Student Presentations

Student Presentations - Motor Control Lab

Pollock, B.S.&, Petersen, J*, Calvo, D*, Gerhart*, H, McDaniel, J, Spitznagel, M, Ridgel, AL.   The effects of water aerobics exercise on cerebral perfusion in multiple sclerosis, Midwest American College of Sports Medicine Meeting, November 2016

Harper, SA* and Ridgel, AL. Effects of Val66Met polymorphism on depression and responses to exercise in individuals with Parkinson’s disease Midwest American College of Sports Medicine Meeting, November 2016

Equipment

Equipment - Motor Control Lab

This laboratory is equipped with three custom-designed “SMART bikes.” Motor function assessment tools include a Noraxon Electromyogram Core Wireless (EMG) system, the Kinesia One Motor Assessment System (Great Lakes Neurotechnology) and an electronic reaching table (designed by collaborators at Rockwell Automation). Mobility, gait and posture assessment equipment includes the Noraxon Myomotion System (wireless biomechanical sensors), a Biodex Balance System, and a Biodex Unweighing System with safety harness.

Current Projects

Current Projects - Motor Control Lab

Remote dynamic cycling for customized off-site rehabilitation in Parkinson’s disease (in collaboration with Dr. Aasef Shaikh, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center)

Parkinson's disease (PD) progressively deteriorates motor function. Successful rehabilitation, leading to a favorable course of movement disorders in PD, is contingent upon frequent, regular, and patient-specific exercise regimen that is customized to the individual needs.

Team Rubble Busters won a first-place award at the 2023 SkyHack.

Mechatronics engineering major Lilia Colbrunn saw the SkyHack competition, held Nov. 3-5, 2023, as a chance to experience the excitement of creating innovations on the fly while doing something with a purpose.   Colbrunn, a senior, called on her brother Gabe, a mechatronics engineering major, and her friend Cole Hebbard, a mechatronics major and a pilot, to form the team Rubble Busters. The aviation-focused design challenge partners with Design Innovation and the College of Aeronautics and Engineering. The Burton D. Morgan Foundation was the majority donor for the event givin...

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