Valerie Block, PT, DPTSc, BS

Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science | Department of Neurology
UCSF Weill Institute, Box 3126 1651 4th St, Room 612E, San Francisco, CA 94143
Publications: 

The global patient-reported outcomes for multiple sclerosis initiative: bridging the gap between clinical research and care - updates at the 2023 plenary event.

Frontiers in neurology

Zaratin P, Samadzadeh S, Seferoglu M, Ricigliano V, Dos Santos Silva J, Tunc A, Brichetto G, Coetzee T, Helme A, Khan U, McBurney R, Peryer G, Weiland H, Baneke P, Battaglia MA, Block V, Capezzuto L, Carment L, Cortesi PA, Cutter G, Leocani L, Hartung HP, Hillert J, Hobart J, Immonen K, Kamudoni P, Middleton R, Moghames P, Montalban X, Peeters L, Sormani MP, van Tonder S, White A, Comi G, Vermersch P

Cognitive function influences cognitive-motor interference during dual task walking in multiple sclerosis.

Multiple sclerosis and related disorders

Hsu WY, Block VJ, Wijangco J, Henderson K, Nylander A, Koshal K, Poole S, Possin KL, Staffaroni AM, Bove RM

A Closed-Loop Falls Monitoring and Prevention App for Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Practice: Human-Centered Design of the Multiple Sclerosis Falls InsightTrack.

JMIR human factors

Block VJ, Koshal K, Wijangco J, Miller N, Sara N, Henderson K, Reihm J, Gopal A, Mohan SD, Gelfand JM, Guo CY, Oommen L, Nylander A, Rowson JA, Brown E, Sanders S, Rankin K, Lyles CR, Sim I, Bove R

Association of daily physical activity with brain volumes and cervical spinal cord areas in multiple sclerosis.

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Block VJ, Cheng S, Juwono J, Cuneo R, Kirkish G, Alexander AM, Khan M, Akula A, Caverzasi E, Papinutto N, Stern WA, Pletcher MJ, Marcus GM, Olgin JE, Hauser SL, Gelfand JM, Bove R, Cree BA, Henry RG

Making Every Step Count: Minute-by-Minute Characterization of Step Counts Augments Remote Activity Monitoring in People With Multiple Sclerosis.

Frontiers in neurology

Block VJ, Waliman M, Xie Z, Akula A, Bove R, Pletcher MJ, Marcus GM, Olgin JE, Cree BAC, Gelfand JM, Henry RG

Challenges to Longitudinal Characterization of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis.

Multiple sclerosis and related disorders

Kaplan TB, Gopal A, Block VJ, Suskind AM, Zhao C, Polgar-Turcsanyi M, Saraceno TJ, Gomez R, Santaniello A, Consortium S, Ayoubi NE, Cree BAC, Hauser SL, Weiner H, Chitnis T, Khoury S, Bove R

Research interrupted: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on multiple sclerosis research in the field of rehabilitation and quality of life.

Multiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinical

Maguire R, Hynes S, Seebacher B, Block VJ, Zackowski KM, Jonsdottir J, Finlayson M, Plummer P, Freeman J, Giesser B, von Geldern G, Ploughman M

Identifying falls remotely in people with multiple sclerosis.

Journal of neurology

Block VJ, Pitsch EA, Gopal A, Zhao C, Pletcher MJ, Marcus GM, Olgin JE, Hollenbach J, Bove R, Cree BAC, Gelfand JM

Effects of COVID-19 "Sheltering in Place" on Activity in People With Multiple Sclerosis.

Neurology. Clinical practice

Block VJ, Bove R, Gelfand JM, Cree BAC

CoachMS, An Innovative Closed-Loop, Interdisciplinary Platform to Monitor and Proactively Treat MS Symptoms: A Pilot Study

Multiple Sclerosis Journal, Experimental, Translational and clinical

Block, VJ, Gopal, A, Rowles, W, Chu-Yueh, G, Gelfand JM, Bove, R.

CoachMS, an innovative closed-loop, interdisciplinary platform to monitor and proactively treat MS symptoms: A pilot study.

Multiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinical

Block VJ, Gopal A, Rowles W, -Yueh C, Gelfand JM, Bove R

Underutilization of physical therapy for symptomatic women with MS during and following pregnancy.

Multiple sclerosis and related disorders

Block VJ, Mestas O, Anderson A, Singh J, Wylie L, Guo CY, Green AJ, Gelfand JM, Bove R

Safety and efficacy of MD1003 (high-dose biotin) in patients with progressive multiple sclerosis (SPI2): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial.

The Lancet. Neurology

Cree BAC, Cutter G, Wolinsky JS, Freedman MS, Comi G, Giovannoni G, Hartung HP, Arnold D, Kuhle J, Block V, Munschauer FE, Sedel F, Lublin FD, SPI2 investigative teams

Effects of COVID-19 “Sheltering in Place” on Activity in People with Multiple Sclerosis

Neurol. Clin Pract.

Block VJ, Bove R, Gelfand JM, Cree BAC. , 2020. 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000982.

A Precision Medicine Tool for Patients With Multiple Sclerosis (the Open MS BioScreen): Human-Centered Design and Development.

Journal of medical Internet research

Schleimer E, Pearce J, Barnecut A, Rowles W, Lizee A, Klein A, Block VJ, Santaniello A, Renschen A, Gomez R, Keshavan A, Gelfand JM, Henry RG, Hauser SL, Bove R

We should monitor our patients with wearable technology instead of neurological examination - Yes.

Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)

Block VJ, Bove R

E-health and multiple sclerosis.

Current Opinion in Neurology

Matthews PM, Block VJ, Leocani L

Validation of a consumer-grade activity monitor for continuous daily activity monitoring in individuals with multiple sclerosis.

Multiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinical

Block VJ, Zhao C, Hollenbach JA, Olgin JE, Marcus GM, Pletcher MJ, Henry R, Gelfand JM, Cree BA

Changes in standing stability with balance-based torso-weighting with cerebellar ataxia: A pilot study.

Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy

Widener GL, Conley N, Whiteford S, Gee J, Harrell A, Gibson-Horn C, Block V, Allen DD

Practical Neurology

Multiple Sclerosis Minute: Telemedicine and Multiple Sclerosis. Telemedicine is acceptable to patients and clinicians in the continuum of clinic-to-in-home care and reduces barriers to care

Block VJ, Bove R

Association of Continuous Assessment of Step Count by Remote Monitoring With Disability Progression Among Adults With Multiple Sclerosis.

JAMA network open

Block VJ, Bove R, Zhao C, Garcha P, Graves J, Romeo AR, Green AJ, Allen DD, Hollenbach JA, Olgin JE, Marcus GM, Pletcher MJ, Cree BAC, Gelfand JM

Continuous daily assessment of multiple sclerosis disability using remote step count monitoring.

Journal of neurology

Block VJ, Lizée A, Crabtree-Hartman E, Bevan CJ, Graves JS, Bove R, Green AJ, Nourbakhsh B, Tremblay M, Gourraud PA, Ng MY, Pletcher MJ, Olgin JE, Marcus GM, Allen DD, Cree BA, Gelfand JM

Remote Physical Activity Monitoring in Neurological Disease: A Systematic Review.

PloS one

Block VA, Pitsch E, Tahir P, Cree BA, Allen DD, Gelfand JM