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Jana Dengler
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Latest papers
Intraindividual Limb Comparisons of Motor and Neurophysiological Outcomes Using the European Multicenter Study About Spinal Cord Injury: Implications for Clinical Trials in Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
Journal of Neurotrauma · 2026
When Imaging and Electrodiagnosis Disagree on Nerve Root Avulsion—How to Reconcile Differences
Muscle & Nerve · 2026
Health Care Utilization in Veterans With Tetraplegia in the First Year After Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Identifying Opportunities for Dissemination of Treatment Information.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2026
Latest funding
- $20,000
Planning a Canadian Targeted Muscle Re-innervation and Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface Surgery Best Care Pathway for Limb Loss
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $822,376
Bidirectional, selective, and implantable peripheral nerve interface for restoring function after spinal cord injury
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
37 publications.
Intraindividual Limb Comparisons of Motor and Neurophysiological Outcomes Using the European Multicenter Study About Spinal Cord Injury: Implications for Clinical Trials in Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
Kyle J. Missen, Jacquelyn J. Cragg, Jana Dengler, Ida K. Fox, A. Curt, Martin J. W. Schubert, Norbert J. Weidner, Michael J. Berger
When Imaging and Electrodiagnosis Disagree on Nerve Root Avulsion—How to Reconcile Differences
Lawrence Russell Robinson, Jana Dengler, Thiru Sivakumaran
Health Care Utilization in Veterans With Tetraplegia in the First Year After Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Identifying Opportunities for Dissemination of Treatment Information.
Tam K, Eaton D, Mayo A, James A, Tefertiller C, Stenson KC, Curtin C, Ota D, Laurent F, Berger MJ, Dengler J, Fox IK
Healthcare Provider Factors Affecting Access to Nerve Transfer Surgery to Improve Upper Extremity Function in Individuals With Cervical Spinal Cord Injury.
Dengler J, Perlman M, Jennett M, Barwick M, Musselman KE, Kaiser A, Marcon E, Hitzig SL
Predictive factors for distal suprascapular nerve injury in brachial plexus injury: A retrospective cohort study
Chloe R. Wong, George Ho, Amy Graham, Emily Anastakis, Christine B. Novak, Joseph Catapano, Jana Dengler, Heather L. Baltzer
Evaluation of Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion on Canadian Plastic Surgery Residency Program Websites.
Majeed M, Shamoun V, Valiquette CR, Dengler J, Snell L
Neurophysiological Recovery Following Nerve Transfer Surgery to Restore Upper Limb Function after Cervical Spinal Cord Injury.
Missen KJ, Brown JM, Mandeville RM, Wu H, Bristol S, Broadhurst PK, Brown E, Doherty C, Hanlan AK, O'Connor R, Robinson LR, Rotenberg K, Hendry JM, Dengler J, Berger MJ
A quality improvement initiative to develop an interprofessional peripheral nerve transfer clinic for individuals with traumatic cervical spinal cord injury
B. Catharine Craven, Jana Dengler, Julia Rybkina, Sivakumar Gulasingam, Kelly C. Bishop, Parvin Eftekhar, Sukhvinder Kalsi‐Ryan, Julio Cesar Furlan, Jordan Silverman, Kristina Guy, Larry Robinson
Nerve Injury Related to Firearm Extremity Trauma.
Avery E, Lau H, Stefaniuk S, Novak CB, Dengler J
Impact of Surgery Timing on Outcomes After Nerve Transfer to Restore Elbow Flexion.
