Occupational Therapy
: Department of Occupational Therapy

Martin S. Rice, Ph.D., OTR/L
Professor
Department of Occupational Therapy
College of Health Science and Human Service
The University of Toledo
Health Science Campus
Room 4214 Collier Building
Mail Stop #1027
3000 Arlington Avenue
Toledo, Ohio 43614-2598
Phone: (419) 383-4713
Fax: (419) 383-5880
Email:martin.rice@utoledo.edu

Biographical Sketch:

Dr. Rice received his Doctor of Philosophy in 1996 in Motor Learning and Control and his Bachelor of Science Degree in 1984 in Rehabilitation Education from The Pennsylvania State University. He received his Master's of Science degree in 1987 in Occupational Therapy from the Western Michigan University. His clinical experience includes adult rehabilitation in a variety of settings including rehabilitation hospitals, long term care, and out-patient rehabilitation facilities. Although he has worked with a wide variety of patient populations, he has spent the majority of his clinical experience with persons with stroke, head injury, or dementia. Dr. Rice is currently an Associate Professor at The University of Toledo. He has developed an interest in working with assistive technology as compensatory strategies for improving function and independence. His research interests involve investigating motor learning and control strategies that promote enhanced learning and efficient movement performance with respect to therapeutic occupation.

Recent Selected Publications:

Rice, M.S., Fertig, P.A., Maitra, K.K., & Kopp Miller, B. (In Press). Reduced Feedback:  Motor Learning Strategy in Persons with Alzheimer's Disease. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics.

Rice, M.S., Woolley, S.M., & Waters, T.R. (In Press). Comparison of Required Operating Forces Between Floor-Based and Overhead-Mounted Patient Lifting Devices, Ergonomics.

Applegate, S.L., Rice, M.S., Stein, F., Maitra, K.K. (2008). Knowledge of results and learning to tell time in an adult male with mental retardation: A single subject research design. Occupational Therapy International, 15, 32-44.

Hoppe, K.A., Kopp Miller, B., & Rice, M.S. (2008). Occupationally Embedded Exercise Versus Rote Exercise and Psychosocial Response in College-Aged Females. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 24, 176-191.

Grossi, J.A., Maitra, K.K., & Rice, M.S. (2007). Semantic priming of motor task performance in young adults:  Implications for therapy. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 61, 311-320.

Rice, M. S., & Renock, L.A. (2006). Personal Preference and Quality of Reach in Healthy Adult Women. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 60, 577-586

Rice, M.S., & Hernandez, H.G. (2006). Frequency of knowledge of results and motor learning in persons with developmental delay. Occupational Therapy International, 13, 35-48.

Maitra, K., Talage, K. M., & Rice, M. S. (2006). Self-speech induced facilitation of occupational performance in persons with stroke. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 60, 146-154.

Holubar, M. N., & Rice, M. S. (2006). Contextual relevance and ownership on a reaching and placing task. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 53, 35-42.

Sanders, H. M., Thomas, J. J., & Rice, M. S. (2006). The Effects of Perceived Risk on Performance during an Upper Extremity Transporting and Placing Task in Persons with Cerebral Vascular Accident. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 60, 379-387.

Luce, S., & Rice, M.S. (2004).  Contextual interference and performance in persons with traumatic brain injury. Israel Journal of Occupational Therapy, 13, E3 - E28.

Rice, M. S., & Newell, K. M. (2004).  Bimanual upper extremity movements in persons with left hemiplegia due to stroke.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 85, 629-34.

Eastridge, K.M., & Rice, M.S. (2004).The effect of task goal on cross transfer in a supination and pronation task. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 11, 128-135.

CURRICULUM VITAE ON REQUEST