BrightBrainer™ Publications
BrightBrainer Annotated Bibliography (click here to download the PDF)
Burdea G, Namrata Grampurohit, Nam Kim, Kevin Polistico, Ashwin Kadaru, Simcha Pollack, Mooyeon Oh-Park, AM Barrett, Emma Kaplan, Jamie Masmela, Phalgun Nori. Feasibility of integrative games and novel therapeutic game controller for telerehabilitation of individuals chronic post-stroke living in the community. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation. Published online Dec 25, 2019. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation. Dec. 25, 2019. Early online. doi: (link to article here)
Burdea G, K Polistico, N Kim, A Kadaru, D Roll, N Grampurohit, AM Barrett, M Oh-Park, J Mesmela, E Kaplan, P Nori and S Pollack. Novel Therapeutic Game Controller for Telerehabilitation of Spastic Hands: Two Case Studies. Proc. Int. Conf. Virtual Rehabilitation 2019 , Tel-Aviv Israel, July, 8 pp. (click here to download PDF)
Buccellato K, M Nordstrom, JM Murphy, GC. Burdea, K Polistico, G House, N Kim, N Grampurohit, J Sorensen, BM. Isaacson, PF Pasquina. A Randomized Feasibility Trial of a Novel, Integrative, and Intensive Virtual Rehabilitation Program for Service Members Post-Acquired Brain Injuries. Military Medicine, 2020 Feb 12;185(1-2):e203-e211. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usz150. (link to article here)
Burdea G, Kim N, Polistico K, Kadaru A, Grampurohit N, Roll D, and Damiani F. Assistive game controller for artificial intelligence-enhanced telerehabilitation post-stroke. Assistive Technology. June 10, 2019. 1-12 pp. doi: 10.1080/10400435.2019.1593260 (link to article here)
Burdea G, K Polistico, N Grampurohit, G House, N Kim, M Nordstrom, K Buccellato, J M. Murphy, COL Paul F. Pasquina. Concurrent Virtual Rehabilitation of Service Members Post-Acquired Brain Injury – A Randomized Clinical Study. 2018 International Conference on Disabilities, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies (2018) (click here to download PDF)
Buccellato K, Michelle Nordstrom, Abigail R. Hawkins, Grigore C. Burdea, Kevin Polistico, Nam Kim, Brad M. Isaacson, COL (ret) Paul F. Pasquina. Evaluation of a Novel Virtual Rehabilitation Program for Service Members Post ABI: A Feasibility Study. Fourth Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury. Washington DC. June 2018. (click here to download PDF)
Nordstrom M, Murphy J, Burdea G, Polistico K, Kim N, Grampurohit N, Buccellato K, Sharp W, Isaacson B, Pasquina P, Integrative and Intensive Virtual Rehabilitation Program for a Service Member Post Severe TBI, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2017; 98(10):e76. (click here to download PDF)
Evaluation of a Novel Integrative and Intensive Virtual Rehabilitation Program for Service Members Post-TBI (2017) (click here to download PDF)
Burdea G, K Polistico, G House, R Liu, Roberto Muñiz, N Macaro, and L Slater. Novel Integrative Virtual Rehabilitation Reduces Symptomatology in Primary Progressive Aphasia – A Case Study. International Journal of Neuroscience. 2015, 125(12):949-958. (link to article here)
Burdea G, K Polistico, A Krishnamoorthy, G House, D Rethage, J Hundal, F Damiani, and S Pollack, “A feasibility study of the BrightBrainer™ cognitive therapy system for elderly nursing home residents with dementia,” Disability and Rehabilitation – Assistive Technology, 2015;10(5):421-432. (link to article here)
Burdea G, K Polistico, R Liu, G House, R Muñiz, N. Macaro, L. Slater, J Hundal, S Pollack (2015) BrightBrainer feasibility study in a medical adult day program, Proc. Int. Conf. Virtual Rehabilitation, Valencia, Spain. 207-214. (click here to download PDF)
House G, G Burdea, K Polistico, J Ross, and M Leibick. A serious-gaming alternative to pen-and-paper cognitive scoring – a pilot study, Proc. 10th Intl Conf. on Disability, Virtual Reality and Assoc. Technologies, pp. 231-239, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2-4 Sept. 2014. (click here to download PDF)
Francis E. Parker Memorial Home, Parker Promotes Cognitive Health at Annual Memory Fair, Highland Park, NJ, November 2013 (click here to download PDF)
Burdea G, C. Defais, K. Wong, J. Bartos and J. S. Hundal; Feasibility study of a new game-based bimanual integrative therapy. Proceedings 10th Int. Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation, Philadelphia, PA, August 2013, pp. 101-108. (click here to download PDF)
BrightArm Publications
BrightArm Annotated Bibliography (click here to download the PDF)
Burdea G, Nam Kim, Kevin Polistico, Ashwin Kadaru, Doru Roll, and Namrata Grampurohit. Novel Integrative Rehabilitation System for the Upper Extremity: Design and Usability Evaluation. Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Engineering. 8:1-17. SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1177/20556683211012885
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House G, G Burdea, N Grampurohit, K Polistico, D Roll, F Damiani, J Hundal, D Demesmin. Integrative Virtual Reality Therapy Produces Lasting Benefits for a Young Woman Suffering from Chronic Pain and Depression Post Cancer Surgery: A Case Study. 11th Int Conference on Disability and Virtual Reality Technology, September 2016, Los Angeles. Reprinted in Journal of Alternative Medical Research, 2018; 10(1).
