About Our Doctors - Publications
Ralph J. Marino, MD
Clinical Director, RSCICDV
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Presentations
Lectures by Invitation
Use of the ASIA Neurological Standards and the Functional Independence Measure in SCI Research.Spinal Cord Lesion Workshop at Meeting of the Project for the European Standardisation of Outcome Measurement in Rehabilitation (Pro-ESOR), Helsingor, Denmark, May 2000.
Neurological Assessment of SCD. Spinal Cord Medicine: An Intensive Review, Las Vegas,NV. September 2000.
Neurological Assessment and Outcomes. SCI Medicine Pre-Exam Review Course, New York, NY, September 2000.
Functional Outcomes in SCI. SCI Medicine Pre-Exam Review Course, New York, NY, September 2000.
Outcome Scales in Rehabilitation. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Lecture Series, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, April 2001.
Neurological Assessment and Classification of SCI. Grand Rounds, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, May 2002.
FromQuestion to Answer: Steps Along the Road.Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Research Day, University of Pennsylvania, Phila.delphia, PA, June 2002.
Single Fiber and Macro Electromyography.Resident educational lecture series, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, February 2003.
Paper and Poster Presentations
Post Discharge Changes in the Self-Report Functional Independence Measure in Relationship to Severity of Injury. Annual Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2000.
Structure and Stability of the ASIA Motor Score. Annual Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association, San Diego, CA, May 2001.
Relationship Between Walking Index in Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI) Level, Neurological Status, and Walking Speed in SCI. (Poster) Annual Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association, Miami, FL, April 2003.
Relationship of Ambulation Speed and Physiologic Cost Index (PCI) to Walking Index in Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI) Level in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury. (Poster) Annual Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association, Miami, Florida, April 2003.
Chen B, Marino R, Dijkers M. Abnormal lipid profiles and vitamin D deficiency in patients with chronic SCI. 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association, Denver, CO, May 14 – 16, 2004.
Graves DE, Frankiewicz RG, Marino RJ. Predicting functional subscales using the ASIA upper and lower extremity motor scors. 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association, Denver, CO, May 14 – 16, 2004.
Jones L, Marino MJ, Kirshblum S, Tal J. Accuracy of ASIA Impairment Scale of spinal cord injury using 2002 standards. 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Spinal Cord Society, Center Athinais, Athens, Greece, September 26 – 29, 2004.
Jones L, Marino MJ, Kirshblum S, Tal J. Reliability levels of the ASIA motor and sensory examination in physician versus physical therapist examiners. 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Spinal Cord Society, Center Athinais, Athens, Greece, September 26 – 29, 2004.
Marino RJ, Kirshblum S, Jones L, Tal J. Agreement in neurological classification of spinal cord injury using the 2002 standards. 50th Anniversary Conference of the American Paraplegia Society, Las Vegas, NV, September 6 – 9, 2004.
Marino RJ, Ragnarsson KT, Wuermser LA, Cardenas DD. Current outcome measures in SCI research. SCI Clinical Trials for Functional Restoration, Hyatt Regency, Phoenix, AZ, October 8, 2004.
Marino RJ, Graves DE. Metric properties of the ASIA motor score: implications for predicting functional activities. 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association, Denver, CO, May 14 – 16, 2004.
Marino RJ. Outcome measures in SCI clinical trials. 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association, Denver, CO, May 14 – 16, 2004.
Marino RJ, Jones L, Kirshblum S, Tal J. Reliability of the ASIA motor and sensory examination. 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association, Denver, CO, May 14 – 16, 2004.
Sharma N, Marino RJ, Nguyen KK. Determination of the incidence and location of atelectasis and pneumonia in patients with acute tetraplegia. 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association, Denver, CO, May 14 – 16, 2004.
Adler C, Blackburn SL, Chase TM, Marino RJ. Predicting neurological and functional outcomes after traumatic spinal cord injury. An Interdisciplinary Approach to Neurotrauma Care, JW Marriott Hotel, Washington, DC, April 24, 2005.
Ditunno JF, Jr., Patrick M, Ditunno P, Marino R, Schmidt M. Inter-rater reliability of photo documentation for scoring the Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI). 31st Annual Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association, Dallas, TX, May 12 – 14, 2005.
Kim MO, Marino RJ, Burns AS. Comparison of the self-selected to maximal levels of the Walking Index in Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI). 31st Annual Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association, Dallas, TX, May 12 – 14, 2005.
