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Neuromob Lab News

Paper Accepted (September 2020)

Excited for our recently accepted manuscript on the generalization of motor modules across standing and walking tasks. 

NeuroMob attends vASB2020 (August 2020)

Members of the WVU Neuromechanics of Mobility Lab attended and presented their research at the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics that was held virtually from August 4-7, 2020. 

New NSF Grant

The WVU NeuroMob Lab has been awarded its first NSF Grant: "Neuromuscular simulations for predicting functional walking ability" supported by the NSF Disability and Rehabilitation Engineering Program. Motivated by our recent experimental work1,2, we will combine experimental and predictive musculoskeletal simulation techniques to determine the causal relationship between neuromuscular generalization and functional walking ability. 

Paper Accepted (August 2020)

New publication with our collaborators at Emory University and the University of Chicago. 

New Funding

The WVU NeuroMob Lab, in collaboration with the Neural Engineering Lab in the Department of Human Performance - Exercise Physiology, has been awarded a one-year seed grant to investigate the role of corticospinal mechanisms for locomotor control. This seed funding is provided by the WVU Foundation Byars-Tarney Biomedical Engineering Endowment. 

New Funding

The NeuroMob Lab, in a collaboration spanning WVU and the University of Arkansas, has been awarded a one-year seed grant from the West Virginia - Arkansas Collaborative Research and Education in Smart Health (WVAR-CRESH) for an "Artificial intelligence driven system for tele-rehabilitation in stroke survivors". This work will be performed in collaboration with Prof. Khoa Luu from the University of Arkansas Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering. 

Paper Accepted (Sep 2019)

New publication with our collaborators at Rice University and Emory University:

Sauder NR, Meyer AJ, Allen JL, Kesar TM, Ting LH, Fregly BJ (2019). Computational design of FastFES treatment to improve propulsive force symmetry during post-stroke gait: a feasibility study. Front NeuroRob, doi: 10.3389/fnbot.2019.00080

NeuroMobLab Undergraduates present at WVU Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium (July 2019)

Congratulations to NeuroMob members Hannah Cohen and Paige Phillips, both seniors in biomedical engineering, for presenting their summer research at the WVU Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Hannah, mentored by graduate student Hannah McDonald, presented on how healthy adults recruit their muscles to prevent a fall when experiences a loss of balance during a sit-to-stand task.