Krisa Research

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Name: Laura Krisa, PhD
Position: Assistant Professor

901 Walnut Street
Room 514
Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Highlighted Publications

Alizadeh M, Shah P, Conklin CJ, Middleton DM, Saksena S, Flanders AE, Krisa L, Mulcahey MJ, Faro SH, Mohamed FB. Application of Color Transformation Techniques in Pediatric Spinal Cord MR Images: Typically, Developing and Spinal Cord Injury Population Journal of Digital Imaging, 16, January 2018 epub ahead of print.

Krisa L, Vogel, LC., Wecht, JM., Use of Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in adolescents with SCI: a case series.  Spinal Cord Series and Cases 3. 2017 Dec 12.

Saksena S, Middleton DM, Krisa L, Shah P, Faro SH, Sinko R, Gaughan J, Finsterbusch J, Mulcahey MJ, Mohamed FB. Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Normal Cervical and Thoracic Pediatric Spinal Cord. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2016 Jul 14. [Epub ahead of print].

Bell A, Guido T, Krisa L, Muhlenhaupt M. Mulcahey M.J.  Measures and Outcomes Instruments for Pediatric Spincal Cord Injury.  Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  2016; 4(3):200-207

Gorski K, Harbold K, Haverstick K, Schultz E, Shealy SE, and Krisa L. Locomotor Training in the Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury Population: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation 2016;22(2):135–148

Recent Publications

Exploring Functional Connectivity in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury Patients With Neuropathic Pain Versus Without Neuropathic Pain

Microstructural alterations of major thalamic nuclei in the chronic pediatric spinal cord injured population

Metal artifact reduction around cervical spine implant using diffusion tensor imaging at 3T: A phantom study

Harmonization of multi-site diffusion tensor imaging data for cervical and thoracic spinal cord at 1.5 T and 3 T using longitudinal ComBat

The role of the insula in chronic pain following spinal cord injury: A resting-state fMRI study

Connecting Researchers and Clinicians Before Connecting the Injured Spinal Cord

Correlations of diffusion tensor imaging and clinical measures with spinal cord cross-sectional area measurements in pediatric spinal cord injury patients

Case report: The promising application of dynamic functional connectivity analysis on an individual with failed back surgery syndrome

DTI of chronic spinal cord injury in children without MRI abnormalities (SCIWOMR) and with pathology on MRI and comparison to severity of motor impairment

Clinical Utility of Diffusion Tensor Imaging as a Biomarker to Identify Microstructural Changes in Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury

Graph theoretical structural connectome analysis of the brain in patients with chronic spinal cord injury: preliminary investigation

Brain White Matter Abnormality Induced by Chronic Spinal Cord Injury in the Pediatric Population: A Preliminary Tract-based Spatial Statistic Study

Atlas-based quantification of dti measures in a typically developing pediatric spinal cord

Validation of the national institute of neurological disorders and stroke spinal cord injury MRI common data elements instrument

Diffusion Tensor Imaging Assessment of Regional White Matter Changes in the Cervical and Thoracic Spinal Cord in Pediatric Subjects

Characterization of spinal cord diffusion tensor imaging metrics in clinically asymptomatic pediatric subjects with incidental congenital lesions

Application of Color Transformation Techniques in Pediatric Spinal Cord MR Images: Typically Developing and Spinal Cord Injury Population

Translational challenges of rat models of upper extremity dysfunction after spinal cord injury

Considerations and recommendations for selection and utilization of upper extremity clinical outcome assessments in human spinal cord injury trials

Identification of ghost artifact using texture analysis in pediatric spinal cord diffusion tensor images

Reduced Field of View Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Fiber Tractography of the Pediatric Cervical and Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury

Age related diffusion and tractography changes in typically developing pediatric cervical and thoracic spinal cord

Diffusion tensor imaging of the normal cervical and thoracic pediatric spinal cord

Measures and Outcome Instruments for Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury

Locomotor training in the pediatric spinal cord injury population: A systematic review of the literature