Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

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2019 Racial and Ethnic Differences in Obesity in People With Spinal Cord Injury: The Effects of Disadvantaged Neighborhood.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  100:1599-1606. 2019
2019 Differences in Glucose Metabolism Among Women With Spinal Cord Injury May Not Be Fully Explained by Variations in Body Composition.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  100:1061-1067.e1. 2019
2019 Surgical and nonsurgical treatment of penetrating spinal cord injury: Analysis of Long-term Neurological and Functional Outcomes.  Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation.  25:186-193. 2019
2019 Assessing the ability of the Sacral Autonomic Standards to document bladder and bowel function based upon the Asia Impairment Scale.  Spinal Cord Series and Cases.  5:85. 2019
2019 The impact of body mass index on one-year mortality after spinal cord injury.  Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine.  2019
2018 Racial Differences in Weight Gain: A 5-Year Longitudinal Study of Persons With Spinal Cord Injury.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  99:1957-1964. 2018
2018 Presentation abstracts.  Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine.  41:599-622. 2018
2018 Comparing blunt and penetrating trauma in spinal cord injury: Analysis of long-Term functional and neurological outcomes.  Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation.  24:121-132. 2018
2018 Racial differences in data quality and completeness: Spinal cord injury model systems’ experiences.  Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation.  24:110-120. 2018
2018 Understanding and preventing loss to follow-up: Experiences from the spinal cord injury model systems.  Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation.  24:97-109. 2018
2018 Representativeness of the Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems National Database article.  Spinal Cord.  56:126-132. 2018
2017 The use of the neurologic exam to predict awareness and control of lower urinary tract function post SCI.  Spinal Cord.  55:840-843. 2017
2017 International Spinal Cord Injury Core Data Set (version 2.0)-including standardization of reporting.  Spinal Cord.  55:759-764. 2017
2017 Weight change after spinal cord injury.  Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine.  40:130-137. 2017
2017 Long-term functional outcome in patients with acquired infections after acute spinal cord injury.  Neurology.  88:892-900. 2017
2017 Spinal cord injury-induced immunodeficiency is mediated by a sympathetic-neuroendocrine adrenal reflex.  Nature Neuroscience.  20:1549-1559. 2017
2016 Association Between Time to Rehabilitation and Outcomes After Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  97:1620-1627.e4. 2016
2016 Changing Demographics and Injury Profile of New Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries in the United States, 1972–2014.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  97:1610-1619. 2016
2016 Current Research Outcomes From the Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  97:1607-1609. 2016
2016 Harmonization of Databases: A Step for Advancing the Knowledge About Spinal Cord Injury.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  97:1805-1818. 2016
2016 Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems: Review of Program and National Database From 1970 to 2015.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  97:1797-1804. 2016
2016 To What Extent Do Neighborhood Differences Mediate Racial Disparities in Participation After Spinal Cord Injury?.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  97:1735-1744. 2016
2016 Trajectories of Life Satisfaction After Spinal Cord Injury.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  97:1706-1713.e1. 2016
2016 The impact of smoking and smoking cessation on wound healing in spinal cord-injured patients with pressure injuries: A retrospective comparison cohort study.  Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing.  43:483-487. 2016
2016 Spinal cord injury-induced immune deficiency syndrome enhances infection susceptibility dependent on lesion level.  Brain.  139:692-707. 2016
2016 Fall-induced spinal cord injury: External causes and implications for prevention.  Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine.  39:24-31. 2016
2016 Response to the letter to editor.  Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine.  39:122. 2016
2015 Current pregnancy among women with spinal cord injury: Findings from the US national spinal cord injury database.  Spinal Cord.  53:821-826. 2015
2015 Aging and spinal cord injury: External causes of injury and implications for prevention.  Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation.  21:218-226. 2015
2015 Bladder cancer mortality after spinal cord injury over 4 decades.  Journal of Urology, The.  193:1923-1928. 2015
2015 Common data elements for spinal cord injury clinical research: A National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke project.  Spinal Cord.  53:265-277. 2015
2014 Suicide mortality after spinal cord injury in the United States: Injury cohorts analysis.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  95:230-235. 2014
2014 Suppression of antimicrobial peptide expression by Ureaplasma species.  Infection and Immunity.  82:1657-1665. 2014
2014 Using rasch motor FIM individual growth curves to inform clinical decisions for persons with paraplegia.  Spinal Cord.  52:671-676. 2014
