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Rebecca Abbott

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-PM&R Physical Therapy
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0003-2830-9301 Additional info
    Other Positions
    TitleAsst Professor Clinical
    InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Colorado Springs
    DepartmentBeth-El Health Sciences


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    University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MNPostdoc02/2024Neck Biomechanics
    Northwestern University, Evanston, ILPhD02/2021Mechanical Engineering
    Northwestern University, Chicago, ILDPT07/2018Physical Therapy
    Tufts University, Medford, MABS05/2008Mechanical Engineering

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    F32AR082276     (ABBOTT, REBECCA)Aug 28, 2023 - Aug 27, 2026
    NIH
    Generalized joint hypermobility and chronic neck pain: associations with dynamic cervical spine instability
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Abbott RE, Nishimwe A, Wiputra H, Breighner RE, Ellingson AM. A super-resolution algorithm to fuse orthogonal CT volumes using OrthoFusion. Sci Rep. 2025 01 09; 15(1):1382. PMID: 39779816.
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    2. McKay MJ, Weber KA, Wesselink EO, Smith ZA, Abbott R, Anderson DB, Ashton-James CE, Atyeo J, Beach AJ, Burns J, Clarke S, Collins NJ, Coppieters MW, Cornwall J, Crawford RJ, De Martino E, Dunn AG, Eyles JP, Feng HJ, Fortin M, Franettovich Smith MM, Galloway G, Gandomkar Z, Glastras S, Henderson LA, Hides JA, Hiller CE, Hilmer SN, Hoggarth MA, Kim B, Lal N, LaPorta L, Magnussen JS, Maloney S, March L, Nackley AG, O'Leary SP, Peolsson A, Perraton Z, Pool-Goudzwaard AL, Schnitzler M, Seitz AL, Semciw AI, Sheard PW, Smith AC, Snodgrass SJ, Sullivan J, Tran V, Valentin S, Walton DM, Wishart LR, Elliott JM. MuscleMap: An Open-Source, Community-Supported Consortium for Whole-Body Quantitative MRI of Muscle. J Imaging. 2024 Oct 22; 10(11). PMID: 39590726.
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    3. Abbott R, Elliott J, Murphey T, Acosta AM. The role of the deep cervical extensor muscles in multi-directional isometric neck strength. J Biomech. 2024 May; 168:112096. PMID: 38640828.
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    4. Nikpasand M, Abbott RE, Kage CC, Singh S, Winkelstein BA, Barocas VH, Ellingson AM. Cervical facet capsular ligament mechanics: Estimations based on subject-specific anatomy and kinematics. JOR Spine. 2023 Sep; 6(3):e1269. PMID: 37780821.
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    5. Koroth J, Buko EO, Abbott R, Johnson CP, Ogle BM, Stone LS, Ellingson AM, Bradley EW. Macrophages and Intervertebral Disc Degeneration. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Jan 10; 24(2). PMID: 36674887.
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    6. Weber KA, Abbott R, Bojilov V, Smith AC, Wasielewski M, Hastie TJ, Parrish TB, Mackey S, Elliott JM. Multi-muscle deep learning segmentation to automate the quantification of muscle fat infiltration in cervical spine conditions. Sci Rep. 2021 08 16; 11(1):16567. PMID: 34400672.
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    7. Smith AC, Albin SR, Abbott R, Crawford RJ, Hoggarth MA, Wasielewski M, Elliott JM. Confirming the geography of fatty infiltration in the deep cervical extensor muscles in whiplash recovery. Sci Rep. 2020 07 10; 10(1):11471. PMID: 32651447.
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    8. Elliott JM, Cornwall J, Kennedy E, Abbott R, Crawford RJ. Towards defining muscular regions of interest from axial magnetic resonance imaging with anatomical cross-reference: part II - cervical spine musculature. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2018 May 28; 19(1):171. PMID: 29807530.
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    9. Abbott R, Peolsson A, West J, Elliott JM, ?slund U, Karlsson A, Leinhard OD. The qualitative grading of muscle fat infiltration in whiplash using fat and water magnetic resonance imaging. Spine J. 2018 05; 18(5):717-725. PMID: 28887274.
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    10. Crawford RJ, Cornwall J, Abbott R, Elliott JM. Manually defining regions of interest when quantifying paravertebral muscles fatty infiltration from axial magnetic resonance imaging: a proposed method for the lumbar spine with anatomical cross-reference. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2017 01 19; 18(1):25. PMID: 28103921.
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    11. Abbott R, Pedler A, Sterling M, Hides J, Murphey T, Hoggarth M, Elliott J. The geography of fatty infiltrates within the cervical multifidus and semispinalis cervicis in individuals with chronic whiplash-associated disorders. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2015 Apr; 45(4):281-8. PMID: 25739843.
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