Principal Investigator

Sheffler, Lynne, M.D.

My board certification is in the field of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

My research and clinical interests are in the areas of neurorehabilitation and include the application of surface electrical stimulation in stroke, spinal cord injury, and brain injury. My specific research focus is on the application of formal Gait Analysis to elucidate the altered pattern of muscle activation, joint angles, torque and power generation during ambulation with the application of neuromuscular electrical stimulation.

Professional Affiliations

• Principal Investigator, Cleveland FES Center
• Attending Physician, MetroHealth Center for Rehabilitation, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
• Senior Instructor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Publications (select)

• Sheffler L, Hennessey M, Naples G, Chae J: Peroneal nerve stimulation versus an ankle foot orthosis for correction of footdrop in stroke: impact on functional ambulation. Neurorehabil Neural Repair, 20:355-360, 2006.
• O'Sullivan K, Pap S, Megerian CA, Li Y, Sheffler LR, Smith T, Lawrence WT: Improved axon diameter and myelin sheath thickness in facial nerve cable grafts wrapped in temporoparietal fascial flaps. Ann Plas Surg 1998; 40: 478-485.
• Kerrigan DC, Thirunarayan MA, Sheffler LR, Ribaudo TA, Corcoran PJ: A Tool to assess biomechanical gait efficiency: a preliminary study. Am J Phys Med Rehab 1996: 75(1); 3-8.
• Brown MT, Cheney ML, Gliklich RL, Sheffler LR, Varvares MA: Assessment of functional morbidity in the radial forearm flap. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1996; 122:991-994.
• Kerrigan DC, Sheffler LR: Spastic paretic gait: an approach to evaluation and treatment. Crit Rev Phys Med Rehab 1995: 7(3): 253-268.
• Sheffler LR, Ito V, Philip P, Sahgal V: Shunting in chronic post-traumatic hydrocephalus: demonstration of neurophysiologic improvement. Arch Phys Med Rehab 1994; 75:338-341.
• Yarkony G, Sheffler LR, Smith J, Raynor S, Chen D: Early onset post-traumatic cystic myelopathy complicating spinal cord injury. Arch Phys Med Rehab 1994; 75:102-105.

Research Programs

• Electrical Stimulation for Stroke Rehabilitation
• Gait Analysis and Electrical Stimulation in Hemiplegia

Contact Information

Claudette Ramaley

216-778-3472

Emails: cramaley@metrohealth.org, lsheffler@metrohealth.org