Overview

Dr Sarah Blanton is Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine and Associate Director of Research Projects. Dr. Blanton currently is a project coordinator for the EXCITE national clinical trial and assistant project coordinator for the Northstar Neuroscience Everest clinical trail. She graduated from the University of Virginia in 1987 with a BA degree in biology, from Emory University in 1992 with her masters in physical therapy and received her clinical doctorate in physical therapy in 2003. She has a specialty certification in Neurology through the American Board of Physical Therapy. She spent nine years working as a staff physical therapist at the Emory Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, primarily in the inpatient neurology unit. She has also served as assistant project coordinator for the FICIT (Functional imagery and constraint induced therapy) and MICIT (Mental imagery and constraint induced therapy) studies, and a co-investigator of the Feasibility of a Web-based Depression Program for Caregivers of Stroke study. She is author of several peer-reviewed articles and co-author of two book chapters.

Education

Publications

1. Blanton S, Morris DM, Prettyman MG, McCulloch K, Redmond S, Light KE, Wolf SL. Lessons learned in participant recruitment and retention: the EXCITE trial.
   Phys Ther. 2006 Nov;86(11):1520-33.
   PMID: 17079752 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
2. Butler A, Blanton S, Rowe V, Wolf S. Attempting to improve function and quality of life using the FTM Protocol: case report.
   J Neurol Phys Ther. 2006 Sep;30(3):148-56.
   PMID: 17029658 [PubMed - in process]
3. Underwood J, Clark PC, Blanton S, Aycock DM, Wolf SL. Pain, fatigue, and intensity of practice in people with stroke who are receiving constraint-induced movement therapy.
   Phys Ther. 2006 Sep;86(9):1241-50.
   PMID: 16959672 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
4. Nichols-Larsen DS, Clark PC, Zeringue A, Greenspan A, Blanton S. Factors influencing stroke survivors' quality of life during subacute recovery.
   Stroke. 2005 Jul;36(7):1480-4. Epub 2005 Jun 9.
   PMID: 15947263 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
5. Aycock DM, Blanton S, Clark PC, Wolf SL. What is constraint-induced therapy?
   Rehabil Nurs. 2004 Jul-Aug;29(4):114-5, 121. Review. No abstract available.
   PMID: 15222091 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
6. Winstein CJ, Miller JP, Blanton S, Taub E, Uswatte G, Morris D, Nichols D, Wolf S. Methods for a multisite randomized trial to investigate the effect of constraint-induced movement therapy in improving upper extremity function among adults recovering from a cerebrovascular stroke.
   Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2003 Sep;17(3):137-52.
   PMID: 14503435 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
7. Wolf SL, Blanton S, Baer H, Breshears J, Butler AJ. Repetitive task practice: a critical review of constraint-induced movement therapy in stroke.
   Neurologist. 2002 Nov;8(6):325-38.
   PMID: 12801434 [PubMed]
8. Blanton S, Grissom SP, Riolo L. Use of a static adjustable ankle-foot orthosis following tibial nerve block to reduce plantar-flexion contracture in an individual with brain injury.
   Phys Ther. 2002 Nov;82(11):1087-97.
   PMID: 12405873 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
9. Grissom SP, Blanton S. Treatment of upper motoneuron plantarflexion contractures by using an adjustable ankle-foot orthosis.
   Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2001 Feb;82(2):270-3.
   PMID: 11239325 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
10. Blanton S, Wolf SL. An application of upper-extremity constraint-induced movement therapy in a patient with subacute stroke.
    Phys Ther. 1999 Sep;79(9):847-53.
    PMID: 10479785 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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