Elizabeth & Sidney Licht Award

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• Elizabeth and Sidney Licht Award
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• Conrad Jobst Foundation Award

Elizabeth & Sidney Licht Award for Excellence in Scientific Writing

Sidney Licht, MD, was a longtime member of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and was its president in 1967-68. He was the editor of the Physical Medicine Library, which was published by his wife, Elizabeth. Their address at 360 Fountain Street, New Haven, CT, was synonymous with physical medicine and rehabilitation throughout the world. The Licht award was originated in March 1979 when ACRM's Board of Governors approved the following motion:

"The Elizabeth and Sidney Licht Award is established to give recognition of excellence in scientific writing in rehabilitation medicine. Accordingly, the Licht award is proposed to select a paper which, having been recognized as presenting potential significance and empirical and theoretical contributions to rehabilitation medicine, and soundness of methodology and data analysis, receives a special recognition of excellence in scientific writing."

It was understood that only papers published in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation were to be eligible for the award and responsibility for annually selecting the winning manuscript was given to the Archives ACRM Editorial Board along with the ACRM Awards Committee. Dr. Licht was so pleased with the Board of Governors' action that shortly before his death in March 1979, he made a gift of $10,000 to the Congress to support the award. It was first given in 1980 for an article published in 1979. That pattern has been continued; the award is given in the current year for the best scientific article published in the previous year in the Archives. Licht award recipient have been:

1980: Carl V. Granger, MD, Gary L. Albrecht, PhD, Byron B. Hamilton, MD,
PhD. Reference citation: Outcome of comprehensive medical rehabilitation: Measurement by PULSES Profile and Barthel Index. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1979; 60:145-54.

1981: David Cardus, MD, Wesley G. McTaggart, BS, Francisca Ribas-Cardu, MS. Reference citation: Exercise training in ischemic heart disease: Effect on physical performance and plasma lipids, ACTH, and cortisol.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1980; 61: 303-10.

1982: Nancy M. Crewe, PhD, Gary T. Athelstan, PhD. Reference citation: Functional assessment in vocational rehabilitation: A systematic approach to diagnosis and goal setting. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1981; 62: 299-305.

1983: Justus F. Lehmann, MD, Michael J. Ko, MS, Barbara J. deLateur, MD. Reference citation: Knee moments: Origin in normal ambulation and their modification by double-stopped ankle-foot orthoses. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1982; 63: 345-51.

1984: M. Patricia Murray, PhD, Louise A. Mollinger, MS, Susan B. Sepic, BS, Gena M. Gardner, BS, Marcia T. Linder, BS. Reference citation: Gait patterns in above-knee amputee patients: Hydraulic swing control vs constant-friction knee components. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1983; 64: 339-45.

1985: Gerben DeJong, PhD, Laurence G. Branch, PhD, Paul J. Corcoran, MD. Reference citation: Independent living outcomes in spinal cord injury: Multivariate analyses. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1984; 65: 66-73.

1986: Wayne A. Gordon, PhD, Mary Ruckdeschel Hibbard, PhD, Susan Egelko, PhD, Leonard Diller, PhD, Martha Scotzin Shaver, MS, Abraham Lieberman, MD, Kristjan Ragnarsson, MD. Reference citation: Perceptual remediation in patients with right brain damage: A Comprehensive program. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1985; 66: 353-9.

1987: Jeffrey R. Basford, MD, PhD, Horace O. Hallman, MS, RPT, Charles G. Sheffield, RPT, George L. Mackey, RPT. Reference citation: Comparison of cold-quartz, ultraviolet, low-energy laser, and occlusion in wound healing in a swine model. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1986; 67: 151-4.
1988: Robert Thompson, PhD, Peter W. Huestis, MA, Jen Yu, MD, PhD. Reference citation: Motor learning: Nonspecific subcortical mechanisms in rat. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1987; 68: 419-22.

1989: Thomas W. Findley, MD, PhD, James C. Agre, MD, PhD. Reference citation: Ambulation in the adolescent with spina bifida. II. Oxygen cost of mobility. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1988; 69: 855-61

1990: Justus F. Lehman, MD, Robert Price, MSME, Barbara J. deLateur, MD, Stephen Hinderer, MD, Charles Traynor, BS. Reference citation: Spasticity: Quantative measurements as a basis for assessing effectiveness of therapeutic intervention. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1989; 70: 6-15.

1991: Nadine M. Fisher, EdM, David R. Pendergast, EdD, Evan C. Calkins, MD. Reference citation: Maximal isometric torque of knee extension as a function of muscle length in older subjects. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1990; 71: 729-34.

1992: Scott Richards, PhD, Frederick J. Osuna, AB, Theresa Jaworski, MA, Thomas A. Novack, PhD, Dano A. Leli, PhD, Thomas. J. Boll, PhD. Reference citation: The effectiveness of different methods of defining traumatic brain injury in predicting postdischarge adjustment in a spinal cord injury population. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1991; 72: 275-9.

1993: Kenneth M. Jaffe, MD, Gayle C. Fay, PhD, Nayak Lincoln Polissar, PhD, Kathleen martin, MN, RN, Hilary Shurtleff, PhD, J'May B. Rivera, MSW, H. Richard Winn, MD. Reference citation: Severity of pediatric traumatic brain injury and early neurobehavioral outcome: A cohort study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1992; 73: 540-7.

