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Jigna Patel

Department : Rehabilitation And Movement Sciences
Program/Division : Physical Therapy - D.P.T. (North Jersey)
Academic Title: Assistant Professor

Office Address:
65 Bergen Street
Stanley S. Bergen Building, Rm 718
Newark, NJ 07101
Phone: (973) 972-8576

Email: patel421@rutgers.edu

Education
Degree	Degree Source	Year Awarded
BSc Physiotherapy	McGill University	1992
MHS Movement Science	Washington University in St. Louis	2000
PhD	Rutgers University	2020

Publications
Title	Authors	Where and When
A randomized controlled trial of timing and dosage of upper extremity rehabilitation in virtual environments in persons with subacute stroke.	Patel J, Qiu Q, Fluet GG, Gorin H, Gutterman J, Karunakaran K, Nolan KJ, Kaplan E, Merians AS, Adamovich SV	Sci Rep. 2025 Apr 22
Examination of Robotically Collected Reach to Place Kinematics in Persons with Subacute and Chronic Stroke.	Qiu Q, Fluet GG, Patel J, Gorin H, Gutterman J, Karunakaran K, Nolan KJ, Kaplan E, Merians AS, Adamovich SV	Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC), Copenhagen, Denmark, July 2025
A review of the use of gaze and pupil metrics to assess mental workload in gamified and simulated sensorimotor tasks.	Gorin, H, Patel, J, Qiu, Q, Merians, A, Adamovich, S, Fluet, G	Sensors 2024, 24, 1759. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24061759
Motivation to perform telerehabilitation training: A convergent mixed-methods assessment of the Home Virtual Rehabilitation System.	Fluet G, Gorin H, Rothpletz Puglia P, Qiu Q, Patel J, Merians A, Croce A, Adamovich S	Games for Health 2024
The influence of scaffolding on intrinsic motivation and autonomous adherence to a game-based, sparsely supervised home rehabilitation program for people with upper extremity hemiparesis due to stroke. A randomized controlled trial.	Fluet GG Qiu Q, Gross A, Gorin H, Patel J, Merians AS, Adamovich S	JNER 2024
Laboratory-Based Examination of the Reliability and Validity of Kinematic Measures of Wrist and Finger Function Collected by a Telerehabilitation System in Persons with Chronic Stroke.	MontJohnson A, Cronce A, Qiu Q, Patel J, Eriksson M, Merians A, Adamovich S, Fluet G.	Sensors (Basel). 2023 Feb 28;23(5):2656. doi: 10.3390/s23052656. PMID: 36904860; PMCID: PMC10007090.
Evaluation of changes in kinematic measures of three dimensional reach to grasp movements in the early subacute period of recovery from stroke	Qiu Q, Fluet GG, Patel J, Lyer S, Karunakaran K, Kaplan E, Tunik E, Yarossi M, Nolan KJ, Merians AS, Adamovich SV	Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC), Glasgow, Scotland, July 2022
EEG Based Resting State Connectivity Changes in the Motor Cortex Associated with Upper Limb Motor Recovery in the Subacute Period Post-Stroke	Patel J, Pattison I, Glassen M, Saleh S, Qiu Q, Fluet GG, Kaplan E, Tunik E, Nolan K, Merians AS, Adamovich SA	Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC), Glasgow, Scotland, July 2022
Rehabilitation of the Paretic Hand and Arm in Persons with Stroke: Translation from Laboratory to Rehabilitation Centers and the Patient's Home.	Fluet G, Qiu Q, Patel J, Mont A, Cronce A, Yarossi M, Merians A and Adamovich S	Front Neurol. 12:623261, Jan 2021
Development of the Home-based Virtual Rehabilitation System (HoVRS) to remotely deliver an intense and customized upper extremity training	Qiu Q, Cronce A, Patel J, Fluet G, Mont A, Merians A, Adamovich S	JNER, 17, 155, Nov 2020
Hand Focused Upper Extremity Rehabilitation in the Subacute Phase Post-Stroke Using Interactive Virtual Environments.	Merians A, Fluet G, Qiu Q, Yarossi M, Patel J, Mont A, Saleh S, Nolan K J, Barrett AM, Tunik E and Adamovich S V.	Front Neurol, 11:573642, Nov 2020
Autonomous use of the Home Virtual Rehabilitation System (HoVRS): a feasibility and pilot study.	Fluet G, Qiu Q, Cronce A, Patel J, Adamovich S, Merians A	Games for Health, 8(6), Dec 2019
Effects of intensive virtual reality and robotic based upper limb training compared to usual care, and associated cortical reorganization, in the acute and early sub-acute periods post-stroke: A feasibility study.	Patel J, Fluet G, Qiu Q, Yarossi M, Merians A, Tunik E, Adamovich S	JNER, 16(1):92, Jul 2019
The association between reorganization of bilateral M1 topography and function in response to early and intensive hand focused upper limb rehabilitation on ipsilesional corticospinal tract integrity.	Patel J and Yarossi M, Qiu Q, Massood, S, Fluet G, Merians A, Adamovich S and Tunik E co 1st authors	Front Neurol, 10:258, Mar 2019
Exploring the impact of visual and movement based priming on a motor intervention in the acute phase post-stroke in persons with severe hemiparesis of the upper extremity.	Patel J, Qiu Q, Yarossi M, Merians AS, Massood S, Tunik E, Adamovich SV, Fluet GG	Disabil Rehabil, vol. 39, pp. 1515-1523, Jul 2017
Motor skill changes and neurophysiologic adaptation to recovery-oriented virtual rehabilitation of hand function in a person with subacute stroke: a case study.	Fluet GG, Patel J, Qiu Q, Yarossi M, Massood S, Adamovich SV, Tunik E, Merians AS	Disabil Rehabil, vol. 39, pp. 1524-1531, Jul 2017

Research
Research Interests
I study the use of VR/computer games for upper limb recovery in neurologic disorders.

Research Grants
Title	Sponsor	Effective Dates	Role
Enhancing Rehabilitation Outcomes in Cerebral Palsy through Gamified Multidisciplinary Interventions: Integrating Speech and Upper Extremity Motor Therapy	Rutgers University School of Health Professions – Dean’s Intramural Grant	9/1/2024- 9/1/2026	co-investigator

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