Marino RJ, Kim MO, Burns AS. Construct validity of the Walking Index in chronic spinal cord injury. 31st Annual Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association, Dallas, TX, May 12 – 14, 2005.
Marino RJ. Uses and limitations of impairment and activity outcome measures. An Interdisciplinary Approach to Neurotrauma Care, JW Marriott Hotel, Washington, DC, April 25, 2005.
Journal Articles
Hatzakis M Jr, Bryce N, and Marino R. Cruciate paralysis, hypothesis for injury and recovery. Spinal Cord 2000; 38: 120-125.
Cohen ME, Marino RJ. The tools of disability outcomes research: functional status measures. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2000;81 Suppl 2:S21-S29.
Behnegar A, Marino RJ. Impact of aging on sexual function in men with spinal cord injury. Topics Spinal Cord Injury Rehabil 2002;8(1):16-28.
Marino RJ, Graves DE. Metric properties of the ASIA motor score: subscales improve correlation with functional activities. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004; 85(11):1804-1810.
Marino RJ. Neurological and functional outcomes in spinal cord injury: review and recommendations. Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil 2005; 10(4):51-64.
Texbook Chapters
Marino RJ. Spinal injury: etiology, demographics and outcomes. In: Vaccaro A, ed. Fractures of the Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2003 pp. 1-8.
Marino RJ. Neurological assessment of spinal cord disorders. In: Lin VW, ed. Spinal Cord Medicine: Principles and Practice. New York: Demos, 2003 pp. 369-374.
Abstracts
Marino RJ, Cohen ME. Post discharge changes in the self-report functional independence measure in relationship to severity of injury. J Spinal Cord Med 2000;23:29.
Marino RJ, Dijkers MPJM. Structure and stability of the ASIA motor score. J Spinal Cord Med 2001;24(suppl 1): S18.
Marino RJ, Burns AS, Coward C, Ditunno JF. Relationship between Walking Index in Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI) level, neurological status, and walking speed in SCI. J Spinal Cord Med 2003;26 (suppl 1): S38.
Burns AS, Coward C, Ditunno JF, Marino RJ. Relationship of ambulation speed and physiologic cost index (PCI) to Walking Index in Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI) level in chronic spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med 2003;26 (suppl 1): S43.
Chen B, Marino R, Dijkers M. Abnormal lipid profiles and Vitamin D deficiency in patients with chronic SCI. J Spinal Cord Med 27[2], 178. 2004.
Graves DE, Frankiewicz RG, Marino RJ. Predicting functional subscales using the ASIA upper and lower extremity motor scores. J Spinal Cord Med 27[2], 175-176. 2004.
Marino RJ, Kirshblum S, Jones L, Tal J. Agreement in neurological classification of spinal cord injury using the 2002 standards. J Spinal Cord Med 27[4], 415-416. 2004.
Marino RJ, Graves DE. Metric properties of the ASIA motor score: implications for predicting functional activities. J Spinal Cord Med 27[2], 175. 2004.
Marino RJ, Jones L, Kirshblum S, Tal J. Reliability of the ASIA motor and sensory examination. J Spinal Cord Med 27[2], 194. 2004.
Marino RJ, Mulcahey MJ. Use of the capabilities of upper extremity instrument to evaluate outcomes after upper extremity reconstruction in tetraplegia. J Spinal Cord Med 27[Suppl 1], S125. 2004.
Sharma N, Nguyen KK, Marino RJ. Determination of the incidence and location of atelectasis and pneumonia in patients with acute tetraplegia. J Spinal Cord Med 27[2], 177-178. 2004.
Kim MO, Marino RJ, Burns AS. Comparison of the self-selected to maximal levels of the Walking Index in Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI). J Spinal Cord Med 28[2], 161-162. 2005.
Marino RJ, Kim MO, Burns AS. Construct validity of the Walking Index in chronic spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med 28[2], 142-143. 2005.
Other Publications
Marino RJ. Fine-tuning the neurological classification of spinal cord injury: the sixth edition. J Spinal Cord Med 2003;26 (suppl 1): S49.
Marino RJ, Barros T, Biering-Sorensen F, Burns SP, Donovan WH, Graves DE, Haak M, Hudson LM, Priebe MM. International Standards for neurological classification of spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med 2003;26 (suppl 1): S50-S56.
