Rusk Rehabilitation Publications

Read about our latest research findings that keep us at the forefront of rehabilitation medicine.

Faculty at NYU Langone’s Rusk Rehabilitation publish frequently in prestigious, peer-reviewed journals. Here is a selection of their recent publications.

Assessment of the Fascial System Thickness in Patients with and Without Low Back Pain: A Narrative Review

Bonaldi, Lorenza; Berardo, Alice; Stecco, Antonio; Stecco, Carla; Fontanella, Chiara Giulia

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland). 2025 Aug 16; 15:

Why menstrual cycle irregularities belong in brain research

Heller, Carina; Christensen, Erynn; Murata, Elle M; Petersen, Nicole; Casto, Kathleen; Datta, Shae; Larsen, Bart; Arciniega, Hector

Nature medicine. 2025 Aug 13;

Multi-modal proton and sodium MRI for outcome prediction in mild traumatic brain injury

Chen, Anna M; Gerhalter, Teresa; Ma, Zhongyang; Gajdošík, Martin; Dehkharghani, Seena; Peralta, Rosemary; Gajdošík, Mia; Sheriff, Sulaiman; Ahn, Sinyeob; Li, Xiaochun; Goldberg, Judith D; Bushnik, Tamara; Zarate, Alejandro; Silver, Jonathan M; Im, Brian S; Wall, Stephen P; Cloos, Martijn A; Baete, Steven; Brown, Ryan; Madelin, Guillaume; Kirov, Ivan I

Journal of neurology. 2025 Aug 12; 272:569

Dyad interventions for health-related quality of life, activity, and participation after stroke: a systematic review

Kringle, Emily A; Kersey, Jessica; Kim, Grace J; Bhattacharjya, Sutanuka; Dionne, Timothy P; Farag, Mathew; Alimi, Elnaz; Griffin, Tina; DelVecchio, Mia; Kam, Alice; Burns, Suzanne; Donoso Brown, Elena

Disability and rehabilitation. 2025 Aug ; 47:4091-4105

The State of Exercise-Based Dysphagia Intervention in the Literature: A Scoping Review

Crossman, Claire; Piol, Serena; Price, D'manda; Veit, Kelly; Molfenter, Sonja M

Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology. 2025 Aug ; 10:e70180

Efficacy and safety of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation plus pregabalin for radiotherapy-related neuropathic pain in patients with head and neck cancer (RELAX): a phase 2 randomised trial

Zuo, Xuzheng; Xu, Yongteng; Li, Shaojian; Jiang, Jingru; Wang, Jinyuan; Zhu, Yingying; Pan, Dong; Li, Honghong; Chen, Yanting; Chen, Yanmin; Rong, Xiaoming; Zheng, Dong; Lu, Kui; Mai, Haiqiang; Chen, Mingyuan; Chen, Pingyan; Li, Jinpu; Simone, Charles B; Chua, Melvin L K; Li, Yi; Shen, Qingyu; Xiao, Songhua; Tang, Yamei

EClinicalMedicine. 2025 Aug ; 86:103345

Smad2/3 Signaling Mediates the Atrophic Response in Vocal Fold Myoblasts In Vitro

Yoshimatsu, Masayoshi; Nakamura, Ryosuke; Bing, Renjie; Gartling, Gary J; Branski, Ryan C

The Laryngoscope. 2025 Jul 30;

An Observational Study of the Prevalence of Oral Human Papilloma Virus Infection in Laryngologists

Lackey, Taylor G; Gartling, Gary; Nakamura, Ryosuke; Maria, Chloe Santa; Johns, Michael; Branski, Ryan C; Amin, Milan R