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Advanced Musculoskeletal Modeling and Kinematic Assessments for Comparing Occupational Exoskeletons Effectiveness and Muscle Dynamics in Laboratory and In-Field Environments
DownloadFall 2024
This thesis investigates the effectiveness of occupational exoskeletons and assistive tools in reducing ergonomic risks associated with physically demanding tasks, specifically focusing on the comparison of in-lab and in-field assessments and the utilization of advanced musculoskeletal modeling...
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Fall 2018
The adoption of powered myoelectric prostheses and their ability to improve quality of life for persons with amputations is hindered by the difficulty of controlling multiple degrees of freedom with a limited number of input signals. Different myoelectric control strategies have been developed to...
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Differential Modulation of Trunk Muscle Activation using Thoracic Epidural Spinal Stimulation
DownloadFall 2024
Trunk stability and control in a world of gravitational forces and perturbations requires coordinated trunk muscle activation through involvement of control mechanisms within the neuromuscular system. Individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) often suffer under impaired trunk control and posture,...
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Does botulinum toxin type A alter the consequences of recurrent laryngeal nerve transection in the rat model?
DownloadFall 2014
Introduction: Laryngeal paralysis (LP) is a disorder that impacts significantly the health and the quality of life of patients. It causes a dysfunction of vocal folds (VF) movement as a result of affection of the laryngeal neural supply. While several theories have been proposed to explain the...
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Establishing Translational Research Pipelines for Smart Devices
2012-09-05
The development of a translational research path has traditionally been a haphazard approach, filtering technologies so that the ‘best of breed’ may ultimately succeed. The conversion ratio of brilliant ideas to useful devices remains suboptimal, as many ‘fail to progress’. The reality of...
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Fall 2024
As reported in 2020, millions of individuals worldwide have some form of upper limb amputation or congenital loss of limb that impedes execution of everyday actions like reaching for, grasping, transporting, and releasing objects. Although lost function can be artificially replaced via...
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Fall 2018
Elderly individuals and those affected by neuromuscular disorders are frequently not able to independently maintain seated balance. As a result, these individuals are limited in performing activities of daily living, and are susceptible to an increased risk of falling and secondary health...
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Quantitative Characterization of Dynamic Sitting Control during Continuous Multi-Directional Perturbations
DownloadFall 2017
Facilitating trunk stability is one of the most important objectives in human balance control. This is especially evident in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) who are typically not able to control seated balance on their own. As a consequence of their injury, they often suffer under a...
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Fall 2010
In this thesis sensorimotor integration in the human spinal cord was investigated in the intact (Chapters 2 and 3) and injured nervous systems (Chapter 4-stroke; Chapter 5-spinal cord injury (SCI)). In Chapter 2, I characterized a short-latency reflex pathway between sensory receptors of the...