Sherri LaVela

Associate Professor, Research

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

United States

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Sherri LaVela is an Associate Professor at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, in the United States. Her research focuses on social isolation, loneliness, and nutrition among individuals with spinal cord injuries and disorders. Recent publications include studies on interventions to reduce loneliness, the reliability of outcome measures for orthosis users, and the health impacts of diet and nutrition on this population.

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Topic: Evaluation and Treatment of Social Isolation and Loneliness: Evidence-based Recommendations for Stroke and Neurological Rehabilitation

A randomized controlled trial of the caring connections intervention to reduce loneliness in persons with spinal cord injuries and disorders.

Performance-based and patient-reported outcome measures for custom ankle-foot orthosis users: reliability, validity, and sensitivity evidence

Identifying loneliness cues in persons with spinal cord injuries and disorders: A qualitative inquiry of provider’s perspectives.

Communicating messages of care and positivity to peers with SCI/D improves loneliness in volunteer letter writers

Health consequences associated with poor diet and nutrition in persons with spinal cord injuries and disorders

Facilitators to alleviate loneliness and social isolation as identified by individuals with spinal cord injuries and disorders: A qualitative study.

Potential barriers to the use of anti‐obesity medications in persons with spinal cord injuries and disorders

Nutrition and eating beliefs and behaviors among individuals with spinal cord injuries and disorders: Healthy or misconceived?

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals living with spinal cord injury: A qualitative study.

Health care provider views on the magnitude of overweight/obesity in spinal cord injury and awareness of evidence‐based guidance for weight management

Physical and emotional consequences of excess weight as experienced by individuals with spinal cord injuries

Positive and negative ways that informal caregivers are affected by weight and weight management efforts for care recipients with spinal cord injury

Randomised controlled trial of the Caring Connections intervention to reduce loneliness and perceived social isolation in persons with spinal cord injuries and disorders: study protocol

Development and evaluation of an educational curriculum for healthcare providers on overweight/obesity management in individuals with spinal cord injury based on diverse stakeholder engagement

Informal caregivers’ self‐identified roles in facilitating health‐promoting behaviours for weight management in community‐dwelling care recipients living with spinal cord injury in the United States

Strategies for health care providers to help individuals experiencing grief and loss due to spinal cord injury (SCI): A qualitative study.

Rates, Variability, and Predictors of Screening for Obesity: Are Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury Being Overlooked?

Motivators, goal setting, and helpful feedback for weight management among individuals with spinal cord injury.

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Susan Frayne

Elizabeth Felix

Charles Bombardier

Christopher Metts

Allen Walter Heinemann

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