Kathye E. Light

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

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Kathye E. Light is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathye E. Light has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 24 papers in Rehabilitation and 17 papers in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation. Recurrent topics in Kathye E. Light's work include Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (29 papers), Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (24 papers) and Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (17 papers). Kathye E. Light is often cited by papers focused on Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (29 papers), Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (24 papers) and Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (17 papers). Kathye E. Light collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ghana and United Kingdom. Kathye E. Light's co-authors include David M. Morris, Gitendra Uswatte, Edward Taub, Steven L. Wolf, Andrea L. Behrman, Carolee J. Winstein, Deborah S. Nichols‐Larsen, J. Philip Miller, Mary Thigpen and Carol Giuliani and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Neurology and Stroke.

In The Last Decade

Kathye E. Light

53 papers receiving 3.8k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Effect of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy on Upper Extremity Function 3 to 9 Months After Stroke

2006 1.4k citations Steven L. Wolf, Carolee J. Winstein et al. JAMA profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kathye E. Light United States	27	2.7k	1.4k	1.4k	903	702	53	4.0k
Carol Giuliani United States	25	2.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	682 0.8×	426 0.6×	47	4.0k
Valerie M. Pomeroy United Kingdom	33	2.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	930 0.7×	584 0.6×	499 0.7×	108	4.0k
Deborah S. Nichols‐Larsen United States	20	2.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	414 0.5×	691 1.0×	28	3.6k
C.W.Y. Hui-Chan Hong Kong	35	1.8k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	985 0.7×	1.5k 1.6×	370 0.5×	93	4.4k
Marcus Pohl Germany	37	3.7k 1.4×	2.0k 1.4×	1.8k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	984 1.4×	82	5.8k
Geert Verheyden Belgium	34	2.7k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	1.0k 0.7×	1.3k 1.5×	676 1.0×	135	4.1k
Richard L. Harvey United States	31	3.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	385 0.4×	662 0.9×	89	4.9k
Keh‐chung Lin Taiwan	43	4.0k 1.5×	2.2k 1.6×	2.0k 1.5×	500 0.6×	725 1.0×	181	5.7k
Sheila Lennon United Kingdom	28	1.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	619 0.4×	861 1.0×	237 0.3×	81	3.8k
Melissa B. Smith United States	10	2.8k 1.0×	2.7k 1.9×	3.0k 2.1×	464 0.5×	375 0.5×	15	5.0k

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Light, Kathye E. & Mary Thigpen. (2017). Perception of Physical Capacity and IADL Performance in Older Men. 2(2). 1 indexed citations

Light, Kathye E., Stacy L. Fritz, & Matthew P. Malcolm. (2012). Changes in Cutaneous Sensation with Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy. Neurorehabilitation and neural repair. 26(6). 695. 3 indexed citations

Bishop, Mark D., Sergio Romero, Tara S. Patterson, Floris Singletary, & Kathye E. Light. (2012). Exploration of Patient-Centered Success Criteria and Clinically Measured Improvement During Falls Rehabilitation. Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy. 35(4). 181–190. 1 indexed citations

Romero, Sergio, Mark D. Bishop, Craig A. Velozo, & Kathye E. Light. (2011). Minimum Detectable Change of the Berg Balance Scale and Dynamic Gait Index in Older Persons at Risk for Falling. Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy. 34(3). 131–137. 57 indexed citations

Malcolm, Matthew P., William J. Triggs, Kathye E. Light, et al.. (2007). Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as an Adjunct to Constraint-Induced Therapy. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 86(9). 707–715. 141 indexed citations

Bishop, Mark D., John R. Meuleman, Michael Robinson, & Kathye E. Light. (2007). Influence of pain and depression on fear of falling, mobility, and balance in older male veterans. The Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development. 44(5). 675–675. 27 indexed citations

Wolf, Steven L., Heather Newton, Sarah Blanton, et al.. (2007). The Excite Trial: Relationship of intensity of constraint induced movement therapy to improvement in the wolf motor function test. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 25(5-6). 549–562. 44 indexed citations

Wolf, Steven L., Carolee J. Winstein, J. Philip Miller, et al.. (2006). Effect of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy on Upper Extremity Function 3 to 9 Months After Stroke. JAMA. 296(17). 2095–2095. 1408 indexed citations breakdown →

Brunt, Denis, et al.. (2004). Initiation of movement from quiet stance: comparison of gait and stepping in elderly subjects of different levels of functional ability. Gait & Posture. 21(3). 297–302. 24 indexed citations

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Fritz, Stacy L., et al.. (2004). Rating scale analysis of the Berg balance scale. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 85(7). 1128–1135. 137 indexed citations

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Fritz, Stacy L., Kathye E. Light, & Tara S. Patterson. (2004). DESCRIPTIVE PREDICTORS OF OUTCOMES FOLLOWING CONSTRAINT INDUCED MOVEMENT THERAPY (CIMT) FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH POST-STROKE HEMIPARESIS.. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy. 28(4). 185–185. 6 indexed citations

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Light, Kathye E., et al.. (2002). Gait, Lower Extremity Strength, and Self-Assessed Mobility After Hip Arthroplasty. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 57(1). M47–M51. 117 indexed citations

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Behrman, Andrea L., Kathye E. Light, Sheryl Flynn, & Mary Thigpen. (2002). Is the functional reach test useful for identifying falls risk among individuals with Parkinson's disease?. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 83(4). 538–542. 126 indexed citations

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Behrman, Andrea L., James H. Cauraugh, & Kathye E. Light. (2000). Practice as an intervention to improve speeded motor performance and motor learning in Parkinson’s disease. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 174(2). 127–136. 69 indexed citations

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Light, Kathye E., et al.. (1997). Strength training in spastic hemiparesis: should it be avoided?. Neurorehabilitation. 9(1). 17–28. 31 indexed citations

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Giuliani, Carol, et al.. (1997). Impairments in arm control in subjects with left and right hemisphere stroke1. Neurorehabilitation. 9(1). 71–87. 6 indexed citations

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Light, Kathye E. & Waneen W. Spirduso. (1996). Age Factors Influencing Response–Response Compatibility in Reaction Time Tasks. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. 4(2). 179–193. 1 indexed citations

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Giuliani, C A, Kathye E. Light, & Dorian K. Rose. (1993). The Effect of an Isokinetic Exercise Program on Gait Patterns in Patients with Hemiparesis. Neurology Report. 17(4). 23–24. 3 indexed citations

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Light, Kathye E. & Waneen W. Spirduso. (1990). Effects of Adult Aging on the Movement Complexity Factor of Response Programming. Journal of Gerontology. 45(3). P107–P109. 64 indexed citations

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Light, Kathye E.. (1990). Information Processing for Motor Performance in Aging Adults. Physical Therapy. 70(12). 820–826. 34 indexed citations

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