Publications

*  indicate USC students/ residents under Dr. Sargent’s mentorship; Senior Author is underlined

2025

Iwamoto K*, Pines K*, Lochala CR, Long DN, Hess P, Sargent B. Systematic review to inform the Developmental Coordination Disorder Clinical Practice Guideline update: physical therapy intervention. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2025;37(2): – accepted

Long DN, Lochala CR, Pines K*, Iwamoto K*, Hess P, Sargent B. Systematic review to inform the Developmental Coordination Disorder Clinical Practice Guideline update: physical therapy examination/evaluation. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2025;37(2) – accepted

Mendonca B, Kong M*, Coombs A, Kysh L, Sargent B. Psychometric properties of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale and culturally adapted or translated versions when used for infant populations internationally: a systematic review. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2024 – Online ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.16070

Smelser N, Sargent B, Cannoy J (2025). Case study: Congenital muscular torticollis. In Fiss A (Ed), Meeting the Physical Therapy Needs of Children, 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: F.A.Davis Company. – in press

2024

Butera CD, Yeh A, Biniwale M, Bloch E, Craddock D, Doyle M, Iyer SN, Kretch KS, Liu N, Mirzaian CB, Sargent B, Solano P, Swaine M, Dusing SC. Development and initial outcomes of the interdisciplinary ‘Early Identification and Intervention for Infants Network’ (Ei3) in Los Angeles. J Clin Med. 2024;13(23):7442. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13237442

Sargent B, Coulter C, Cannoy J, Kaplan SL. Physical Therapy Management of Congenital Muscular Torticollis: A 2024 Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline from the APTA Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2024; 36(4):370-421. https://doi.org/10.1097/pep.0000000000001114                                      

Sukal-Moulton T, Barbosa VM, Sargent B, deRegnier R, Bos AF, Peyton C. Baby Observational Selective Control AppRaisal (BabyOSCAR): convergent and discriminant validity and reliability in infants with and without spastic cerebral palsy. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2024;66(11):1511-1520. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.15924 

Kretch K, Dusing S, Harbourne RT, Hsu L, Sargent B, Willett SL. Early mobility and crawling: beliefs and practices of pediatric physical therapists in the United States. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2024;36(1):9-17. https://doi.org/10.1097/pep.0000000000001063 

2023

Januszyk D*, Schafer E*, Thompson H, Sargent B. Effect of exercise and motor interventions on physical activity and motor outcomes for adults with cerebral palsy: a systematic review. Dev Neurorehabil. 2023;26(6-7):389-412. https://doi.org/10.1080/17518423.2023.2259978 

Fiss AL, Hakstad RB, Looper J, Pereira SA, Sargent B, Silveira J, Willett S, Dusing SC. Embedding play to enrich physical therapy. Behav Sci. 2023;13(6):440. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13060440

Castilla A*, Gonzalez M*, Kush L, Sargent B. Informing the physical therapy management of congenital muscular torticollis clinical practice guideline: a systematic review. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2023;35(2):190-200. https://doi.org/10.1097/pep.0000000000000993                                               

• Pediatric Physical Therapy Expert Interview on: Congenital Muscular Torticollis: Systematic Review to Inform Best Practice https://youtu.be/zMp4XksxYQU

Deng W, Sargent B, Havens K, Vanderbilt D, Rosales M, Pulido JC, Mataric M, Smith, BA. Correlation between performance and quantity/variability of leg exploration in a contingency learning task during infancy. Infant Behav Dev. 2023;70:101788.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2022.101788

Sargent B, Lee Y (2023). Child with torticollis. In D. Kamat, L. Sivaswamy (Eds.), Symptom Based Approach to Pediatric Neurology, New York, NY: Springer Nature. 

2022

Butera CD,….Wisnowski J,…Sargent B, Lepore N, …Dusing S. Effect of a NICU to home physical therapy intervention on white matter trajectories, motor skills, and problem solving skills of infants born very preterm: a case series. J Pers Med. 2022; 12(12):2024. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm12122024

Kim JA*, Park S, Fetters L, Eckel SP, Kubo M, Sargent B. Infants born preterm demonstrate reduced task-specific exploration during the scaffolded mobile task. J Mot Learn Dev. 2022; 10(3):429-448. https://doi.org/10.1123/jmld.2021-0062 

Kretch K, … Sargent B, …Dusing S. “Learn the Signs. Act Early.” Updates and implications for physical therapists. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2022;34(4):440-448. https://doi.org/10.1097/pep.0000000000000937

Dusing S, Harbourne R, ….Sargent B…Vanderbilt DL. The SIT-PT trial protocol: a dose-matched randomized clinical trial comparing 2 physical therapist interventions for infants and toddlers with cerebral palsy. Phys Ther. 2022; 102(7):pzac039. https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzac039.

Baker A*, Niles N*, Kysh L, Sargent B. Effect of motor intervention for infants and toddlers with cerebral palsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2022; 34(3):297-307. https://doi.org/10.1097/pep.0000000000000914.

Sargent B, Harbourne R, Moreau NG, et al. Research Summit V: Optimizing transitions from infancy to young adulthood in children with neuromotor conditions. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2022; 34(3):411-417. https://doi.org/10.1097/pep.0000000000000912.

Kim JA*, Park S, Fetters L, Kubo M, Eckel SP, Sargent B. Quantifying infant exploratory learning. J Mot Learn Dev. 2022; 10(1):167-183. https://doi.org/10.1123/jmld.2021-0029.