2013 Dr. Samuel Stover: Promoting health and participation through leadership in spinal cord injury medicine.  PM&R.  5:809-815. 2013
2013 Body mass index underestimates adiposity in women with spinal cord injury.  Obesity Research.  21:1223-1225. 2013
2013 Causes of spinal cord injury..  Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation.  19:1-8. 2013
2012 State of the science conference in spinal cord injury rehabilitation 2011: Introduction.  Spinal Cord.  50:342-343. 2012
2012 State of the science in sci rehabilitation.  Spinal Cord.  50:341. 2012
2012 Activity and participation after spinal cord injury: State-of-the-art report.  Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development.  49:155-174. 2012
2012 Functional neurological recovery after spinal cord injury is impaired in patients with infections.  Brain.  135:3238-3250. 2012
2011 Extensive horizontal gene transfer in ureaplasmas from humans questions the utility of serotyping for diagnostic purposes.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology.  49:2818-2826. 2011
2011 Standardization of data analysis and reporting of results from the International Spinal Cord Injury Core Data Set.  Spinal Cord.  49:596-599. 2011
2011 Costs of care following spinal cord injury.  Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation.  16:1-9. 2011
2011 Current research outcomes from the spinal cord injury model systems.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  92:329-331. 2011
2011 Do communities matter after rehabilitation? the effect of socioeconomic and urban stratification on well-being after spinal cord injury.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  92:464-471. 2011
2011 Impact of medicare prospective payment system on acute rehabilitation outcomes of patients with spinal cord injury.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  92:346-351. 2011
2011 Lifetime direct costs after spinal cord injury.  Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation.  16:10-16. 2011
2011 Trends in new injuries, prevalent cases, and aging with spinal cord injury.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  92:332-338. 2011
2011 Weight matters: Physical and psychosocial well being of persons with spinal cord injury in relation to body mass index.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  92:391-398. 2011
2010 Evaluating the quality of acute rehabilitation care for patients with spinal cord injury: An extended donabedian model.  Quality Management in Health Care.  19:47-61. 2010
2008 Change in Life Satisfaction of Adults With Pediatric-Onset Spinal Cord Injury.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  89:2285-2292. 2008
2008 Revaccination of adults with spinal cord injury using the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.  Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine.  31:53-59. 2008
2006 Obesity intervention in persons with spinal cord injury.  Spinal Cord.  44:82-91. 2006
2006 Social problem-solving abilities predict pressure sore occurrence in the first 3 years of spinal cord injury.  Rehabilitation Psychology.  51:69-77. 2006
2006 Evaluation of 3 methods of bladder irrigation to treat bacteriuria in persons with neurogenic bladder.  Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine.  29:217-226. 2006
2005 Pressure ulcer prevalence in people with spinal cord injury: Age-period-duration effects.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  86:1208-1213. 2005
2004 The epidemiology of secondary conditions following spinal cord injury.  Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation.  10:15-29. 2004
2003 Urinary stone formation after spinal cord injury: Risk and risk factors.  Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation.  8:8-19. 2003
2002 Recurrent kidney stone: A 25-year follow-up study in persons with spinal cord injury.  Urology.  60:228-232. 2002
2002 Does fluid amount and choice influence urinary stone formation in persons with spinal cord injury?.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  83:1002-1008. 2002
2001 Bladder stone incidence in persons with spinal cord injury: Determinants and trends, 1973-1996.  Urology.  58:665-670. 2001
2001 Epidemiology of extraspinal fractures associated with acute spinal cord injury.  Spinal Cord.  39:589-594. 2001
2001 Urine specific gravity and water hardness in relation to urolithiasis in persons with spinal cord injury.  Spinal Cord.  39:571-576. 2001
2001 Bacteremia after spinal cord injury in initial versus subsequent hospitalizations.  Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine.  24:96-100. 2001
2000 Antimicrobial resistance in gram-negative bacteria isolated from the urinary tract in community-residing persons with spinal cord injury.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  81:764-769. 2000
2000 Current trend and risk factors for kidney stones in persons with spinal cord injury: A longitudinal study.  Spinal Cord.  38:346-353. 2000
2000 Geographic variation and environmental risk factors for the incidence of initial kidney stones in patients with spinal cord injury.  Journal of Urology, The.  164:21-26. 2000

Chapter

Year Title Altmetric
2018 Epidemiology of spinal cord injury.  44-62. 2018
2012 Epidemiological Context and Concerns 2012
2011 Epidemiology of traumatic spinal cord injury 2011

Education And Training

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2000
  • Master of Public Health, Yale University 1996
  • Doctor of Medicine, 1990

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  • Yu-Ying Chen

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