Hicks K, Haas J, Saggaf M, Novak CB, Dengler J
Planning a Canadian Targeted Muscle Re-innervation and Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface Surgery Best Care Pathway for Limb Loss
Principal investigators: Mayo, Amanda
Keywords: Amputation; Modified Delphi Approach; Neuroma; Phantom Limb Pain; Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface Surgery; Residual Limb Pain; Targeted Muscle Reinnervation Surgery
Bidirectional, selective, and implantable peripheral nerve interface for restoring function after spinal cord injury
Principal investigators: Zariffa, José; Genov, Roman
Keywords: Closed-Loop Neurostimulation; Functional Electrical Stimulation; Implantable Systems; Neural Data Analysis; Neural Engineering; Neural Recording; Peripheral Nerve Interfaces; Spinal Cord Injury
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Dimitrios Anastakis and Dimitri Anastakis: 83 shared papers
- Catharine Craven and Julio Furlan: 28 shared papers
- Kristin Musselman and Catharine Craven: 27 shared papers
- Amanda Mayo and Lawrence Robinson: 19 shared papers
- Gordon Keller and Milica Radisic: 18 shared papers
- Milica Radisic and Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar: 12 shared papers
- Anne Klassen and Natalia Ziolkowski: 9 shared papers
- Gordon Keller and Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar: 8 shared papers
- John Phillips and Emily Ho: 5 shared papers
- Lawrence Robinson and Jana Dengler: 4 shared papers
- Emily Ho and Joseph Catapano: 4 shared papers
- Milica Radisic and Jana Dengler: 3 shared papers
- Benjamin Ritsma and Jessica Trier: 3 shared papers
- Natalia Ziolkowski and Jana Dengler: 2 shared papers
- Milica Radisic and Geoffrey Wood: 2 shared papers
- Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar and Jana Dengler: 2 shared papers
- Kristin Musselman and Julio Furlan: 2 shared papers
- Amanda Mayo and Heather Baltzer: 2 shared papers
- Amanda Mayo and Jana Dengler: 2 shared papers
- Heather Baltzer and Dimitrios Anastakis: 2 shared papers
- Heather Baltzer and Jana Dengler: 2 shared papers
- Heather Baltzer and Dimitri Anastakis: 2 shared papers
- Edyta Marcon and Jana Dengler: 2 shared papers
- Joseph Catapano and Jana Dengler: 2 shared papers
- Jana Dengler and Laura Snell: 2 shared papers
- Anne Klassen and Heather Baltzer: 1 shared paper
- Anne Klassen and Jana Dengler: 1 shared paper
- Natalia Ziolkowski and Emily Ho: 1 shared paper
- Gordon Keller and Geoffrey Wood: 1 shared paper
- Gordon Keller and Jana Dengler: 1 shared paper
- Jacquelyn Cragg and Jana Dengler: 1 shared paper
- Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar and Geoffrey Wood: 1 shared paper
- Kristin Musselman and Melanie Barwick: 1 shared paper
- Kristin Musselman and Edyta Marcon: 1 shared paper
- Kristin Musselman and Jana Dengler: 1 shared paper
- Amanda Mayo and Catharine Craven: 1 shared paper
- Catharine Craven and Jana Dengler: 1 shared paper
- Melanie Barwick and Edyta Marcon: 1 shared paper
- Melanie Barwick and Jana Dengler: 1 shared paper
- Lawrence Robinson and Benjamin Ritsma: 1 shared paper
- Lawrence Robinson and Julio Furlan: 1 shared paper
- Lawrence Robinson and Jessica Trier: 1 shared paper
- Lawrence Robinson and Dimitrios Anastakis: 1 shared paper
- Lawrence Robinson and Joseph Catapano: 1 shared paper
- Lawrence Robinson and Dimitri Anastakis: 1 shared paper
- John Phillips and Jana Dengler: 1 shared paper
- Benjamin Ritsma and Heather Baltzer: 1 shared paper
- Benjamin Ritsma and Jana Dengler: 1 shared paper
- Julio Furlan and Jana Dengler: 1 shared paper
- Emily Ho and Jana Dengler: 1 shared paper
- Geoffrey Wood and Jana Dengler: 1 shared paper
- Heather Baltzer and Jessica Trier: 1 shared paper
- Jessica Trier and Jana Dengler: 1 shared paper
- Dimitrios Anastakis and Jana Dengler: 1 shared paper
- Jana Dengler and Ants Toi: 1 shared paper
- Jana Dengler and Dimitri Anastakis: 1 shared paper
- Department of Surgery
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering
- Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
- Department of Pediatrics
- Department of Medical Imaging
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Lawrence Robinson
Department of Medicine
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Milica Radisic
Institute of Biomedical Engineering
3 shared papers, latest 2011
Laura Snell
Department of Surgery
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Heather Baltzer
Department of Surgery
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Edyta Marcon
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Amanda Mayo
Department of Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar
Department of Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2011
Peter Zandstra
Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2011
Joseph Catapano
Department of Surgery
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Natalia Ziolkowski
Department of Surgery
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Syena Moltaji
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Ants Toi
Department of Medical Imaging
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Thiru Sivakumaran
Department of Medical Imaging
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Parvin Eftekhar
Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Dimitri Anastakis
Institute of Medical Science
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Nanette Okun
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
1 shared papers, latest 2014
John Phillips
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Benjamin Ritsma
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Julio Furlan
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Emily Ho
Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Geoffrey Wood
Department of Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2011
Jessica Trier
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Mena Gewarges
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2010
Paul Binhammer
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Dimitrios Anastakis
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Melanie Barwick
Department of Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Gordon Keller
Department of Medical Biophysics
1 shared papers, latest 2010
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