Nancy Byl, PhD, PT
Professor Emeritus
Physical Therapy
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• B.S. Graduate Division (Physical Therapy) University of California, San Francisco 1963

Publications (48)

Top publication keywords:
DystoniaStrokeRecovery of FunctionRoboticsUpper ExtremityGait Disorders, NeurologicPostural BalanceOrthotic DevicesBiofeedback, PsychologyTask Performance and AnalysisMusicExercise TherapyStroke RehabilitationHandDystonic Disorders

• Master Adaptive Learning as a Framework for Physical Therapist Professional Education: A Call to Action.
  Physical therapy 2022 Abraham K, Green-Wilson J, Hartley GW, Deusinger S, Altenburger P, Blackinton M, Byl N, Nordstrom T, Tschoepe B
• Assisted Movement With Proprioceptive Stimulation Augments Recovery From Moderate-To-Severe Upper Limb Impairment During Subacute Stroke Period: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
  Neurorehabilitation and neural repair 2022 Cordo P, Wolf S, Rymer WZ, Byl N, Stanek K, Hayes JR
• Clinical impact of gait training enhanced with visual kinematic biofeedback: Patients with Parkinson's disease and patients stable post stroke.
  Neuropsychologia 2015 Byl N, Zhang W, Coo S, Tomizuka M
• Poststroke upper limb recovery.
  Seminars in neurology 2014 Tsu AP, Abrams GM, Byl NN
• Stroke-induced synergistic phase shifting and its possible implications for recovery mechanisms.
  Experimental brain research 2014 Simkins M, Jacobs AB, Byl N, Rosen J

