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Current Projects
ALS Diagnostic
funding: ALS Foundation
summary: To provide the basis for the development of sensitive diagnostic tools for identifying sub-clinical manifestations of ALS.
This will be accomplished by identifying alterations in motor unit firing patterns in overtly unaffected muscle of early-onset ALS patients.
contact: Dr. C. Mottram c-mottram@northwestern.edu
status: Not recruiting
Non-invasive MU recording
funding: US Department of Education/National Institute of Disability Rehabilitation Research
Grant #: H133F070022 A noninvasive surface EMG decomposition method and its applications in disability rehabilitation 10/01/2007~09/30/2008, US$75,000
Role: Director/Principal Investigator
summary: Developing and validating noninvasive motor unit discrimination methods using surface EMG to replace or to supplement the traditional invasive methods using indwelling needle electrodes. This will be performed by using high density 2-dimensional electrode arrays to record the EMG signal in combination with advanced signal processing or pattern recognition techniques.
contact: Dr. P. Zhou p-zhou@northwestern.edu
status: Not recruiting
VEMP
funding: Brinson Foundation Stroke Research Fellowship
summary: Investigation of descending vestibulospinal contributions to spasticity in the limb musculature of stroke survivors, utilizing acoustic and galvanic stimulation of the vestibular system.
We are using direct galvanic (electrical) stimulation of the vestibular system to explore a possible role for descending vestibular inputs in post-stroke spasticity of limb muscles.
contact: Dr. P. Rauske p-rauske@northwestern.edu
status: Not recruiting
Neuro-Functional Toolbox
funding:National Institute of Health - National Institute of Aging (NIH - NIA)
summary: Develop assessments to measure neuro-behavioral function
contact: Dr. Inga Wang inga-wang@northwestern.edu
status: Recruiting
FDI tuning
funding: NIH-R24
summary: To understand whether changes in FDI motor unit activation patterns contribute to impaired fine motor control in the affected hand of stroke subjects.
contact: Dr. N. Suresh n-suresh@northwestern.edu
J. Madoff j-madoff@northwestern.edu
status: Not Recruiting
System Identification of Motorneuron Properties
funding:
summary: Use established engineering techniques to make comparative assessments of motoneuron properties. A pseudo random tendon tap sequence will be applied to the muscle tendon.
contact: M. Chardon m-chardon@northwestern.edu
status: Not Recruiting