Recent Publications

Friel, K.M., Ferre, C.L., Brandão, M.B., Kuo, H-S, Chin, K.Y., Hung, Y-C, Robert, M.T., Flamand, V., Smorenburg, A., Bleyenheuft, Y., Carmel, J.B., Campos, T., Gordon, A.M. (In press). Improvements in upper extremity function following intensive training are independent of corticospinal tract organization in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy. Frontiers in Neurology.

Robert, M.T., Gutterman, J., Ferre, C.L., Chin, K.Y., Brandão, M., Gordon, A.M., Friel, K.M. (In press). Corpus callosum integrity relates to improvement of upper extremity function following intensive rehabilitation in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair.

Robert, M.T., Ferre, C.L., Chin, K.Y., Brandão, M.B., Carmel, J.C., Araneda. R., Bleyenheuft, Y., Friel, K.M., Gordon, A.M., (In Press). Intensive bimanual intervention for children who have undergone hemispherectomy surgery: A pilot study. Pediatric Phsyical Therapy.

Figueiredo, P., Mancini, M.C. Ferre, L., Gordon, A.G., Brandão, M. (2020). Effectiveness of hand-arm bimanual training in children with bilateral cerebral palsy: a randomized trial. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 62(11), 1274-1282.

Dekkers, K.J., Rameckers, E.A, Smeets, R.J., Gordon, A.M., Speth, L.A., Ferre, C.L., Janssen-Potten, Y. (2020). Upper extremity muscle strength in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy: A bimanual problem? Physical Therapy, 100(12), 2205-2216. DOI: 10.1903/ptj/pzaa155.

Ferre, C.L., Babik, I., Michel, G.F. (2020). A perspective on the development of hemispheric specialization, infant handedness, and cerebral palsy. Cortex, 127, 208-220. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2020.02.017.

 Ferre, C.L., Flamand, V. Carmel, J.B., Friel, K.M. Gordon, A.M. (2020). Anatomical and functional characterization in children with unilateral cerebral palsy: An atlas-based analysis. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. 34(2):148-158. doi: 10.1177/1545968319899916.

 Surana, B., Ferre, C.L., Brandao, M., Dew, A.P., Moreau, N.G., Gordon, A.M. (2019). Effectiveness of lower extremity functional training (LIFT) in young children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy: a randomized trial. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. doi: 10.1177/1545968319868719

Brandao, M.B., Mancini, M.C., Ferre, C.L., Figueiredo, P., Oliveira, R.H., Goncalves, S.C., Dias, M.C., & Gordon, A.M. (2018). Does dosage matter? A feasibility study of Hand-arm Bimanual Intensive Training dose and dosing schedule in children with unilateral cerebral palsy. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics. 38(3), 227-242.

Marneweck, M., Kuo, H-C., Smorenburg, A., Ferre, C.L., Flamand, V.H., Gupta, D., Carmel, J.B., Bleyenheuft, Y., Gordon, A.M., & Friel, K.M. (2018). The relationship between hand function and overlapping motor representations of the hands in the contralesional hemisphere in unilateral spastic cerebral palsy. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 32(1), 62-72.

Gupta, D., Barachant, A., Gordon, A.M., Ferre, C.L., Kuo, H-C., Carmel, J.B., & Friel, K.M. (2017). Effect of sensory and motor connectivity on hand function in pediatric hemiplegia. Annals of Neurology, 82(5), 766-780.

Ferre, C.L. & Gordon, A.M. (2017). Coaction of Individual and Environmental Factors: A Review of Intensive Therapy Paradigms for Children with Unilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 59(11), 1139-1145.

Hung, Y.C., Ferre, C.L., & Gordon, A.M. (2017). Improvements in kinematic performance after home-based bimanual training for children with unilateral cerebral palsy. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, doi: 10.1080/01942638.2017.1337663.

 Ferre, C.L., Brandao, M., Surana, B., Dew, A.P., Moreau, N.G., Gordon, A.M. (2017). Caregiver-directed home-based bimanual training in young children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy: a randomized trial. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 59(5), 497-504.

Kuo, H.C., Ferre C.L., Carmel, J.B., Gowatsky, J.L., Stanford, A.D., Rowny, S.B., Lisanby, S.H., Gordon, A.M., & Friel, K.M. (2017). Using diffusion tensor imaging to identify corticospinal tract projection patterns in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 59(1), 65-71.

Smorenburg, A.R., Gordon, A.M., Kuo, H.C., Ferre, C.L., Brandão, M., et. al. (2017). Does corticospinal tract connectivity influence the response to intensive bimanual therapy in children with unilateral cerebral palsy? Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 31(3), 250-260.

Friel, K.M., Kuo, H.C., Fuller, J., Ferre, C.L., Brandão, M., Carmel, J.B., & Gordon, A.M. (2016). Skilled bimanual training drives motor cortex plasticity in children with unilateral cerebral palsy. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 30(9). 834-844.

Ferre, C.L., Brandão, M., Hung, Y.C., Carmel, J.B., Gordon A.M. (2015). Feasibility of caregiver-directed home-based hand-arm bimanual intensive training: A brief report. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 18(1), 69-74.

Gelkop, N., Burshtein, D.G., Lahav, A., Brezne, A., Al-Oraibi, S., Ferre C.L., et al. (2015). Efficacy of constraint-induced movement therapy and bimanual training in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy in an educational setting. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 35(1),24-39.