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House G, G Burdea, N Grampurohit, K Polistico, D Roll, and F Damiani. Integrative Upper-Limb Rehabilitation with BrightArm Duo in the Early Sub-acute Phase of Recovery Post-stroke. Journal of Medical Robotics Research. Special Issue on Rehabilitation Robotics. June 2017, 2(2), 12 pp. (click here to download PDF)
House G, G Burdea, N Grampurohit, K Polistico, D Roll, F Damiani, S Keeler, J Hundal, S Pollack Longitudinal Study of Integrative Virtual Rehabilitation use in Skilled Nursing Facility Maintenance Programs for Residents with Chronic Stroke, Proc. 11th Intl Conf. Disability, Virtual Reality & Associated Technologies, Los Angeles, California 20-22 Sept. 2016. (click here to download PDF)
House G, Burdea G, N Grampurohit, K Polistico, D Roll, F Damiani, J Hundal, D Demesmin. A feasibility study to determine the benefits of upper extremity virtual rehabilitation therapy for coping with chronic pain post-cancer surgery. The British Journal of Pain, November 2016, 10(4):186-197. (click here to download PDF)
House G, G. Burdea, K. Polistico, D. Roll, J. Kim, F. Damiani MD, S. Keeler, J. Hundal, S. Pollack. Integrative rehabilitation of stroke survivors in Skilled Nursing Facilities: the design and evaluation of the BrightArm Duo. Disability and Rehabilitation-Assistive Technology. November 2016. 11(8):683-94. (click here to download PDF)
House G, G. Burdea, K. Polistico, N. Grampurohit, F. Damiani MD, S. Keeler, J. Hundal, S. Pollack. A rehabilitation first – nursing home tournament between teams of chronic post-stroke residents. Games for Health. February 2016. 5(1), 75-83. (click here to download PDF)
House G, G Burdea, K Polistico, D Roll, J Kim, F Damiani, S Keeler, J Hundal, S Pollack (2015) BrightArm Duo integrative rehabilitation for post-stroke maintenance in Skilled Nursing Facilities, Proc. Int. Conf. Virtual Rehabilitation, Valencia, Spain. 207-214. (click here to download PDF)
Burdea G, B. Rabin, D. Rethage, F. Damiani, J. S. Hundal and C. Fitzpatrick; BrightArm™ Therapy for Patients with Advanced Dementia: A Feasibility Study. Proceedings 10th Int. Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation, Philadelphia, PA, August 2013, pp. 208-209. (click here to download PDF)
Rabin B, Burdea G, Roll D, Hundal J, Damiani F and Polack S. Integrative rehabilitation of elderly stroke survivors: The design and evaluation of the BrightArm. Disability and Rehabilitation – Assistive Technology. 2012; 7(4):323–335. PMID:22107353 (link to article here)
Rabin B, G. Burdea, J. Hundal, D. Roll, F. Damiani. Integrative Motor, Emotive and Cognitive Therapy for Elderly Patients Chronic Post-Stroke.(Pre-print) Proceedings of the International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation 2011, Zurich Switzerland, June 2011 (click here to download PDF)