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Publications

2024

1. Palumbo, Anna MA; Balagula, Caitlin BA; Turry, Alan; Aluru, Viswanath MD; Raghavan, Preeti MD.

Music Upper Limb Therapy-Integrated (MULT-I) supports a positive transformation in sense of self post

stroke: A thematic analysis. Disability & Rehabilitation:2024 1-13. 10.1080/09638288.2024.2346240.

2021

1. Palumbo, Anna MA; Aluru, Viswanath MD; Battaglia, Jessica OTR/L; Geller, Daniel

EdD, MPH, OTR/L; Turry, Alan DA; Ross, Marc MD; Cristian, Adrian MD; Balagula,

Caitlin BA; Ogedegbe, Gbenga MD; Khatri, Latika BS; Chao, Moses V. PhD;

Froemke, Robert C. PhD; Urbanek, Jacek K. PhD; Raghavan, Preeti MD. Music

Upper Limb Therapy-Integrated (MULT-I) Provides a Feasible Enriched Environment

and Reduces Post Stroke Depression, American Journal of Physical Medicine &

Rehabilitation: December 3, 2021 - Volume - Issue - doi:

10.1097/PHM.0000000000001938.

2020

2. Preeti Raghavan, Seda Bilaloglu, Syed Zain Ali, Xin Jin, Viswanath Aluru, Megan

Caughey, Alvin Tang, Arash Yousefi, Jennifer Stone, Sunil.K.Agrawal, Ying Lu The

role of robotic path assistance and weight support in facilitating 3-D task specific

movements in individuals with post-stroke hemiparesis, Neurorehabilitation and

Neural repair. 2020 Jan 20: 1545968319887685.

2019

3. Gromit Yeuk-Yin Chan, Luis Gustavo Nonato, Alice Chu, Preeti Raghavan,

Viswanath Aluru, Claudio T. Silva Motion Browser: Visualizing and understanding

complex upper limb movement under obstetrical brachial plexus injuries. IEEE

Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 2019. arXIV:1907.09146v1.

2018

4. Prin X. Amorapanth, Viswanath Aluru, Jennifer Stone, Arash Yousefi, Alvin Tang,

Sarah Cox, Seda Bilaloglu, Ying Lu, Joseph Rath, Coralynn Long, Brian Im & Preeti

Raghavan (2018) Traumatic brain injury results in altered physiologic, but not

subjective responses to emotional stimuli, Brain Injury, 32:13-14, 1712-

1719, DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2018.1519598.

2017

5. Raghavan P, Aluru V, Milani S, et al. Coupled Bimanual Training Using a Non-

Powered Device for Individuals with Severe Hemiparesis: A Pilot Study. Int J Phys

Med Rehabil. 2017; 5(3):404.

2016

6. Raghavan P, Geller D, Guerrero N, Aluru V, Eimicke JP, Teresi JA, Ogedegbe G,

Palumbo A and Turry A (2016) Music Upper Limb Therapy—Integrated: An Enriched

Collaborative Approach for Stroke Rehabilitation. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 10:498. doi:

10.3389/fnhum.2016.00498.

7. Bemanian, S., Aluru, V. , Gohari, P. and Ross, M. (2016), Poster 21

Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis Presenting as Tetraparesis: A Very Rare Case of

Small Cell Prostate Carcinoma. PM&R, 8: S167-S167.

doi:10.1016/j.pmrj.2016.07.064.

2015

8. Xin Jin, Viswanath Aluru, Preeti Raghavan, Sunil K. Agrawal (2015) The effect of

CAREX on muscle activation during a point-to-point reaching task. IEEE/RAS-EMBS

International conference on Rehabilitation Robotics. Aug 2015.

9. Bilaloglu, S., Lu, Y., Geller, D., Rizzo, J. R., Aluru, V., Gardner, E. P., & Raghavan,

P. (2015). Effect of blocking tactile information from the fingertips on adaptation and

execution of grip forces to friction at the grasping surface. Journal of

neurophysiology, 115(3), 1122-31.

10. Lu Y, Bilaloglu S, Aluru V, Raghavan P. Quantifying feed forward control: a linear

scaling model for fingertip forces and object weight. J Neurophysiol. 2015;

114(1):411-8.

2014

11. Aluru V, Lu Y, Leung A, Verghese J, Raghavan P. Effect of auditory constraints on

motor performance depends on stage of recovery post-stroke. Front Neurol. 2014;

5:106. Published 2014 Jun 23. doi:10.3389/fneur.2014.00106.

2013

12. Donato Perretta, Alice Chu, Viswanath Aluru, Preeti Raghavan, Alex Sher. Does

the Trapezius Play a Role During Upper Extremity Motion in Patients With

Obstetrical Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy?: Level 4 Evidence; The Journal of hand

surgery 1 October 2013 (volume 38 issue 10 Page e26 DOI:

(10.1016/j.jhsa.2013.08.043).

