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Cortico-Muscular Phase Connectivity During an Isometric Knee Extension Task in People with Early Parkinson’s Disease

Cortico-Muscular Phase Connectivity During an Isometric Knee Extension Task in People With Early Parkinson’s Disease

Cortico-Muscular Phase Connectivity During an Isometric Knee Extension Task in People With Early Parkinson’s Disease 789 444 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)
Introduction: Cortico-muscular (CM) interactions provide insights into the flow of information between neural and motor systems. Reduced CM phase connectivity has been linked to functional impairments in clinical populations. Objective:… read more

Enhanced Functionality Using a Powered Upper Extremity Exoskeleton in Patients with Brachial Plexus Injuries

Enhanced Functionality Using a Powered Upper Extremity Exoskeleton in Patients with Brachial Plexus Injuries 150 150 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)
Traumatic brachial plexus injury (BPI) results in significant disability, often hindering functionality in the patient’s daily life. Post- surgery, muscle strength recovery can take up to two years, with 40%… read more

High-Density EMG Grip Force Estimation during Muscle Fatigue via Domain Adaptation

High-Density EMG Grip Force Estimation during Muscle Fatigue via Domain Adaptation 150 150 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)
Myoelectric interfaces hold promise for enabling intuitive and natural control of prostheses and exoskeletons. Muscle fatigue, whether due to prolonged use or heavy weight loads, can alter the distribution of… read more

Continuous Estimation of Swallowing Motion With EMG and MMG Signals

Continuous Estimation of Swallowing Motion With EMG and MMG Signals 150 150 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)
Oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) is a symptom of swallowing dysfunction that is associated with aspiration, severe respiratory complications, and even death. OD is a highly prevalent condition in populations including the… read more

Differences in ankle neuromuscular control between the preferred speed and fixed speeds during walking

Differences in ankle neuromuscular control between the preferred speed and fixed speeds during walking 150 150 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)
Walking at the preferred speed, considered as a self-optimized gait pattern, is associated with improved energy conservation and cognitive abilities. However, the neuro-muscular mechanisms underlying the benefits of the preferred… read more

Corticomuscular Coupling Alterations During Elbow Isometric Contraction Correlated With Clinical Scores: An fNIRS-sEMG Study in Stroke Survivors

Corticomuscular Coupling Alterations During Elbow Isometric Contraction Correlated With Clinical Scores: An fNIRS-sEMG Study in Stroke Survivors 150 150 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)
The study aimed to investigate changes in corticomuscular coupling during elbow flexion and extension in stroke survivors using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and surface electromyography (sEMG), and to evaluate the… read more

Design of a Savitzky-Golay Filter-Based vEMG-FES System

Design of a Savitzky-Golay Filter-Based vEMG-FES System 150 150 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)
It is evident that voluntary effort plays a crucial role in electrical stimulation rehabilitation, facilitating neuroplasticity enhancement in patients with neurological disorders. In this paper, we present a multichannel system… read more

Motor Unit Sampling From Intramuscular Micro-Electrode Array Recordings

Motor Unit Sampling From Intramuscular Micro-Electrode Array Recordings 150 150 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)
Recordings of electrical activity from muscles allow us to identify the activity of pools of spinal motor neurons that send the neural drive for muscle activation. Decoding motor unit and… read more

Beyond Humanoid Prosthetic Hands: Modular Terminal Devices That Improve User Performance

Beyond Humanoid Prosthetic Hands: Modular Terminal Devices That Improve User Performance 150 150 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)
Despite decades of research and development, myoelectric prosthetic hands lack functionality and are often rejected by users. This lack in functionality can be partially attributed to the widely accepted anthropomorphic… read more

Adaptive Modification in Agonist Common Drive After Combined Blood Flow Restriction and Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation

Adaptive Modification in Agonist Common Drive After Combined Blood Flow Restriction and Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation 150 150 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) combined with blood flow restriction (BFR) has garnered attention in rehabilitation for its ability to enhance muscle strength, despite the potential to accelerate training-related fatigue. This… read more