Neuromechanics Laboratory
Catholic University of America/National Rehabilitation Hospital
News
[12/2023] Massimo Tchantret received his master's degree - congratulations!
[9/2023] Hien Nguyen started her position at Google Life Science. Congratulations!
[7/2023] A new paper on the relationship between unilateral and bilateral deficits of stroke survivors, "Impact of unilateral and bilateral impairments on bimanual force production following stroke," (in collaboration with Dr. Reza Shadmehr in Johns Hopkins University) was accepted for publication in the Journal of Neurophysiology. [Link]
[6/2023] Molemo Manosa joined the lab as a summer high-school intern.
[2/2023] A new paper on the arm use of stroke survivors, "Choice of arm use in stroke survivors is largely driven by the energetic cost of the movement," (in collaboration with Dr. Reza Shadmehr in Johns Hopkins University) was accepted for publication in the Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair.
[11/2022] Hien Nguyen successfully defended her dissertation titled "Understanding the underlying mechanism of upper extremity functional impairment following stroke." Congratulations!
[10/2022] A new paper on the abnormal distal-proximal coupling of stroke survivors, "Abnormal proximal-distal interactions in upper-limb of stroke survivors during object manipulation: A pilot study," was accepted for publication in the Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. [Link]
[7/2022] A new paper on the muscle coordination of stroke survivors, "Alterations in motor modules and their contribution to limitations in force control in the upper extremity after stroke," (from research work of Dr. Jinsook Roh in Univ. of Houston) was accepted for publication in the Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. [Link]
[6/2022] Mary Egwim started her work at the U.S Patent and Trademark Office. Congratulations!
[6/2022] Elizabeth Yuan, Arnav Poddar, and Frederick Zheng joined the lab as summer high-school interns.
[5/2022] Madison Hughes and Massimo Tschantret joined the lab as summer undergraduate interns.
[8/2021] A new paper on the neurophysiology of sensory trick for cervical dystonia patients, "Sensory tricks modulate corticocortical and corticomuscular connectivity in cervical dystonia," (from research work of Dr. Mark Hallett in NIH) was accepted for publication in the Clinical Neurophysiology.
[7/2021] Billy Vermillion started his new position (NIH NRSA postdoctoral fellow) at Yale University. Congratulations Billy!
[5/2021] Mary Egwim received her master's degree - congratulations!
[2/2021] A new paper on the neurophysiology of sensory trick for cervical dystonia patients, "Sensory tricks in cervical dystonia correlate with enhanced brain activity during motor preparation," (from research work of Dr. Mark Hallett in NIH) was accepted for publication in the Parkinsonism and Related Disorders. [Pubmed]
[12/2020] Mada Alghamdi joined the group.
[11/2020] A new paper on the use of virtual reality for promoting arm use, "Perceived effort affects choice of limb and reaction time of movements," (in collaboration with Dr. Peter Lum in CUA and Dr. Reza Shadmehr in Johns Hopkins University) was accepted for publication in the Journal of Neurophysiology. [Pubmed]
[10/2020] A new paper on the pathophysiology of different types of tremor, "The pathophysiology of dystonic tremors and comparison with essential tremor," (from research work led by Dr. Mark Hallett in NIH) was accepted for publication in the Journal of Neuroscience. [Pubmed]
[9/2020] Catholic University is a part of the new Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) (PI: Zhang), awarded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).
[9/2020] Mary Egwim joined the group.
[6/2020] A new paper on the muscle coordination of the hand, "Modulation of finger muscle activation patterns across postures is coordinated across all muscle groups," (from research work led by Dr. Derek Kamper in NCSU) was accepted for publication in the Journal of Neurophysiology. [Pubmed]
[1/2020] Alex Mulyk and Daniel Ennis joined the lab as undergraduate research interns.
[12/2019] Billy Vermillion successfully defended his dissertation titled "Upper-limb stroke rehabilitation through targeted muscle assistance based on subject-specific impairment patterns of stroke patients." Congratulations!
[9/2019] Hien Nguyen's paper "Effects of task dynamics on coordination of the hand muscles and their adaptation to targeted muscle assistance," was accepted for publication in the Journal of Biomechanics. [Pubmed]
[9/2019] A new paper on the biomimetic hand device, "Development of a biomimetic extensor mechanism for restoring normal kinematics of finger movements post-stroke," (from research work led by Prof. Hyung-Soon Park in KAIST) was accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. [Pubmed]
[8/2019] Billy Vermillion published his paper, "Toward restoration of normal mechanics of functional hand tasks post-stroke: Subject-specific approach to reinforce impaired muscle function," in the IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. [Pubmed]
[7/2019] Our research team at RERC-DC presented our work in the workshop titled "Home-based Technologies to Assess and Treat Motor Impairment in Individuals with Neurologic Injury" at the Rehabweek 2019, Toronto, Canada.
[7/2019] Thanh Phan's work on passive elbow device, "Passive elbow movement assistant: a portable exoskeleton to compensate angle-dependent tone profile of the elbow joint post-stroke," was presented at the 16th IEEE International conference on Rehabilitation Robotics in Toronto, Canada.
[9/2018] Catholic University, in collaboration with Georgetown University, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Children's National Medical Center, and Johns Hopkins University, was awarded a Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center grant (PI: Lum) from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) [Link]
[8/2018] Thanh Phan and Trenton Gilstrap joined the group.
[8/2018] Hien Nguyen attended 39th Annual Conference of American Society of Biomechanics at Rochester, MN to present her work.
[3/2018] Billy Vermillion published his paper, "Impact of targeted assistance of multiarticular finger musculotendons on the coordination of finger muscles during isometric force production," in the IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. [Pubmed]