Laboratory of Engineering for Gait Science (LEGs): Publications

Overground walking with a constraint force on the non-paretic leg during swing improves weight shift toward the paretic side in people post-stroke.

Park SH, Yan S, Dee W, Keefer R, Roth EJ, Rymer WZ, Wu M
Journal of neurophysiology

Enhanced phasic sensory afferents paired with controlled constraint force improve weight shift toward the paretic side in individuals post-stroke.

Park SH, Dee W, Keefer R, Roth EJ, Rymer WZ, Wu M
Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association

Improving trunk postural control facilitates walking in children with cerebral palsy: a pilot study.

Yan S, Park SH, Keefer R, Dee W, Rojas AM, Rymer WZ, Wu M
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

Swing-phase pelvis perturbation improves dynamic lateral balance during walking in individuals with spinal cord injury

Seoung Hoon Park, Jui-Te Lin, Weena Dee, Renee Keefer, William Z. Rymer & Ming Wu
Experimental Brain Research

Anodal transcutaneous DC stimulation enhances learning of dynamic balance control during walking in humans with spinal cord injury.

Lin JT, Hsu CJ, Dee W, Chen D, Rymer WZ, Wu M
Experimental brain research

Repeated adaptation and de-adaptation to the pelvis resistance force facilitate retention of motor learning in stroke survivors.

Park SH, Yan S, Dee W, Reed R, Roth EJ, Rymer WZ, Wu M
Journal of neurophysiology

Enhanced error facilitates motor learning in weight shift and increases use of the paretic leg during walking at chronic stage after stroke.

Park SH, Hsu CJ, Dee W, Roth EJ, Rymer WZ, Wu M
Experimental brain research

Increased motor variability facilitates motor learning in weight shift toward the paretic side during walking in individuals post-stroke

Park SH, Hsu CJ, Lin JT, Dee W, Roth EJ, Rymer WZ, Wu M

Gradual adaptation to pelvis perturbation during walking reinforces motor learning of weight shift toward the paretic side in individuals post-stroke.

Park SH, Hsu CJ, Dee W, Roth EJ, Rymer WZ, Wu M
Experimental brain research

Targeted pelvic constraint force induces enhanced use of the paretic leg during walking in persons post-stroke.

Park SH, Lin JT, Dee W, Hsu CJ, Roth EJ, Rymer WZ, Wu M
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

Varied movement errors drive learning of dynamic balance control during walking in people with incomplete spinal cord injury: a pilot study.

Lin JT, Hsu CJ, Dee W, Chen D, Rymer WZ, Wu M
Experimental brain research

Use of pelvic corrective force with visual feedback improves paretic leg muscle activities and gait performance after stroke.

Hsu CJ, Kim J, Roth EJ, Rymer WZ, Wu M
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

Forced use of paretic leg induced by constraining the non-paretic leg leads to motor learning in individuals post-stroke.

Wu M, Hsu CJ, Kim J
Experimental brain research

Error variability affects the after effects following motor learning of lateral balance control during walking in people with spinal cord injury.

Lin JT, Hsu CJ, Dee W, Chen D, Rymer WZ, Wu M
The European journal of neuroscience

Motor adaptation to weight shifting assistance transfers to overground walking in people with spinal cord injury.

Lin JT, Hsu CJ, Dee W, Chen D, Rymer WZ, Wu M
PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation

Gradual increase of perturbation load induces a longer retention of locomotor adaptation in children with cerebral palsy.

Tang R, Kim J, Gaebler-Spira DJ, Wu M
Human movement science

Design and Evaluation of a Wearable Powered Foot Orthosis with Metatarsophalangeal Joint.

Liu Y, Zang X, Zhang N, Wu M
Applied bionics and biomechanics

sEMG Based Gait Phase Recognition for Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy.

Wei PN, Xie R, Tang R, Li C, Kim J, Wu M
Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Combined Visual Feedback with Pelvic Assistance Force Improves Step Length during treadmill walking in Individuals with Post-Stroke Hemiparesis.

Hsu CJ, Kim J, Wu M
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference

Gait Symmetry Can Reduce Dependence on the Intact Limb during Walking with Constraint of Unilateral Metatarsophalangeal Joints.

Liu Y, Zang X, Zhang N, Wu M
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference

Facilitating weight shifting during treadmill training improves walking function in humans with SCI: a randomized controlled pilot study.

Wu M, Kim J, Wei F
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

Forced Use of the Paretic Leg Induced by a Constraint Force Applied to the Nonparetic Leg in Individuals Poststroke During Walking.

Hsu CJ, Kim J, Roth EJ, Rymer WZ, Wu M
Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

Applying a pelvic corrective force induces forced use of the paretic leg and improves paretic leg EMG activities of individuals post-stroke during treadmill walking.

Hsu CJ, Kim J, Tang R, Roth EJ, Rymer WZ, Wu M
Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology

Motor adaptation to lateral pelvis assistance force during treadmill walking in individuals post-stroke.

Wu M, Hsu CJ, Kim J
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]

Effects of the Integration of Dynamic Weight Shifting Training Into Treadmill Training on Walking Function of Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized Controlled Study.

Wu M, Kim J, Arora P, Gaebler-Spira DJ, Zhang Y
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

Robotic resistance treadmill training improves locomotor function in children with cerebral palsy: a randomized controlled pilot study.

Wu M, Kim J, Gaebler-Spira DJ, Schmit BD, Arora P
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

Repeat Exposure to Leg Swing Perturbations During Treadmill Training Induces Long-Term Retention of Increased Step Length in Human SCI: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Study.

Wu M, Landry JM, Kim J, Schmit BD, Yen SC, McDonald J, Zhang Y

Robotic resistance/assistance training improves locomotor function in individuals poststroke: a randomized controlled study.

Wu M, Landry JM, Kim J, Schmit BD, Yen SC, Macdonald J
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

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