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Kenneth J. Ottenbacher publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenneth J. Ottenbacher sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 545 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Kenneth J. Ottenbacher D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenneth J. Ottenbacher sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 91 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Kenneth J. Ottenbacher is affiliated with The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of medicine and health professions, with significant contributions to geriatrics and gerontology, psychiatry and mental health, surgery, and epidemiology.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Emergency and Acute Care Studies
  • Hip and Femur Fractures
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Recent papers authored by Kenneth J. Ottenbacher demonstrate this scope, including:

  • Trajectories of Frailty and Cognitive Decline Among Older Mexican Americans, 2020, The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Clinical Performance Measures for Stroke Rehabilitation: Performance Measures From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, 2021, Stroke
  • Changes in Health Care Use by Mexican American Medicare Beneficiaries Before and After a Diagnosis of Dementia, 2020, The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Impact of Diabetes on 90-Day Episodes of Care After Elective Total Joint Arthroplasty Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 2020, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
  • Readmissions Reduction Program: Mortality and Readmissions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this scientist include:

  • Yong-Fang Kuo
  • Brian Downer
  • Allen Haas
  • Chih-Ying Li
  • Soham Al Snih

Kenneth J. Ottenbacher has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent publication venues being:

  • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
  • Innovation in Aging
  • PLoS ONE
  • American Journal of Occupational Therapy

The scientist's substantial output includes 87 publications in medicine and 32 in health professions, highlighting an active engagement across general health professions as well as specialized fields such as geriatrics and gerontology and mental health.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for Adult Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

    Carolee J. Winstein;Joel Stein;Ross Arena;Barbara Bates

  • The effects of exercise training on elderly persons with cognitive impairment and dementia: A meta-analysis

    Patricia Heyn;Beatriz C. Abreu;Kenneth J. Ottenbacher

  • The reliability of the functional independence measure: A quantitative review

    Kenneth J. Ottenbacher;Yungwen Hsu;Carl V. Granger;Roger C. Fiedler

  • Rehabilitation of persons with traumatic brain injury

    K. T. Ragnarsson;W. R. Clarke;J. R. Daling;S. L. Garber

  • The functional independence measure: Tests of scaling assumptions, structure, and reliability across 20 diverse impairment categories

    Margaret G. Stineman;Judy A. Shea;Alan Jette;Charles J. Tassoni

  • Effectiveness of assistive technology and environmental interventions in maintaining independence and reducing home care costs for the frail elderly. A randomized controlled trial.

    William C. Mann;Kenneth J. Ottenbacher;Linda Fraas;Machiko Tomita

  • THE COMMUNITY INTEGRATION QUESTIONNAIRE: A Comparative Examination

    B. Willer;Kenneth Ottenbacher;M. L. Coad

  • Evaluating Clinical Change: Strategies for Occupational and Physical Therapists

    Kenneth J. Ottenbacher

  • The Results of Clinical Trials in Stroke Rehabilitation Research

    Kenneth J. Ottenbacher;Sylvie Jannell

  • Assessing walking speed in clinical research: a systematic review.

    James E. Graham;Glenn V. Ostir;Steven R. Fisher;Kenneth J. Ottenbacher

  • The effect of obesity on disability vs mortality in older Americans.

    Soham Al Snih al snih;Kenneth Ottenbacher;Kyriakos Markides;Yong Fang Kuo

  • Trends in Androgen Prescribing in the United States, 2001 to 2011

    Jacques Baillargeon;Randall J. Urban;Kenneth J. Ottenbacher;Karen S. Pierson

  • Hand grip strength and incident ADL disability in elderly Mexican Americans over a seven-year period

    Soham Al Snih al snih;Kyriakos Markides;Kenneth Ottenbacher;Mukaila Raji

  • Handgrip Strength and Cognitive Decline in Older Mexican Americans

    Ana Alfaro-Acha;Soham Al Snih al snih;Mukaila Raji;Yong Fang Kuo

  • Onset of frailty in older adults and the protective role of positive affect.

    Glenn V. Ostir;Kenneth J. Ottenbacher;Kyriakos S. Markides

  • Trends in length of stay, living setting, functional outcome, and mortality following medical rehabilitation.

    Kenneth J. Ottenbacher;Pam M. Smith;Santira B. Illig;Richard T. Linn

  • Task performance in virtual environments used for cognitive rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury

    Charles Christiansen;Beatriz Abreu;Kenneth Ottenbacher;Kenneth Huffman

  • Frailty in older Mexican Americans

    Kenneth J. Ottenbacher;Glenn V. Ostir;M. Kristen Peek;Soham Al Snih

  • A virtual reality environment for evaluation of a daily living skill in brain injury rehabilitation: reliability and validity.

    Ling Zhang;Beatriz C Abreu;Beatriz C Abreu;Gary S Seale;Brent Masel

  • Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Older Men Receiving Testosterone Therapy

    Jacques Baillargeon;Randall J. Urban;Yong Fang Kuo;Kenneth J. Ottenbacher

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong Fang Kuo
Yong Fang Kuo The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Kyriakos S. Markides
Kyriakos S. Markides The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
James S. Goodwin
James S. Goodwin The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Walter R. Frontera
Walter R. Frontera University of Puerto Rico
Alan M. Jette
Alan M. Jette MGH Institute of Health Professions
Pamela W. Duncan
Pamela W. Duncan Wake Forest University
P. Hunter Peckham
P. Hunter Peckham Case Western Reserve University
M. Kristen Peek
M. Kristen Peek The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Rory A. Cooper
Rory A. Cooper University of Pittsburgh
Karl Eschbach
Karl Eschbach The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

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