Research and Publications
Research
Paper, presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Donders, J. and Maring, C.(2005). Novel learning abilities after traumatic brain injury in younger children. Paper, presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington DC.
Donders, J. and Wildeboer, M. (2005). Validity of the WCST-64 after pediatric traumatic brain injury. Paper, presented at the meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, St. Louis, MO.
Mottram, L. and Donders, J. (2006). Cluster subtypes on the CVLT-C after pediatric traumatic brain injury. Paper, presented at the meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA.
Nesbit-Greene, K. and Donders, J. (2005). Topographical heading disorientation: A case study. Paper, presented at the meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, St. Louis, MO.
Journal Articles
Donders, J. and Giroux, A. (2005). Discrepancies between the California Verbal Learning Test - Children's Version and the Children's Category Test after pediatric traumatic brain injury. Journal of International Neuropsychological Society, 11, 386-391.
Donders, J. (2005). Performance on the Test of Memory Malingering in a mixed pediatric sample, 221-227.
Strong, C.A.H., Donders, J., and Van Dyke, S. (2005). Validity of demographically corrected norms for the WAIS-III. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Psychology, 27, 746-758.
Warschausky, S., Kay, J.B., Chi, P.L., and Donders, J. (2005). Hierarchical linear modeling of California Verbal Learning Test - Children's Version learning curve characteristics following traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychology, 19, 193-198.
Books
Farmer, J.E., Donders, J., and Warschausky, S. (Eds.; 2006). Treating neurodevelopmental disabilities: Clinical research and practice. New York, NY: Guilford.
Book Chapters
Donders, J. (2005). Forensic aspects of pediatric traumatic brain injury. In G.J. Larrabee (Ed.), Forensic neuropsychology: A scientific approach (pp. 182-208). New York, NY: Oxford.
Donders, J. (2005). The clinical interview. In S.S. Bush and T.A. Martin (Eds.), Geriatric neuropsychology: Practice essentials (pp. 11-20). New York, NY: Taylor and Francis.
Donders, J. (2006). Traumatic brain injury. In J.E. Farmer, J. Donders, and S. Warschausky (Eds.), Treating neurodevelopmental disabilities: Clinical research and practice (pp. 23-41). New York, NY: Guilford.
Adapted Neuropsychological Assessment in Children with Cerebral Palsy
Seth Warschausky, PhD, Principal Investigator, Associate Professor, Department of PM&R, University of Michigan; Marie Van Tubbergen, PhD, Co-Investigator, Research Associate, Department of PM&R, University of Michigan; and Jacobus Donders, PhD, Co-Investigator, Chief Psychologist, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
Surface and Fine Wire EM of the Rectus Femoris in Gait: Effect of Speed and Stance Phase Knee Flexion
Krisanne B. Chapin, PhD, Principal Investigator, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital; K. Mitchell Barr, MPT, Co-Investigator, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
The Comparison of Medical Exercise Therapy to Traditional Exercise Program in Treating Shoulder Dysfunction
Luci Ellavich, SPT, GVSU, Allison Smith, SPT, GVSU, and Angie VanAvery, SPT,GVSU, Principal Investigators; Alicia Canos-Torres, PT, MOMT, Mary Free Bed Rehab Professionals, Collaborating Investigator; Dan Vaughn, PT, PhD, Grand Valley State University
Women and Spinal Cord Injuries: How Leisure Affects One’s Sense of Well Being
Alissa Raven and Kelly Venman in partial fulfillment of requirements of the master of science degree in occupational therapy at Grand Valley State University; Jackie Wondolowski, Manager, Spinal Cord Injury Program, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
Predictors of Invalid Effort after Traumatic Brain Injury
Jacobus Donders, PhD, Chief Psychologist, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
A Registry of Arrhythmia in Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy [expedited review – extension of study] Collaborative Study – John F. Butzer, MD, Co-Director, Muscular Dystrophy Clinic, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital; William J. Groh, MD, Staff Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine (previous study done with Blodgett Hospital Muscular Dystrophy Clinic, 1997)
Traumatic Brain Injury and Depression
Esther Bay RN, PhD, Principal Investigator, Michigan State University; Jacobus Donders PhD, Chief Psychologist, Co-Investigator, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
Functional Outcome in Congenital Versus Acquired Limb Deficient Patients
Lindsay Homrich, Prosthetic Resident, Charles Burkrey, MD, Collette Staal, MBA, RN, CCRC, Patient Care Clinical Director, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
Community Living After Spinal Cord [expedited review]
Katherine Cross-Dunn, Project Coordinator, Community Living After Spinal Cord Injury, WSU; Jackie Wondolowski, Supervisor, Spinal Cord Injury Program, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
Development of an International (USA and Canada) Registry of Children with Acquired and Congenital Limb Deficiencies [resubmitted original review 11/19/02]
C.D. Bukrey, MD, Collette Staal, MBA, RN, and Hugh G. Watts, MD, ACPOC, Los Angeles, CA
The Effects of Body Weight Support Treadmill Training on Gait Function in Children with Cerebral Palsy [study continuation - expedited review]
Matthew LeFevre, PT, Pediatric Physical Therapy Fellow, Mary Free Bed Rehabliitation Hospital
WISC-IV [expedited review - request to compute the average performance of the group on the various WISC-IV summary indexes, represent this in a graph, and report the Pearson product moment correlations with length of coma]
Jacobus Donders, PhD, Chief Psychologist, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
Patella Alta and Knee Extensor Mechanism Function in Spastic Cerebral Palsy: Relationship to Crouch Gait
K. Mitchell Barr, MPT, Motional Analysis Center, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
Evaluation of Outcomes of Vestibular-Related Dysfunction in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Erin O’Connor, Physical Therapy Inpatient Fellow, Brain Injury Program, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
The Use of Control Charts and Correlation Coefficients to Demonstrate Staffing Effectiveness
QI project and Codman Award submission & The Michigan Health and Safety Coalition’s Fourth Annual Patient Safety Conference (Poster Exhibit); Collette Staal, MBA, RN, Barbra White, MHA, Bruce Brasser, MSN, Jeff Gabier, BSN, RN, CRRN, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
Recent Publications
Conference Presentations
Donders, J. and Giroux, A.(2005). Novel learning abilities after traumatic brain injury in older children
Naar-King, S. and Donders, J. (2006). Pediatric family-centered rehabilitation. In J.E. Farmer, J. Donders, and S. Warschausky (Eds.), Treating neurodevelopmental disabilities: Clinical research and practice (pp. 149-169). New York, NY: Guilford.
Yeates, K.O. and Donders, J. (2005). The WISC-IV and neuropsychological assessment. In A. Prifitera, D.H. Saklofske, and L.G. Weiss (Eds.), WISC-IV clinical use and interpretation (pp. 415-434). Burlington, MA: Elsevier.
Seminars and Workshops
Bay, E. and Donders, J. (2005). The impact of stress load on post brain injury depressive symptoms. Presented at the meeting of the Brain Injury Association of Michigan, Lansing, MI.
Donders, J. (2005) Current issues in pediatric head trauma. Presented at the meeting of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, Minneapolis, MN.
Donders, J. and Barisa, M. (2005). Postdoctoral residency training in clinical neuropsychology. Presented at the meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Tampa, FL.