13. Catherine C. Uy, Iain A. Jeffrey, Matthew Wilson, Viswanath Aluru, Anita Madan,

Ying Lu, Preeti Raghavan. Autonomic mechanisms of emotional reactivity and

regulation; Psychology: vol.4 No.8, August 2013. ( DOI: 10.4236/psych.2013.48095).

Conference Presentations

2023

1.Luay H. Naji, Jula Ardoin, Erica Brady, Hannah Sandler, Viswanath M. Aluru. Muscle Activation

Patterns in a Patient with Dense Hemiplegia After Stroke. 2023 American Academy of Physical Medicine

and Rehabilitation Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

2.Viswanath M. Aluru, Are we doing enough: Neurorehabilitation outcomes pertaining to stroke population

in an acute inpatient rehabilitation unit. 2023 American Society of Neurorehabilitation, Charleston, South

Carolina, USA.

3.Viswanath M. Aluru, To bridge or not to bridge: The tragic dilemma. 2023 European Stroke Organization

Conference (ESOC), Munich, Germany.

2022

1. Viswanath M. Aluru. Redefining Neurorehab: Change is Good When The Intentions

Are Good. 2022 American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual

Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

2. Viswanath M. Aluru. Is It Stroke or What? 2022 European Stroke Organization

Conference (ESOC) Annual Meeting, Lyons, France.

3. Viswanath M. Aluru, Nidhi Purohit, Gollamudi Reddy. Curious Case of Sudden

Onset Bilateral Lower Extremity Weakness With T2 Cord Signal Hyperintensity:

What We Know And What We Don’t. 2022 American Society of Neurorehabilitation

Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, USA.

2021

4. Viswanath M. Aluru, Aaron Karlin. Reimagining Rehabilitation by Reintegration: R

CUBED Strategy. 2021 American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Annual Meeting.

5. Viswanath M. Aluru. Is Anticoagulation your Friend or Foe? 2021 European Stroke

Organization Conference (ESOC) Annual Meeting.

6. Viswanath M. Aluru, Jeffrey N Watkins, Mirjana N Bukara. Recurrent Ischemic

Strokes Secondary to Large Artery Intracranial Atherosclerosis Involving Posterior

Circulation: Searching for light at the end of tunnel. 2021 American Society of

Neurorehabilitation Annual Meeting.

7. Viswanath M. Aluru, Steven Moran, Nidhi Purohit, Gollamudi Reddy.

Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage in a Patient on Chronic Anticoagulation with Warfarin

for Venous Thromboembolism: Challenges in Neurorehabilitation- Where Do We Go

From Here. 2021 American Society of Neurorehabilitation Annual Meeting.

2020

8. Viswanath M. Aluru, Marc Ross, Miksha Patel. Neurotherapeutic considerations

and clinical outcomes in a case of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy secondary to

STEMI complicated by post-anoxic myoclonus and wide spread ischemic infartcs in

bilateral cerebral cortex. 2020 American Academy of Physical Medicine and

Rehabilitation Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

9. Rebecca H Sussman, Viswanath M. Aluru, Zachary Fallon, Miksha Patel, Todd

Lefkowitz, Mohammad Aalai. Chronic Inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in

a patient with multiple co-morbidities: Challenges in diagnosis and rehabilitation

course. 2020 American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic

Medicine Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.

2019

10. Viswanath M. Aluru, Jean Francois, Thomas Mayer, Mary Devadas, Todd

Lefkowitz, Marc Ross, Miksha Patel. Patient with a recurrent posterior circulation

stroke with refractory hypertension: Challenges in acute inpatient rehabilitation and

future direction. 2019 American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. Status: submitted.

2016

11. Aluru V, Ali S.Z., Jin X, Dalsania R, Agrawal S.K., Raghavan P. Personalized robotic

training for stroke rehabilitation. WCNR. 0709, 2016 World Congress for

NeuroRehabilitation Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, USA.

2014

12. P. Raghavan, S. Bilaloglu, D. Geller, V. Aluru, J. Rizzo, Y. Lu. How does variability

in tactile feedback affect adaptation of grip forces to surface friction. Presentation #

436.07/GG22. Society for Neuroscience; Neuroscience 2014: Washington DC.

13. Raghavan P, Geller D, Aluru V, Lu Y, Guerrero N, Turry A. Music Upper Limb

Therapy Integrated (MULTI) - an enriched stroke rehabilitation program for recovery

of arm function post stroke. American Journal of Physical Medicine and

Rehabilitation, March 2014-volume 93- issue 3.

