC, Floeter MK. Patterned sensory stimulation induces plasticity in reciprocal ia inhibition in humans. Proceedings of the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association, June 2003.
Field-Fote EC, Perez MA, Hurtado. A Short- and long-term adaptation of spinal reflexes in individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury. Soc Neurosci Abstr, 66.4 November, 2002.
Perez MA, Field-Fote EC. Impaired Posture-dependent modulation of Reciprocal Ia inhibition In individuals with incomplete SCI. Soc Neurosci Abstr, 66.5 November, 2002.
Perez MA, Field-Fote EC. Posture-dependent modulation of disynaptic reciprocal Ia inhibition in individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury. Proceedings of the 2002 Annual Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association, June 2002.
Field-Fote EC, Perez MA. Spinal cord excitability in subjects with SCI: effects of locomotor training and load. Soc Neurosci Abstr, 935.15 November, 2001.
Perez MA, Rine RM, Field-Fote EC. Examination of motor evoked potentials pre-and post-locomotor training in individuals with incomplete SCI. Soc Neurosci Abstr, 936.16, November, 2001.
Francis, M., Porter, A, Steinhauser, D, Klima, M, Perez, M, Field-Fote, EC, and Rine, RM. Seated functional reach: does it correlate with center of pressure measures? Phys Ther 2001, 81(5):A20
Field-Fote EC, Calancie B. Intralimb coupling relationships demonstrate improved motor control in chronic iSCI following BWS training with FES. Soc Neurosci Abstr, 25:1152, 1999.
Field-Fote E, Pelkey B, Rupley R, Spector A, Williams B, Calancie B. Evidence of discrepancies between intramuscular and surface electrode recordings of hip flexor activity. Phys Ther 79(5): S16, 1999.
Field EC, Calancie B. Improved locomotion in persons with SCI using combined body weight support and FES. Soc Neurosci Abstr, 24:1662, 1998.
Field EC,Hufford TL, Kerfoot NM, Kizer SM. Effect of body weight support on motoneuron excitability in able-bodied subjects. Phys Ther 78(5): S70, 1998.
Field EC, Calancie B. Effect of weight-bearing load on motoneuron excitability in ambulatory SCI subjects and able-bodied controls. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Symposium of the International Society for Gait and Posture Research; Paris, France, June 24, 1997.
Field EC, Fluet GG, Schafer SD, Schneider EM, Ruhl CD, Downey PA, Smith R. A new instrument for evaluation of gait in individuals with spinal cord injury. Phys Ther 77(5): S30, 1997.
Field E, Stein PSG. Spinal cord control of interlimb coordination. Invited presenter National Institutes of Health, National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research Trainee Conference. Bethesda, MD, April 1996.
Stein PSG, Victor JC, Field EC. Modular organization of rhythm generating circuitry for rostral scratching in the hemisected hindlimb enlargement of the spinal turtle, Soc Neurosci Abstr, 21: 1764, 1995.
Field E, Stein PSG: Spinal cord control of bilateral hindlimb coordination in the turtle, Soc Neurosci Abstr, 20:1754, 1994.
Stein PSG, Victor JC, Field EC, Currie SN. bilateral motor rhythms during fictive rostral scratching in the turtle, Soc Neurosci Abstr, 20:1754, 1994
Minor S, Muller M, Field E. Changes in angle of knee extensor peak torque in concen¬tric vs. eccentric contractions, Phys Ther, 72(6): S50, 1992
Abdel-Moty E, Miles N, Perez E, Field E. postural sway differences between chronic low back pain patients and healthy individuals, Phys Ther, 72(6): S108, 1992.
Field E, Abdel-Moty E, Khalil T, Asfour S: postural proprioception in healthy and back-injured adults, Physical Therapy 71(6): S104, 1991.
Abdel-Moty E, Field E, Miles N, Perez: Center of pressure reproducibility of comfort¬able and predetermined stances in healthy subjects, Phys Ther, 71(6): S54, 1991.
Field E, Schuster S, Doran D, Bourguignon GJ: two-point discrimination is more sensitive on the left than the right extremities, Phys Ther, 66(5): 783, 1986.
