Research Projects


1. Smarter Balance System (SBS)

The overarching goals are to 1) develop the SBS that supports multimodal biofeedback (visual and vibrotactile (touch) biofeedback) and provides real-time error magnitudes with the continuous coding scheme, 2) assess the impacts on long-term rehabilitative training for people with Parkinson’s disease who receive in-home balance exercises with assistive guidance via the SBS, and 3) quantitatively and qualitatively analyze the carry-over effects of long-term rehabilitative training with the SBS on balance performance, daily physical activities, and confidence in less fear of falling.

2. A new fall-inducing technology platform

The primary goals of this project are to 1) develop a novel platform consisting of a split-belt treadmill to induce trip and slip perturbations and a real-time gait phase detection algorithm, 2) quantitatively assess fall recovery performance in response to unexpected trips and slips, and 3) explore the effects of an advanced alert cueing on fall recovery performance.

3. Exploring the relationship between trip and slip and brain activity in different population groups

The primary goal is to evaluate gait stability, recovery, and the degree to which the brain’s pre-frontal lobe is engaged in online processing during an induced fall (trip and slip) with and without biofeedback cueing in healthy young, healthy old, and individuals with Parkinson’s disease.

4. Tele-exergame

The primary goal of this project is to assess the effects of a home-based tele-exergaming platform on improvements of motor and cognitive function in cancer survivors.

5. The effects of rehabilitation training combined with assistive technologies for individuals with post stroke

The major objective of this project is to assess short and long-term effects of exercise training combined with assistive technologies on spasticity, balance, and gait performance in individuals with post stroke.