Alison McKenzie
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5
Total Citations
569
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5
About
Alison McKenzie is a leading researcher in stroke rehabilitation, whose work bridges the gap between clinical assessment and restorative therapy. Her primary research areas include motor recovery after stroke, the standardization of clinical assessments, and the use of biomarkers to predict and measure treatment outcomes. McKenzie’s most impactful contribution is her 2013 paper on the Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA), cited over 300 times, which provided a critical standardized scoring and training method that reduced variability in clinical trials. This foundational work has become a benchmark for researchers evaluating motor function post-stroke. She further advanced the field by demonstrating that neural function, injury severity, and stroke subtype are key predictors of treatment gains (212 citations), offering a framework for understanding the high variability in patient responses to restorative therapies. Her subsequent work explores the use of MRI-based biomarkers to capture treatment effects and the validity of robot-based assessments, pushing toward more precise, individualized rehabilitation. By also examining outcomes across WHO dimensions of function, McKenzie ensures her research addresses not just impairment, but the real-world activities and participation that matter most to patients.
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Top Papers
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- 2Neural function, injury, and stroke subtype predict treatment gains after stroke212 citations · 2014
- 3Biomarkers of Rehabilitation Therapy Vary according to Stroke Severity24 citations · 2018
- 4Validity of Robot-Based Assessments of Upper Extremity Function17 citations · 2017
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