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• Complex-value coherence mapping reveals novel abnormal resting-state functional connectivity networks in task-specific focal hand dystonia.
  Frontiers in neurology 2013 Hinkley LB, Sekihara K, Owen JP, Westlake KP, Byl NN, Nagarajan SS
• Mechanosensitivity in the upper extremity following breast cancer treatment.
  Journal of hand therapy : official journal of the American Society of Hand Therapists 2013 Smoot B, Boyd BS, Byl N, Dodd M
• Neurorehabilitation: motor recovery after stroke as an example.
  Annals of neurology 2013 Ganguly K, Byl NN, Abrams GM
• Focal task-specific lower extremity dystonia associated with intense repetitive exercise: a case series.
  Parkinsonism & related disorders 2013 Katz M, Byl NN, San Luciano M, Ostrem JL
• Chronic stroke survivors achieve comparable outcomes following virtual task specific repetitive training guided by a wearable robotic orthosis (UL-EXO7) and actual task specific repetitive training guided by a physical therapist.
  Journal of hand therapy : official journal of the American Society of Hand Therapists 2013 Byl NN, Abrams GM, Pitsch E, Fedulow I, Kim H, Simkins M, Nagarajan S, Rosen J
• Robotic unilateral and bilateral upper-limb movement training for stroke survivors afflicted by chronic hemiparesis.
  IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings] 2013 Simkins M, Kim H, Abrams G, Byl N, Rosen J
• Neural plasticity and implications for hand rehabilitation after neurological insult.
  Journal of hand therapy : official journal of the American Society of Hand Therapists 2013 Westlake KP, Byl NN
• Robotic Rehabilitation Game Design for Chronic Stroke.
  Games for health journal 2012 Simkins M, Fedulow I, Kim H, Abrams G, Byl N, Rosen J
• Aberrant Oscillatory Activity during Simple Movement in Task-Specific Focal Hand Dystonia.
  Frontiers in neurology 2012 Hinkley LB, Dolberg R, Honma S, Findlay A, Byl NN, Nagarajan SS
• Kinematic data analysis for post-stroke patients following bilateral versus unilateral rehabilitation with an upper limb wearable robotic system.
  IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 2012 Kim H, Miller LM, Fedulow I, Simkins M, Abrams GM, Byl N, Rosen J
• Mobility training using a bionic knee orthosis in patients in a post-stroke chronic state: a case series.
  Journal of medical case reports 2012 Byl NN
• Resting state α-band functional connectivity and recovery after stroke.
  Experimental neurology 2012 Westlake KP, Hinkley LB, Bucci M, Guggisberg AG, Byl N, Findlay AM, Henry RG, Nagarajan SS
• Redundancy resolution of the human arm and an upper limb exoskeleton.
  IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering 2012 Kim H, Miller LM, Byl N, Abrams GM, Rosen J
• Diagnosis and management of focal hand dystonia in a rheumatology practice.
  Current opinion in rheumatology 2012 Byl NN
• Amplitude and timing of somatosensory cortex activity in task-specific focal hand dystonia.
  Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology 2011 Dolberg R, Hinkley LB, Honma S, Zhu Z, Findlay AM, Byl NN, Nagarajan SS
• A mobile gait monitoring system for abnormal gait diagnosis and rehabilitation: a pilot study for Parkinson disease patients.
  Journal of biomechanical engineering 2011 Bae J, Kong K, Byl N, Tomizuka M
• Development of disability in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: beyond lung function.
  Thorax 2010 Eisner MD, Iribarren C, Blanc PD, Yelin EH, Ackerson L, Byl N, Omachi TA, Sidney S, Katz PP
• Development and validation of the Function In Sitting Test in adults with acute stroke.
  Journal of neurologic physical therapy : JNPT 2010 Gorman SL, Radtka S, Melnick ME, Abrams GM, Byl NN
• Upper extremity impairments in women with or without lymphedema following breast cancer treatment.
  Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice 2010 Smoot B, Wong J, Cooper B, Wanek L, Topp K, Byl N, Dodd M
• Peripheral and central changes combine to induce motor behavioral deficits in a moderate repetition task.
  Experimental neurology 2009 Coq JO, Barr AE, Strata F, Russier M, Kietrys DM, Merzenich MM, Byl NN, Barbe MF
• A systematic review of the effect of moderate intensity exercise on function and disease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  Journal of neurologic physical therapy : JNPT 2009 Lui AJ, Byl NN
• Differences in physical characteristics and response to rehabilitation for patients with hand dystonia: musicians' cramp compared to writers' cramp.
  Journal of hand therapy : official journal of the American Society of Hand Therapists 2009 McKenzie AL, Goldman S, Barrango C, Shrime M, Wong T, Byl N
• Focal hand dystonia: a historical perspective from a clinician scholar.
  Journal of hand therapy : official journal of the American Society of Hand Therapists 2009 Byl NN
• Focal hand dystonia: effectiveness of a home program of fitness and learning-based sensorimotor and memory training.
  Journal of hand therapy : official journal of the American Society of Hand Therapists 2009 Byl NN, Archer ES, McKenzie A
• Neuroimaging characteristics of patients with focal hand dystonia.
  Journal of hand therapy : official journal of the American Society of Hand Therapists 2009 Hinkley LB, Webster RL, Byl NN, Nagarajan SS
• COPD as a systemic disease: impact on physical functional limitations.
  The American journal of medicine 2008 Eisner MD, Blanc PD, Yelin EH, Sidney S, Katz PP, Ackerson L, Lathon P, Tolstykh I, Omachi T, Byl N, Iribarren C
• Functional outcomes can vary by dose: learning-based sensorimotor training for patients stable poststroke.
  Neurorehabilitation and neural repair 2008 Byl NN, Pitsch EA, Abrams GM
• Pulmonary function and the risk of functional limitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  American journal of epidemiology 2008 Eisner MD, Iribarren C, Yelin EH, Sidney S, Katz PP, Ackerson L, Lathon P, Tolstykh I, Omachi T, Byl N, Blanc PD
• Altered trunk position sense and its relation to balance functions in people post-stroke.
  Journal of neurologic physical therapy : JNPT 2008 Ryerson S, Byl NN, Brown DA, Wong RA, Hidler JM
• Impact of neonatal asphyxia and hind limb immobilization on musculoskeletal tissues and S1 map organization: implications for cerebral palsy.
  Experimental neurology 2007 Coq JO, Strata F, Russier M, Safadi FF, Merzenich MM, Byl NN, Barbe MF
• Quantitative and clinical description of postural instability in women with breast cancer treated with taxane chemotherapy.
  Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2007 Wampler MA, Topp KS, Miaskowski C, Byl NN, Rugo HS, Hamel K
• Learning-based animal models: task-specific focal hand dystonia.
  ILAR journal 2007 Byl NN
• An evidence-based review of magnetic resonance angiography for diagnosing arterial thoracic outlet syndrome.
  Journal of hand therapy : official journal of the American Society of Hand Therapists 2006 Estilaei SK, Byl NN
• Randomized, controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain.
  Alternative therapies in health and medicine 2005 Mehling WE, Hamel KA, Acree M, Byl N, Hecht FM
• Focal hand dystonia may result from aberrant neuroplasticity.
  Advances in neurology 2004 Byl NN
• Effect of sensory discrimination training on structure and function in patients with focal hand dystonia: a case series.
  Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2003 Byl NN, Nagajaran S, McKenzie AL
• Effectiveness of sensory and motor rehabilitation of the upper limb following the principles of neuroplasticity: patients stable poststroke.
  Neurorehabilitation and neural repair 2003 Byl N, Roderick J, Mohamed O, Hanny M, Kotler J, Smith A, Tang M, Abrams G
• Strain in the median and ulnar nerves during upper-extremity positioning.
  The Journal of hand surgery 2002 Byl C, Puttlitz C, Byl N, Lotz J, Topp K
• The Byl-Cheney-Boczai Sensory Discriminator: reliability, validity, and responsiveness for testing stereognosis.
  Journal of hand therapy : official journal of the American Society of Hand Therapists 2002 Byl N, Leano J, Cheney LK
• Representation of the hand in the cerebral cortex.
  Behavioural brain research 2002 Blake DT, Byl NN, Merzenich MM
• Effects of a contemporary, exercise-based rehabilitation and cardiovascular risk-reduction program on coronary patients with abnormal baseline risk factors.
  Chest 2002 Franklin B, Bonzheim K, Warren J, Haapaniemi S, Byl N, Gordon N
• Correlation of clinical neuromusculoskeletal and central somatosensory performance: variability in controls and patients with severe and mild focal hand dystonia.
  Neural plasticity 2002 Byl NN, Nagarajan SS, Merzenich MM, Roberts T, McKenzie A
• Sensory representation abnormalities that parallel focal hand dystonia in a primate model.
  Somatosensory & motor research 2002 Blake DT, Byl NN, Cheung S, Bedenbaugh P, Nagarajan S, Lamb M, Merzenich M