Nia Mensah, DPT, PhD, PT

Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Publications

  • 1. Toomer-Mensah, N., O’Neil, M., & Quinn, L. (2025). Validity of PROMIS® Pediatric Physical Activity Parent Proxy Short Form Scale as a Physical Activity Measure for Children with Cerebral Palsy Who Are Non-Ambulatory. Behavioral Sciences, 15(8), 1042. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15081042
  • 2. Verit, G., Anwar, D., Greenberg, M., Cisek, J., Hinrichs, K., Mensah, N., & Kirker, K. (2025). Effects of Hydrotherapy on Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association,
  • 3. Dodds, C., Mulrenin, B., Cormack, C., Kascak, K., Mensah, N., Gellert-Jones, M., Heilman, K., Gregoski, M., Keller, E., & Beall, J. (2025). Heart Rate Variability Responses in Children With Medical Complexity Across Sensory Domains. International journal of pediatrics, 2025, 5803653. https://doi.org/10.1155/ijpe/5803653
  • 4. Kipnis, D., Lin, M., Pacheco, A., Mensah, N., Gu, Y., Macpherson, C. E., Kempner, K., Parker, A., Coley, R. B., Coley, D., Shah, H., & Quinn, L. (2025). Identifying Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing Care for Historically Marginalized Communities Affected by Parkinson Disease: A Qualitative Study. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 12(3), 1811–1823. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-024-02011-2
  • 5. States RA, Dewan B, Lynam P, Mensah N, Pottorf O. Group exercise for balance in people with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Physiother Theory Pract. 2025 Apr;41(4):872-889. PubMed PMID: 38975875.
  • Toomer-Mensah N, O'Neil M, Blacutt M, Quinn L. Measuring Physical Activity in Children Who Do Not Walk and With Cerebral Palsy: An Exploratory Case Series. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2024 1;36(3):353-362.
  • States RA, Dewan B, Lynam P, Mensah N, Pottorf O. Group exercise for balance in people with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Physiother Theory Pract. 2024 Jul 8:1-18. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2024.2374063.
  • Kipnis D, Lin M, Pacheco A, Mensah N, Gu Y, Macpherson CE, Kempner K, Parker A, Coley RB, Coley D, Shah H, Quinn L. Identifying Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing Care for Historically Marginalized Communities Affected by Parkinson Disease: A Qualitative Study. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 May 8. doi: 10.1007/s40615-024-02011-2.
  • Kipnis D, Pacheco A, Delfing D, Toomer-Mensah N, Macpherson CE, Rieger J, Parker A, Coley RB, Coley D, Shah H, Quinn L. Community-based participatory research approach to address healthcare disparities confronting members of the Black Diaspora with Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2024 Feb;119:105936. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2023.105936.
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