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Dr. Chen's NIH bibliography

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1. Murphy SL, Barber M, Homer K, Dodge C, Cutter G, Khanna D. Occupational therapy treatment to improve upper extremity function in individuals with early systemic sclerosis: a pilot study. Arthritis Care Res. 2018 70: 1653-1660. PMICD: PMC6066459

2. Murphy SL, Lyden AK, Kratz AL, Fritz H, Williams DA, Clauw D, Gammaitoni A, Phillips K. Characterizing pain flares from the perspective of individuals with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. Arthritis Care Res. 67(8); 1103-1111, 2015.

3. Murphy SL, Smith DM. Ecological measurement of fatigue and fatigability in older adults with osteoarthritis. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 65A:184-189, 2010.

4. Murphy SL. Review of physical activity measurement using accelerometers in older adults: Considerations for research design and conduct. Prev Med. 2009; 48: 107-113.

5. Alshuler K, Hoodin F, Murphy SL, Rice J, Geisser ME. Ambulatory monitoring as a measure of disability assessment in the chronic low back pain population. Clin J Pain. 2011; 27(8):707-715.

6. Schepens S, Kratz AL, Murphy SL. Fatigability in osteoarthritis: Effects of an activity bout on subsequent symptoms and activity. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2012; 67(10):1114-20. PMCID:PMC3437963

7. Murphy SL, Kratz AL, Williams DA, Geisser ME. The association between coping strategies and activity patterns in people with symptomatic knee and hip osteoarthritis. Front Psychol. 2012. PMCID:  PMC3432514

8. Murphy SL, Schepens SL, Lyden AK, Kratz AL. Pain, fatigue, and physical activity in osteoarthritis: The moderating effects of pain- and fatigue-related activity interference.  Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2016 Sep;97(9 Suppl):S201-9 

9. Zick S, Sen A, Wyatt G, Murphy SL, Arnedt T, Harris RE. Investigation of 2 Types of self-administered acupressure for persistent cancer-related fatigue in breast cancer survivors: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Oncol. 2016; 2(11): 1470-1476.

10. Kratz AL, Murphy SL, & Braley TJ: Pain, fatigue, and cognitive symptoms are temporally associated within- but not across-days in multiple sclerosis. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2017;98:2151-2159. PMCID: PMC5660935  

11. Murphy SL, Janevic MR, Lee P, Williams DA. Occupational therapist-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for knee osteoarthritis: a randomized pilot study. Am J Occup Ther. 2018; 72: doi:10.5014/ajot.2018.027870

12. Whibley D, Murphy SL, Braley T, Kratz AL. Transient effects of sleep on next-day pain and fatigue in older adults with symptomatic osteoarthritis. J Pain. 2019; 20: 1373-1382.  

13. Stamm T, Mosor E, Omara M, Ritschl V, Murphy SL. How can fatigue be addressed in individuals with systemic sclerosis. Lancet Rheumatol. 2020; 2(3) e128-129.

14. Lescoat A, Murphy SL, Roofeh D, Pauling J, Hughes M, Sandler R, Zimmermann F, Wessel R, Townsend W, Chung L, Denton CP, Merkel PA, Steen V, Allanore Y, Del Galdo F, Godard D, Cella D, Farrington S, Buch MH, Khanna D. Considerations for a combined index for limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis to support drug development and improve outcomes. J Sclero Rel Disord. 2021; 6:66-76. PMCID: PMC8313014

15. Murphy SL, Krause D, Roll SC, Gandikota G, Barber M, Khanna D. Development of a musculoskeletal ultrasound protocol to examine upper extremity rehabilitation outcomes in systemic sclerosis. J Diagn Med Sonogr. 2021; 37(1). 13-23.  PMCID: PMC7842414

16. Murphy SL, Mary Barber, Suiyuan Huang, Maya Sabbagh, Gary Cutter, Dinesh Khanna. Intensive and app-delivered occupational therapy to improve upper extremity function in early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis: a pilot two-arm trial. Rheumatology 2021;60(11):5002-5011. PMCID: PMC8566263

17. Murphy SL, Poole JP, Chen YT, Lescoat A, Khanna D. Rehabilitation interventions in systemic sclerosis: Systematic review and future directions. Arthritis Care Res. 2022; 74(1) 59-69.  PMCID:PMC8695630

18. Lescoat A, Murphy SL, Chen YT, Vann N, Del Galdo F, Cella D, Buch MH, Khanna D. Symptom experience of limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis from the patients’ perspective: a qualitative study. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2022; 52:151926. 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.11.003. 

19. Chen YT, Lescoat A, Devine A, Khanna D, Murphy SL. Cognitive difficulties in people with systemic sclerosis: A qualitative study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022; 61(9): 3754-3765.  

20. Murphy SL, Chen YT, Lee YC, Carns M, Aren K, Korman B, Hinchcliff M, Varga J. Differences in symptom experience among patients with systemic sclerosis: A cluster analytic approach to identifying subgroups. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023;62(SI):SI64-SI73. doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keac444.