Measurement Tools Research
At the U-M Medical School Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, we strive to develop cutting-edge measurement and assessment tools. Our research focuses on developing new measurement tools using state-of-the-art methods that maximize measurement validity, precision, sensitivity, efficiency, and clinical relevance.
Learn more about how our state-of-the-art methods are improving clinical evaluations and impacting patient care.
Areas of Investigation
- Concussion
- Chronic pain and fatigue
- Adults with lifespan disability
- mHealth interventions
- Patient-reported measurement development and validation
- Adaptation of miniature microscopes for time lapse imaging of cortical inflammation and reorganization in aging, injury, and disease
- Pathologic-radiologic correspondence of MRI signals to glial and vascular pathology in diffuse TBI
- Cognitive Motor Control and Sensorimotor Integration
- Genetic epidemiology of shoulder disorders
- Caregiver health and wellbeing
- Women’s health and disability
- Adapted assessment
Associated Faculty
Noelle Carlozzi, PhD
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Professor of Surgery
Medical School and Research Professor
Survey Research Center
Institute for Social Research
Professor of Surgery
Medical School and Research Professor
Survey Research Center
Institute for Social Research
James T Eckner
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Residency Research Director, Medical School
Residency Research Director, Medical School
Edward A Hurvitz, MD
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Professor of Learning Health Sciences
Medical School
Professor of Learning Health Sciences
Medical School
Anna L Kratz
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Medical School
Medical School
Jonathan Lifshitz, PhD
Michigan Impact Professor
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Medical School and Professor of Kinesiology
School of Kinesiology
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Medical School and Professor of Kinesiology
School of Kinesiology
Brendan L McNeish
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Research Assistant Professor
Institute of Gerontology
Medical School
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Research Assistant Professor
Institute of Gerontology
Medical School
Jacqueline N Kaufman
Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Medical School
Medical School
Claire Kalpakjian
Associate Chair
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Medical School
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Medical School
