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Neuromechanics of Mobility Lab

Publications

Journal Articles

+NeuroMobLab students supervised by Dr. Allen
  1. Liss DJ+,Carey HD+, Yakovenko S, Allen JL (2022). Young adults perceive small disturbances to their walking balance even when distracted. Gait & Posture. 91:198-204.
  2. Carey HD +, Liss DJ+, Allen JL (2021). Young adults recruit similar motor modules across walking turning, and chair transfers. Physiological Reports. 9(18):e15050.
  3. Allen JL, Carey HD+, Ting LH, Sawers A (2020). Generalization of motor module recruitment across standing reactive balance and walking is associated with beam walking performance in young adults . Gait & Posture . 82:242-247. 
  4. Payne AM, Sawers A, Allen JL, Stapley PJ, Macpherson JM, Ting LH (2020). Reorganization of motor modules for standing reactive balance recovery following pyridoxine-induced large-fiber peripheral sensory neuropathy in cats. Journal of Neurophysiology. 124(3):868-882.
  5. Sauder NR, Meyer AJ, Allen JL, Ting LH, Kesar TM, Fregly BJ (2019). Computational design of FastFES treatment to improve propulsive force symmetry during post-stroke gait. Frontiers in Neurorobotics
  6. Allen JL, Kesar TM, and Ting LH (2019). Motor module generalization across balance and walking is impaired after stroke. Journal of Neurophysiology. 122(1):277-289
  7. Allen JL, Ting LH, Kesar TM (2018). Stroke gait rehabilitation using functional electrical stimulation induces changes in ankle muscle coordination. Frontiers in Neurology.
  8. Allen JL, Franz JR (2018). The motor repertoire of older adult faller may constrain their response to balance perturbations. Journal of Neurophysiology 120(5):2368-2378.
  9. Allen JL, McKay JL, Sawers A, Hackney ME, Ting LH (2017). Increased neuromuscular consistency in gait and balance after partnered, dance-based rehabilitation in Parkinson's disease. Journal of Neurophysiology 118(1):363-73.
  10. De Groote F, Allen JL, Ting LH (2017). Contribution of muscle short-range stiffness to initial changes in joint kinetics and kinematics during perturbations to standing balance: a simulation study. Journal of Biomechanics 55:71-77.
  11. Versteeg CS, Ting LH, Allen JL (2016). Hip and ankle strategies for reactive balance emerge from varying priorities to reduce effort and kinematic excursion a simulation study. Journal of Biomechanics 49(14):3230-37.
  12. Ting LH, Chiel HJ, Trumbower RD, Allen JL, McKay JL, Hackney ME, Kesar TM (2015). Neuromechanical principles underlying movement modularity and their implications for rehabilitation. Neuron 86(1)38-54.
  13. Sawers A, Allen JL, Ting LH (2015). Long-term training modifies the modular structure and organization of walking balance control. Journal of Neurophysiology 148(6):3359-3373.
  14. Simpson CS, Sohn MH, Allen JL, Ting LH (2015). Feasible muscle activation ranges based on inverse dynamics analyses of human walking. Journal of Biomechanics 48(12): 2990-2997.
  15. Allen JL, Kautz SK, Neptune RR (2014). Forward propulsion asymmetry is indicative of changes in plantarflexor function during walking in individuals with post-stroke hemiparesis. Clinical Biomechanics 29:780-786.
  16. Allen JL, Kautz SK, Neptune RR (2013). The influence of merged muscle excitation modules on post-stroke hemiparetic walking performance. Clinical Biomechanics 28(6):697-704.
  17. Allen JL, Neptune RR (2012). Three-dimensional modular control of human walking. Journal of Biomechanics 45(12):2157-2278.
  18. Allen JL, Kautz SK, Neptune RR (2011). Step length asymmetry is representative of compensatory mechanisms used in post-stroke hemiparetic walking. Gait & Posture 33(4):538-543.

Conference Proceedings

  1. Drnach L, Allen JL, Essa I, Ting LH (2019). A data-driven predictive model of individual-specific effects of FES on human gait dynamics. International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Montreal, May 2019. [44% acceptance rate].

Book Chapters

  1. Allen JL and Ting LH (2016). "Why is neuromechanical modeling of posture and balance so hard?" in Neuromechanical Modeling of Posture and Locomotion , Prilusky BI and Edwards DH (Eds). Springer, Berlin.
  2. Ting LH and Allen JL (2014). "Neuromechanics of Postural Control" in Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience, Jaeger D and Jung R (Eds). 

Recent Conference Abstracts

+NeuroMobLab students supervised by Dr. Allen
  1. Maddox GM+Carey HD+, Shelton AD, Mercer VS, Crenshaw JR, Franz JR,  Allen JL (2022). Young adults recruit a task-specific motor module during lateral precision stepping. North American Congress on Biomechanics, August 21-25, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 
  2. Carey HD+, Maddox GM+,Shelton AD, Mercer VS, Crenshaw JR, Franz JR,  Allen JL (2022). Young adults recruit a task-specific motor module during lateral precision stepping. North American Congress on Biomechanics, August 21-25, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 
  3. Liss DJ+Allen JL (2022). Feedback of whole-body motion contributes to conscious perception of locomotor disturbances. North American Congress on Biomechanics, August 21-25, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 
  4. Liss DJ+Allen JL (2021). Ankle proprioception contributes to conscious perception of locomotor disturbances. 45th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, August 10-13, virtual meeting. 
  5. Shelton AD, Mctaggart EM, Allen JL, Mercer VS, Franz JR (2021). Slowing down to preserve balance in the presence of optical flow perturbations. 45th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, August 10-13, virtual meeting. 
  6. Carey HD+, Allen JL (2020). Young adults recruit similar motor modules across walking, turning, and chair transfers.  44th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, August 4-7, virtual meeting. 
  7. Liss DJ+, Allen JL (2020). Young adults can perceive very small locomotor disturbances even when distracted. 44th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, August 4-7, virtual meeting. 
  8. Cohen HN+, McDonald HD+, Allen JL (2019). Scaling of muscles in young adult while experiencing external disturbances during sit-to-stand motion.  Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society. October 16-19, Philadelphia, PA. 
  9. Phillips MP+, Liss, DJ +, Allen JL (2019). Perception threshold of external disturbances to locomotion in healthy young adults.  Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society. October 16-19, Philadelphia, PA. 
  10. Liss DJ+, Suffridge J, Allen JL (2019). Changes in movement smoothness and muscle activity during different goal-directed reaching tasks.  Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society. October 16-19, Philadelphia, PA. 
  11. McDonald HD+, Liss DJ+Allen JL (2019). Muscle synergy timing but not structure affected by cognitive dual-task during timed-up-and-go test. Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society. October 16-19, Philadelphia, PA. 
  12. Drnach L, Allen JL, Essa I, Ting LH (2019). A switched linear dynamical systems framework for modeling individual-specific joint angle trajectories and responses to muscle stimulation during gait. XXVII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics and  43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, July 31-August 3, Calgary, AB, CA. 
  13. Allen JL, Kesar TM, Ting LH (2018). Motor module generalization across walking and balance is associated with better walking performance post-stroke. 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, August 8-11, Rochester, MN.
  14. McDonald HD+ and Allen JL (2018). Modular control of the timed up and go test in stroke survivors. 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, August 8-11, Rochester, MN. *finalist in the Graduate Student Competition
  15. Allen JL, Thompson JD, Franz JR (2017). Aging and falls history effects on the modular control of walking with optical flow perturbations. 41st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, August 9-11, Boulder, CO.