2013

14. Seda Bilaloglu, Viswanath Aluru, Samit Chakrabarthy, Preeti Raghavan.

Intermuscular coherence across the affected and unaffected hands during a grasp

and lift task post stroke. American Society for Neurorehabilitation annual meeting

2013: San Diego, CA.

15. C. C. Uy, V. Aluru, M. Wilson, I. A. Jeffery, A. Madan, T. Ashman, B. Im,

P.Raghavan. Autonomic mechanisms of emotional regulation after traumatic brain

injury. Presentation # 849.13/CCC11. Society for Neuroscience; Neuroscience 2013:

San Diego, CA.

16. P. Raghavan, N. Guerrero, D. Geller, V. Aluru, Y. Lu, A. Turry. Developing an

enriched environment for post stroke upper limb recovery. Presentation #

338.02/U12. Society for Neuroscience; Neuroscience 2013: San Diego, CA.

17. Chu A, Aluru V, Sala D, Raghavan P. Does the Trapezius play a role during upper

extremity motion in patients with obstetrical brachial plexus birth palsy. May 2013

NARAKAS: Brachial Plexus Surgery Symposium, Montreux, Switzerland.

18. Jeffrey I, Wilson M, Aluru V, Thai P, Raghavan P. Autonomous nervous system

(ANS) activity during emotional regulation in response to acoustic startle. American

Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, March 2013-volume 92- supplement

13.

2012

19. Aluru V, Geller D, Wilson M, Kastuar S, Raghavan P. Alternate-hand training for

recovery of post-stroke dexterity. Program No. 889, 2012 Neuroscience Meeting

Planner. New Orleans, LA: Society for Neuroscience. Online.

20. Raghavan P, Aluru V, Lu Y. Elucidating the basis of personalized protocols for post

stroke rehabilitation. Program No. 889, 2012 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. New

Orleans, LA: Society for Neuroscience. Online.

21. Lu Y, Aluru V, Raghavan P. Quantifying real world movement dynamics post stroke.

Program No. 889, 2012 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. New Orleans, LA: Society

for Neuroscience. Online.

22. Thai P, Aluru V, Valignota KJ, Hirsch R, Weisz D, Raghavan P. Simultaneous

bimanual training for upper limb rehabilitation in patients with post-stroke hemiplegia.

Program No.889, 2012 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. New Orleans, LA: Society for

Neuroscience.Online.

23. Valignota KJ, Aluru V. Hirsch R, Raghavan P. Comparing proximal-to-distal and

distalto-proximal simultaneous bimanual training on motor impairment post-stroke.

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, March 2012- volume 91-

supplement 13.

2011

24. Raghavan P, Aluru V, Leung A. Music-induced emotional state can drive residual

motor pathways post stroke. Program No. 77.09, 2011 Neuroscience Meeting

Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience. Online.

25. Leung A, Aluru V, Raghavan P. Effect of music-induced mood state on motor

control post-stroke. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, April

2011- volume 90- supplement 14.

Poster Presentations

1. Geller D, Guerrero N, Turry A, Aluru V, Raghavan P. The effect of Music Upper

Limb Therapy (MULT-I) on stroke recovery. RWP 2001, April 2013, The American

Occupational Therapy Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

2. Guerrero N, Geller D, Turry A, Aluru V, Raghavan P. Collaborative Community

Rehabilitation Post-Stroke. April 2013 Center for Health Equity and Community

Engaged Research; At the cross roads: Health, Care, Communities and Race –

Where Do We Go From Here, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York,

NY.

3. Aluru V, Geller D, Wilson M, Kastuar S, Raghavan P. Alternate-hand training for

recovery of post-stroke dexterity. Program No. 889, 2012 Neuroscience Annual

Meeting, New Orleans, LA: Society for Neuroscience.

4. Raghavan P, Aluru V, Leung A. Music-induced emotional state can drive residual

motor pathways post stroke. Program No. 77.09, 2011 Neuroscience Annual

Meeting, Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience.

ACADEMIC LECTURES

2024

OCHSNER GRAND ROUNDS

Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Ochsner Rehabilitation Hospital

Topic: Challenges in inpatient Neurorehabilitation

2024

OCHSNER REGIONAL NEUROSCIENCE CONFERENCE

Neuroscience sub-specialties of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Pain Management, Physical Medicine &

Rehabilitation, and Neuro Critical Care. May 2024, New Orleans.

Presentation: Paired Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Upper Extremity Motor Recovery Post stroke

2023

OCHSNER REGIONAL NEUROSCIENCE CONFERENCE

Neuroscience sub-specialties of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Pain Management, Physical Medicine &

Rehabilitation, and Neuro Critical Care. May 2023, New Orleans.

Presentation: Stroke rehabilitation: Are we doing enough?