Overview
1. General Focus and Goals of Research: Dr. Hoenig's research focuses on rehabilitation, and more specifically on assistive technology and teletechnology. Patient populations of interest include geriatric patients with diverse medical problems including stroke, spinal and/or musculoskeletal disorders.
2. Specific Approaches or Techniques: Randomized controlled trials, epidemiological studies including large data base analyses and survey research. Clinical trials include studies of the effects of motorized scooters in persons with difficulty walking, methods for providing wheelchairs, and telerehabilitation for exercise & functional mobility training in the home. Epidemiological studies and survey research have examined use of assistive technology and other coping strategies to disability.
4. Special areas of expertise/national recognition: Rehabilitation health services research, geriatric rehabilitation, assistive technology outcomes, telerehabilitation.
KEY WORDS/PHRASES: Rehabilitation, Process and Outcomes Research, Assistive Technology, Telehealth, Activities of Daily Living, Geriatrics, Disability.
2. Specific Approaches or Techniques: Randomized controlled trials, epidemiological studies including large data base analyses and survey research. Clinical trials include studies of the effects of motorized scooters in persons with difficulty walking, methods for providing wheelchairs, and telerehabilitation for exercise & functional mobility training in the home. Epidemiological studies and survey research have examined use of assistive technology and other coping strategies to disability.
4. Special areas of expertise/national recognition: Rehabilitation health services research, geriatric rehabilitation, assistive technology outcomes, telerehabilitation.
KEY WORDS/PHRASES: Rehabilitation, Process and Outcomes Research, Assistive Technology, Telehealth, Activities of Daily Living, Geriatrics, Disability.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Medicine
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2012 - Present
Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care,
Medicine
Senior Fellow of the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development
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2020 - Present
Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Creative Arts Therapies in Rehabilitation.
Journal Article Arch Phys Med Rehabil · January 2025 Appreciation for the utility of creative arts therapy in rehabilitation is on the rise. The limitations of conventional approaches to address posttraumatic stress disorder and co-occurring traumatic brain injury is spurring the development and increased us ... Full text Link to item CitePerspective on How Rehabilitation Can Better Serve Older Adult Patients.
Journal Article Arch Phys Med Rehabil · November 2024 Full text Link to item CiteInterventions to Improve Long-Term Adherence to Physical Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review.
Journal Article Journal of geriatric physical therapy (2001) · January 2024 ObjectiveTo evaluate the impact of physical rehabilitation interventions, supplemented with one or more adherence-enhancing components, on outcomes among adults with hip or knee osteoarthritis or chronic lower back pain.DesignPrimary lite ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Duke/UNC ADAR Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029IPA - Lawrence Landerman
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2013 - 2014IPA - Michelle Morgan
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2013 - 2014View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of California, Los Angeles ·
1993
M.P.H.
University of Arizona ·
1985
M.D.