Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year Title Altmetric
2019 Functional Electrical Stimulation Cycling Exercise for People with Multiple Sclerosis.  Current Treatment Options in Neurology.  21. 2019
2019 Physical activity and walking performance across the lifespan among adults with multiple sclerosis.  Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders.  35:36-41. 2019
2019 Social-cognitive theory variables as correlates of sedentary behavior in multiple sclerosis: Preliminary evidence.  Disability and Health Journal.  12:622-627. 2019
2019 Walking endurance in multiple sclerosis: Meta-analysis of six-minute walk test performance.  Gait and Posture.  73:147-153. 2019
2019 Rationale and design of the STEP for MS Trial: Comparative effectiveness of Supervised versus Telerehabilitation Exercise Programs for Multiple Sclerosis.  Controlled Clinical Trials.  81:110-122. 2019
2019 Validation of the Brazilian version of the patient-determined disease steps scale in persons with multiple sclerosis.  Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders.  30:208-214. 2019
2019 Comparing the Convergent and Concurrent Validity of the Dynamic Gait Index with the Berg Balance Scale in People with Multiple Sclerosis..  Healthcare.  7. 2019
2018 The relationship between corticospinal tract integrity and lower-extremity strength is attenuated when controlling for age and sex in multiple sclerosis.  Brain Research.  1701:171-176. 2018
2018 Phase-III, randomized controlled trial of the behavioral intervention for increasing physical activity in multiple sclerosis: Project BIPAMS.  Controlled Clinical Trials.  71:154-161. 2018
2018 Cardiorespiratory demand of acute voluntary cycling with functional electrical stimulation in individuals with multiple sclerosis with severe mobility impairment.  Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology.  43:71-76. 2018
2018 Exercise as a Countermeasure to Declining Central Nervous System Function in Multiple Sclerosis.  Clinical Therapeutics.  40:16-25. 2018
2017 Exercise in patients with multiple sclerosis.  Lancet Neurology.  16:848-856. 2017
2017 Multimodal exercise training in multiple sclerosis: A randomized controlled trial in persons with substantial mobility disability.  Controlled Clinical Trials.  61:39-47. 2017
2017 Social cognitive correlates of physical activity among persons with multiple sclerosis: Influence of depressive symptoms.  Disability and Health Journal.  10:580-586. 2017
2017 Cognitive Motor Interference in Multiple Sclerosis: Insights From a Systematic Quantitative Review.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  98:1229-1240. 2017
2017 People with MS are less physically active than healthy controls but as active as those with other chronic diseases: An updated meta-analysis.  Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders.  13:38-43. 2017
2017 Results of a feasibility randomised controlled study of the guidelines for exercise in multiple sclerosis project.  Controlled Clinical Trials.  54:84-97. 2017
2017 Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and aerobic capacity in persons with multiple sclerosis.  Journal of the Neurological Sciences.  372:342-346. 2017
2017 Co-occurring risk factors in multiple sclerosis.  Health values.  41:76-83. 2017
2016 Physical activity in pediatric onset multiple sclerosis: Validating a questionnaire for clinical practice and research.  Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders.  10:26-29. 2016

Principal Investigator On

  • Brain Predictors of Mobility and Falls in Older Adults with Multiple Sclerosis  awarded by ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE 2019 - 2024
  • Healthy Aging through LifesTyle in Multiple Sclerosis: The HALT MS Research Center  awarded by National Multiple Sclerosis Society 2018 - 2023
  • Comparative Effectiveness of an Exercise Intervention Delivered via Telerehabilitation and Conventional Mode of Delivery  awarded by SHEPHERD CENTER 2018 - 2022
  • Comparative Effectiveness of an Exercise Intervention Delivered via Telerehabilitation and Conventional Mode of Delivery  awarded by SHEPHERD CENTER 2018 - 2022
  • Improving Cognition In People With Progressive Multiple Sclerosis: A Multi-Arm, Randomized, Blinded, Sham-Controlled Trial Of Cognitive Rehabilitation And Aerobic Exercise  awarded by MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION CANADA 2018 - 2021
  • Examining Patterns and Correlates of Wellness in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis who use Wheelchairs  awarded by CONSORTIUM OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CENTERS 2020
  • Restless Legs Syndrome and Physical Activity in Adults With Multiple Sclerosis  awarded by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS 2019 - 2020
  • Project BIPAMS: Behavioral Intervention for Physical Activity in MS  awarded by National Multiple Sclerosis Society 2017 - 2020
  • Relationship Between Fatigue And Vestibular Function In Persons With MS  awarded by FOUNDATION OF THE CONSORTIUM OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CENTERS 2018 - 2020
  • A Pilot Study for Testing the Feasibility and Efficacy of Text Messaging and Newsletter as a Strategy for Interrupting Sedentary Behavior  awarded by CONSORTIUM OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CENTERS 2018 - 2019
  • Heart Rate Variability-Guided Exercise Training In Type 2 Diabetes  awarded by UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (CHICAGO) 2018 - 2019
  • Project COMPLETe: Coordinated Multiple Sclerosis Exercise Toolkit  awarded by National Multiple Sclerosis Society 2017 - 2019
  • Training in Physical Therapy Activity Promotion for Multiple Sclerosis  awarded by National Multiple Sclerosis Society 2017 - 2019
  • Lifestyle Physical Activity Intervention for Improving Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Vascular Comorbidity Risk in Multiple Sclerosis  awarded by University of Ottawa 2017 - 2019
  • Sleep, Physical activity and MS symptoms in Pediatric MS  awarded by HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN 2017 - 2019
  • G-EO Gait Rehabilitation Training in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis  awarded by Indiana University 2016 - 2019
  • ATOMIC (Active Teens with Multiple Sclerosis) Teens: A Feasibility  awarded by HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN 2017 - 2019
  • Developing a Person-centered Internet-based Health Action Process Approach to Promoting Physical Activity in People with Multiple Sclerosis  awarded by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2018 - 2019
  • Sedentary Behavior in MS: Examining its Prevalence, Distribution, and Correlates using the NARCOMS Registry  awarded by National Multiple Sclerosis Society 2016 - 2019
  • Retinal Lutein and Visual Health in Multiple Sclerosis  awarded by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2017 - 2019
  • The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Cognition in Multiple Sclerosis  awarded by UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2016 - 2018
  • Feasibility and Efficacy of the Square-Stepping Exercise in Older Adults with Multiple Sclerosis  awarded by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2016 - 2017

