Laura A Prosser, PhD, MPT
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Rehabilitation Medicine) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Children’s Seashore House, 208A
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Children’s Seashore House, 208A
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-2495
Email:
prosserl@email.chop.edu
prosserl@email.chop.edu
Education:
BS (Health Science, magna cum laude)
University of Scranton, 2000.
MPT (Physical Therapy)
University of Scranton, 2001.
PhD (Physical Therapy)
Temple University, 2009.
Permanent linkBS (Health Science, magna cum laude)
University of Scranton, 2000.
MPT (Physical Therapy)
University of Scranton, 2001.
PhD (Physical Therapy)
Temple University, 2009.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Pediatric neurological physical therapyDescription of Research Expertise
The development and rehabilitation of movement in children with neurological impairments. This includes the investigation of the development of impaired movement, the interaction between the processes of neuroplasticity and neuromaturation in sensorimotor systems, and the study of novel motor rehabilitation interventions in children with neurological conditions.Selected Publications
Orlando J, Kornafel T, Paremski A, Skorup J, Prosser LA. : Differences in home activity between children with cerebral palsy and typical development measured by wearable sensors. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 67(Suppl 4), Oct 2025.Prosser LA, Skorup J, Pierce SR, Ruwaih N, Segado M, Sowande OF, Broomand Khoshbacht Y, Demauro S, Shofer F, Johnson MJ.: Prediction of neuromotor outcome from quantitative assessment of infant movement at 1 month of age. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 67(Suppl 4), Oct 2025.
Skorup J, Pierce SR, Ruwaih N, Segado M, Sowande OF, Broomand Khoshbacht Y, Demauro S, Shofer F, Johnson MJ, Prosser LA.: Identification of motor delay from quantitative assessment of spontaneous infant movement. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 67(Suppl 4), Oct 2025.
Spittle AJ, Marschik PB, Adde L, Badawi N, Byrne R, Bos AF, Chatelin A, Coughlan J, Fedeli F, Guzzetta A, Ho ESL, Johnson MJ, Kwong A, McEwan A, Morgan C, Mughogho A, Murray DM, Orlandi S, Peyton C, Prosser LA, Ritterband-Rosenbaum A, Tran T, Zhang D, Passmore E. : Towards Universal Early Screening for Cerebral Palsy: A Roadmap for Automated General Movements Assessment. eClinicalMedicine 86: 103379, Aug 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103379.
Prosser LA. : Precision rehabilitation for cerebral palsy will require robust measures of motor control development. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology Aug 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1111/dmcn.16460.
Adolph KE, Cole WG, Novack M, Han C, Kaat A, Rachwani J, Clark J, Dusing SC, Heathcock J, Prosser LA, Lockman J, Whitall J, Gershon R. : Development and Validation of the Motor Measures in the NIH Baby Toolbox®. Infant Behavior and Development 80, Jul 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102115.
Segado M, Prosser LA, Duncan AF, Johnson MJ, Kording KP. : A pre-registered, open pipeline for early cerebral palsy risk assessment from infant videos. medRxiv [Preprint] Jun 2025 Notes: doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.06.24316844.
Segado M, Prosser L, Johnson MJ, Kording KP. : Assessing infant risk of cerebral palsy with video-based motion tracking. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 67(S2): 5-112, Jun 2025 Notes: 4th Triennial Meeting of the International Alliance of Academies of Childhood Disability (IAACD) & the 37th Annual Meeting of the European Academy of Childhood-onset Disability (EACD), Heidelberg, Germany. June 2025. DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.16355.
Krieger J, Prosser L, Evans S.: Adverse events after chemodenervation with onabotulinum neurotoxin A in children with hypertonia and sialorrhea. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 67(5): 648-655, May 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1111/dmcn.16125.
Davis ME, Sowande OF, Skorup J, Segado M, Shofer F, Prosser LA, Johnson MJ. : Developing a Methodology for Quantifying Infant Interaction with a Robotic Toy. IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics Page: 1805-1810, May 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1109/ICORR66766.2025.11063143.