1994: Geraldine Gutierrez, MD, Gerald J. Herbison, MD, Paz Vega, MS, Joseph Nasuti, MD, Elizabeth Cook, MD, Walter Conlan, MD. Reference citation: Recovery of the extensor digitorum longus muscle in the rat following L4 nerve sectioning. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1993; 74: 922-7.

1995: Denise G. Tate, PhD, William Stiers, PhD, Julie Daugherty, MA, CRC, Martin Forchheimer, MPP, Evan Cohen, PhD, Nancy Hansen, PhD, Reference citation: The effects of insurance benefits coverage on functional and psychosocial outcomes after spinal cord injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1994; 75: 407-14.

1996: Marca L. Sipski, MD, Craig J. Alexander, PhD, Raymond C. Rosen, PhD. Reference citation: Physiological parameters associated with psychogenic sexual arousal I women with complete spinal cord injuries. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1995; 76: 811-8.

1997: Margaret G. Stineman, MD, Judy A. Shea, PhD, Alan Jette, PhD, Charles Tassoni, PhD, Kenneth J. Ottenbacher, PhD, Roger Fiedler, PhD, Carl V. granger, MD. Reference citation: The Functional Independence Measure: Tests of scaling assumptions, structure, and reliability across 20 diverse impairment categories. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1996; 77: 1101-8.

1998: D. Casey Kerrigan, MD, Hussein M. Abdulhadi, MD, Thomas A. Ribaudo, MS, Ugo Della Croce, PhD. Reference citation: Biomechanic effects of a contralateral shoe-lift on walking with am immobilized knee. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1997; 78: 1085-91.

1999: David E. Krebs, PhD, PT, Alan M. Jette, PhD, PT, Susan F. Assmann, PhD. Reference citation: Moderate Exercise Improves Gait Stability in Disabled Elders. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1998; 79: 1489-96.

2000: Mary Aitken, MD, Kenneth Jaffe, MD, Carla DiScala, PhD, Frederick P. Rivera, MD. Reference citation: Functional Outcome in Children With Multiple Trauma Without Significant Head Injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1999; 80: 889-95.

2001: Margaret G. Stineman, MD. Reference citation: A Functional Diagnostic Complexity Index for rehabilitation Medicine: Measuring the Influence of Many Diagnoses on Functional Independence and Resource Use. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2000; 81: 549-60.

2002: P. Hunter Peckham, PhD, Michael W. Keith, MD, Kevin L. Kilgore, PhD, Julie H. Grill, MS, Kathy S. Wuolle, OTR/L, CHT, Geoffrey B. Thorpe, Peter Gorman, MD, John Hobby, FRCS, M.J. Mulcahey, OTR/L, Sara Carroll, PT, Vincent R. Hentz, MD, Allen Wieger, PhD. Reference citation: Efficacy of an Implanted Neuroprosthesis for restoring Hand Grasp in Tetraplegia: A Multicenter Study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2001; 82: 1380-88.

2003: K. Sullivan, PhD, PT, Barbara J. Knowlton, PhD, Bruce Dobkin, MD. Reference citation: Step Training with Body Weight Support: Effect of Treadmill Speed and Practice Paradigms on Poststoke Locomotor Recovery. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2002; 83: 683-91.

2004: Patrick Murray, MD, MS, Mendel Singer, PhD, Neal V. Dawson, MD, Charles L. Thomas, BS, Randall Cebul, MD. Outcomes of rehabilitation services for nursing home residents. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2003; 84: 1129-36.

2005: David T. Yu, MD, John Chae, MD, ME, Maria E. Walker, MSE, Andrew Kirsteins, MD, Elie P. Elovic, MD, Steven R. Flanagan, MD, Richard L. Harvey, MD, Richard D. Zorowitz, MD, Frederick S. Frots, MD, Julie H. Grill, MSE, Michael Feldstein, PhD, Zi-Ping Fang, PhD. Reference citation: Intramuscular Neuromuscular Electric Stimulation for Poststroke Shoulder Pain: A Multicenter Randomized Clinical. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004; 85: 695-704.

2006: Alan M. Jette, PhD, PT, Julie Keysor, PhD, PT, Wendy Coster, PhD, OTR, Pengsheng Ni, MD, MPH, Stephen Haley, PhD, PT. Beyond Function: Predicting Participation in a Rehabilitation Cohort. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2005; 86: 2087-2094.

2007: Cindy B. Ivanhoe, MD, Gerard E. Francisco, MD John R. McGuire, MD, Thyagarajan Subramanian, MD, Samuel P. Grissom, MD. Intrathecal Baclofen Management of Poststroke Spastic Hypertonia: Implications for Function and Quality of Life. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2006; 87: 1509-1515.

2008: Barbara E. Bates, MD, Jibby E. Kurichi, MPH, Clifford R. Marshall, MS,
Dean Reker, PhD, Greg Maislin, MS, MA, Margaret G. Stineman, MD. Does the Presence of a Specialized Rehabilitation Unit in a Veterans Affairs Facility
Impact Referral for Rehabilitative Care After a Lower-Extremity Amputation? Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2007; 1249-1255.

2009: Charles H. Bombardier, PhD, Mary Cunniffe, MSW, Rohini Wadhwani, BA, Laura E. Gibbons, PhD, Kimberly D. Blake, PhD, George H. Kraft, MD The Efficacy of Telephone Counseling for Health Promotion in People With Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 89(1):10-5, 2008 Jan. UI: 18164324