    • Investigator On

  • Role of Gut Microbe Composition in Psychosocial Symptom Response to Exercise Training in Breast Cancer Survivors  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS 2019 - 2024
  • Scale-Up of an Innovative, Evidence-Based Movement 2-Music (M2M) Intervention for Adults with Physical/Mobility Disability  awarded by Administration for Community Living/DHHS 2018 - 2023
  • Treadmill Walking Exercise Training Effects on Cognition and Brain Function in Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematically-Developed Randomized Controlled Trial  awarded by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS 2018 - 2023
  • RERC On Exercise And Recreational Technologies For People With Disabilities (RECTECH IV)  awarded by Administration for Community Living/DHHS 2017 - 2022
  • Private Grant  awarded by EMD SERONO 2017 - 2021
  • Comparing High and Normal Protein Diets for the Dietary Remission of Type 2 Diabetes  awarded by National Cattlemen's Beef Association 2019 - 2020
  • Open-Label Placebos to Treat Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis  awarded by National Multiple Sclerosis Society 2019 - 2020
  • Center for Translational Research on Aging and Mobility - Older Veterans EmpowerRed to use Regular Exercise (OVERTURE) II  awarded by National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS 2014 - 2020
  • Center for Translational Research on Aging and Mobility  awarded by National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS 2014 - 2019
  • Pilot and Feasibility Trial of a Telehealth Dietary Intervention for MS  awarded by National Multiple Sclerosis Society 2017 - 2019

    • Teaching Activities

  • PT798 - Doctoral Level Non-Thesis Res (Spring Term 2020) 2020
  • RHB785 - Prin of Behav ChgeinRehabScie (Spring Term 2020) 2020
  • RHB790 - Rehab Sci Research Project (Spring Term 2020) 2020
  • RHB798 - Non Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2020) 2020
  • RHB799 - Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2020) 2020
  • PT798 - Doctoral Level Non-Thesis Res (Fall Term 2019) 2019
  • RHB790 - Rehab Sci Research Project (Fall Term 2019) 2019
  • RHB798 - Non Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2019) 2019
  • RHB799 - Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2019) 2019
  • PT798 - Doctoral Level Non-Thesis Res (Summer Term 2019) 2019
  • PT798 - Doctoral Level Non-Thesis Res (Summer Term 2019) 2019
  • PT731 - Human Performance Physiology (Summer Term 2019) 2019
  • RHB790 - Rehab Sci Research Project (Summer Term 2019) 2019
  • RHB798 - Non Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2019) 2019
  • RHB799 - Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2019) 2019
  • PT798 - Scholarly Activity Project (Spring Term 2019) 2019
  • PT798 - Scholarly Activity Project (Spring Term 2019) 2019
  • RHB785 - Prin of Behav ChgeinRehabScie (Spring Term 2019) 2019
  • RHB790 - Rehab Sci Research Project (Spring Term 2019) 2019
  • RHB798 - Non Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2019) 2019
  • RHB799 - Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2019) 2019
  • PT798 - Scholarly Activity Project (Fall Term 2018) 2018
  • RHB790 - Rehab Sci Research Project (Fall Term 2018) 2018
  • RHB798 - Non Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2018) 2018
  • RHB799 - Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2018) 2018
  • PT798 - Scholarly Activity Project (Summer Term 2018) 2018
  • PT731 - Human Performance Physiology (Summer Term 2018) 2018
  • RHB740 - Teaching Practicum (Summer Term 2018) 2018
  • RHB790 - Rehab Sci Research Project (Summer Term 2018) 2018
  • RHB798 - Non Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2018) 2018
  • PT798 - Scholarly Activity Project (Spring Term 2018) 2018
  • RHB775 - Spec Topics in Rehab Sciences (Spring Term 2018) 2018
  • RHB790 - Rehab Sci Research Project (Spring Term 2018) 2018
  • RHB798 - Non Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2018) 2018
  • PT799 - Scholarly Activity Project (Fall Term 2017) 2017
  • RHB783 - Research Design in Rehab Sci (Fall Term 2017) 2017
  • RHB790 - Rehab Sci Research Project (Fall Term 2017) 2017
  • RHB798 - Non Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2017) 2017
  • PT798 - Scholarly Activity Project (Summer Term 2017) 2017
  • PT798 - Scholarly Activity Project (Spring Term 2017) 2017
  • RHB781 - PrincRehabSci:ExerciseScience (Spring Term 2017) 2017
  • RHB790 - Rehab Sci Research Project (Spring Term 2017) 2017

    • Education And Training

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Kinesiology and Exercise Science, University of Georgia 2002

    • Full Name

  • Robert Motl