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Cara N. Whalen Smith

Medicine · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1998
Smoking Behavior and CessationDown syndrome and intellectual disability researchHealth disparities and outcomesDisability Rights and RepresentationInclusion and Disability in Education and Sport

Publications

11

Citations

231

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

28

Publishing since 1998

Research summary
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Cara N. Whalen Smith's work focuses on physical therapy and disability, including how the physical therapy profession relates to disability acceptance for people who have had a stroke, and training clinicians in low-resource settings such as pediatric physical therapy education in Rwanda. Her research touches on health disparities, disability rights and representation, and inclusion in rehabilitation and education contexts.

Physical therapy and rehabilitationDisability acceptance and representationGlobal health training and educationHealth disparitiesStroke and pediatric care

Publication output has been modest and uneven over the last decade, with occasional years of activity (2018-2020, 2024-2025) interspersed with years of no recorded output.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.6/year recently
172018: 2 publications182019: 2 publications192020: 3 publications3202122232024: 1 publication242025: 2 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Disability and health journal×3
  • Physical Therapy×3
  • Physiotherapy Theory and Practice×1
  • Health Promotion Practice×1
  • Intellectual and developmental disabilities×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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