Sargent B, Havens KL, Kubo M, Wisnowski JL, Wu T, Fetters L. Motivating selective motor control of infants at high risk of cerebral palsy using an in-home kicking-activated mobile task: a pilot study. Phys Ther. 2022; 102(2), pzab265. https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzab265

Sargent B, Coulter C, Kaplan SL (2022). Congenital muscular torticollis and cranial deformation. In R. Palisano, M. Orlin, & J. Schreiber (Eds.), Campbell’s Physical Therapy for Children, 6th ed. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Health Sciences. 

2021

Kim JA*, Fetters L, Kubo M, Havens K, Eckel SP, Sargent B. Infants born preterm and infants born full-term generate more selective leg joint movement during the scaffolded mobile task. Infancy. 2021;26(5):756-769. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12424  link to video

Kim JA*, Fetters L, Kubo M, Eckel SP, Sargent B. Infants born full-term and preterm increase the height of anti-gravity leg movements during a kick-activated mobile task using a scaffolded task environment. Infancy. 2021;26:168-183. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12379     link to video

Weiyang D, Sargent B, Bradley N, Klein L, Rosales M, Pulido JC, Mataric M, Smith, BA. Using socially assistive robot feedback to reinforce infant leg movement acceleration. 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2021). Virtual. 2021; 749-756.

Sargent B (2021) Psychometric properties of standardized tests. In Hadders-Algra M (Ed), Early detection and early intervention in developmental motor disorders – from neuroscience to participation. London, UK: Mac Keith Press.

Smelset N*, Coulter C, Sargent B. (2021) Case study: Congenital muscular torticollis. In Effgen S, Fiss A (Eds), Meeting the Physical Therapy Needs of Children, 3^rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: F.A.Davis.

2020

Sargent B, Havens KL, Wisnowski JL, Wu T, Kubo M, Fetters L. In-home kicking-activated mobile task to motivate selective motor control of infants at high risk of cerebral palsy: a feasibility study. Phys Ther. 2020;100(12)2217-2226 https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzaa174

Coombs A*, Schilperoort H, Sargent B. The effect of exercise and motor interventions on physical activity and motor outcomes during and after medical intervention for children and adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a systematic review. Crit Rev Oncol Hemat. 2020;152:103004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.critrevonc.2020.103004

Ruggeri A*, Dancel A*, Johnson R, Sargent B. The effect of motor and physical activity intervention on motor outcomes of children with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review. Autism. 2020; 24(3):544-568.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361319885215

2019

Sargent B, Kaplan S, Coulter C, Baker C. Congenital muscular torticollis: bridging the gap between research and clinical practice. Pediatrics. 2019;144(2):e20190582. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2019-0582

Fitter N, Funke R, Pascual JC, Eisenman LE, Dang W, Rosales MR, Bradley NS, Sargent B, Smith BA, Mataric MJ. Socially assistive infant-robot interaction: using robots to encourage infant leg motion training. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine. 2019; 26(2):12-23. https://doi.org/10.1109/MRA.2019.2905644

2018

Sargent B, Kubo M, Fetters L. Infant discovery learning and lower extremity coordination: influence of prematurity. Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 2018; 38(2):210-225. .https://doi.org/10.1080/01942638.2017.1357065 

Kaplan S, Coulter C, Sargent B. Physical Therapy Management of Congenital Muscular Torticollis: A 2018 Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline from the APTA Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2018; 30(4):240-290. https://doi.org/10.1097/pep.0000000000000544

Heidenreich E*, Johnson R, Sargent B. Informing the update to the Physical Therapy Management of Congenital Muscular Torticollis Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline: a systematic review. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2018; 30(3):164-175. https://doi.org/10.1097/pep.0000000000000517

• Pediatric Physical Therapy Expert Interview on: Congenital Muscular Torticollis Physical Therapy Guideline evidence Base https://youtu.be/f6s9MDLH6p4?si=OYwHCA9-aVavt1Oj

2017

Sargent B, Reimann H, Kubo M, Fetters L. Infant intralimb coordination and torque production: influence of prematurity. Infant Behav Dev. 2017; 49:129-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2017.08.009

Duff S, Sargent B, Kutch J, Berggren J, Leiby B, Fetters L. Using contingent reinforcement to augment muscle activation after perinatal brachial plexus injury: a pilot study. Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 2017; 37(5), 555-565. https://doi.org/10.1080/01942638.2017.1290733

Peterson S*, Su J, Szmuszkovicz J, Johnson R, Sargent B. Exercise capacity following pediatric heart transplantation: a systematic review. Pediatr Transplant. 2017; 21(5). https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.12922

Kaplan SL, Sargent B, Coulter C. (2017). Congenital muscular torticollis and cranial deformation. In R. Palisano, M. Orlin, & J. Schreiber (Eds.), Campbell’s Physical Therapy for Children, 5th ed. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Health Sciences.

2016

Mendonca B*, Sargent B, Fetters L. The cross-cultural validity of standardized motor development screening and assessment tools: a systematic review. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2016; 58(12): 1213-1222. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.13263

2015

Sargent B, Scholz J, Reimann H, Kubo M, Fetters L.  Development of infant leg coordination: exploiting passive torques. Infant Behav Dev. 2015; 40:108-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2015.03.002

Sargent B, Reimann H, Kubo M, Fetters L. Quantifying learning in young infants: tracking leg actions during a discovery-learning task. J Vis Exp. 2015; 100, e52841. https://doi.org/10.3791/52841

2014

Sargent B, Schweighofer N, Kubo M, Fetters L.  Infant exploratory learning: influence on leg joint coordination. PLOS ONE. 2014; 9(3):e91500. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091500

2012

Lee A, Parmanto B, Saptono A, Pulantara W, Sargent B, Figueroa J. The VISYTER telerehabilitation system for globalizing physical therapy consultation: issues and challenges for telehealth implementation. J Phys Ther Educ. 2012; 26:90-96.