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Leslie A. Kane


Leslie A. Kane, M.A., OTR

Instructor in Clinical Occupational Therapy

E-mail: lak2008@columbia.edu
Education:
  • State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Allied Health Professions: BS in Occupational Therapy
  • Teachers College/Columbia University, Department of Biobehavioral Sciences: MA in Motor Learning
  • Teacher’s College: Doctoral Student in Movement Science with a specialization in Occupational Therapy
Clinical Expertise:

Adult physical disabilities, with specific interests in rehabilitation of individuals with strokes, traumatic brain injuries, and spinal cord injuries.

Teaching Responsibilities:

Human Anatomy
Research Interests:

 Evidence-based practice in stroke and brain injury rehabilitation; applications of motor control theory to clinical settings; participation in the community

Professional Awards, Recognitions, Activities:

Recipient of the Student Supervisor of the Year Award from the Metropolitan Occupational Therapy Education Council, 2003.
Publications:
  • Kane, L. (in press). The acute inpatient rehabilitation phase of recovery. In K. Golisz (Ed.), Neurorehabilitation of the client with traumatic brain injury  (Self-Paced Clinical Course). Bethesda, MD: American Occupational Therapy Association.
  • Kane, L. & Buckley, K. (2004). Functional mobility. In G. Gillen & A. Burkhardt (Eds.), Stroke Rehabilitation: A Function-Based Approach (chapter 14 pp. 271-311), 2nd Edition. St. Louis: Mosby, Inc.
  • Flanagan, S. R., Kane, L. & Rhoades, G. (2003). Pharmacological modification of recovery following brain injury. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy, 27, 129-137.
  • Sabari, J., Kane, L. Flanagan, S. & Steinberg A. (2001). Constraint-induced motor relearning after stroke: a naturalistic case report. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 82(4), 524-528.
  • Kane, L. & Buckley, K. (1998). Functional mobility. In G. Gillen & A. Burkhardt (Eds.), Stroke Rehabilitation: A Function-Based Approach (chapter 10 pp. 205-242), 1st Edition. St. Louis: Mosby, Inc.
  • Flanagan, S., Eastwood, B. & Kane L. (1997). Rehabilitation of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage. In J. Bederson (Ed.), Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Pathophysiology and Management (chapter 15 pp. 239-252), New Hampshire: American Association of Neurological Surgeons Publications.

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