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D-Index
38
Citations
6592
World Ranking
7983
National Ranking
2196

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Engineering, Neuroscience, and Medicine, with a substantial focus on Biomedical Engineering and Cognitive Neuroscience within these broader disciplines.

Their work is centered around topics such as muscle activation and electromyography studies, motor control and adaptation, cerebral palsy and movement disorders, balance, gait, and falls prevention, prosthetics and rehabilitation robotics, robotic locomotion and control, and tactile and sensory interactions.

Key venues where Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas has frequently published include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), arXiv (Cornell University), Nature Machine Intelligence, The Journal of Physiology, and Frontiers in Sports and Active Living.

Recent notable papers include:

  • Biological underpinnings for lifelong learning machines, 2022, Nature Machine Intelligence
  • Temporal control of muscle synergies is linked with alpha-band neural drive, 2021, The Journal of Physiology
  • Force variability is mostly not motor noise: Theoretical implications for motor control, 2021, PLoS Computational Biology
  • "Fine synergies" describe motor adaptation in people with drop foot in a way that supplements traditional "coarse synergies", 2023, Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
  • Parkinson's Disease Exhibits Amplified Intermuscular Coherence During Dynamic Voluntary Action, 2020, Frontiers in Neurology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas are:

  • Ali Marjaninejad
  • Hesam Azadjou
  • Andrew Erwin
  • Darío Urbina-Meléndez
  • Christopher M. Laine

The scientist has been recognized with the award Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Design and control of tensegrity robots for locomotion

    C. Paul;F.J. Valero-Cuevas;H. Lipson

  • Large index-fingertip forces are produced by subject-independent patterns of muscle excitation.

    Francisco J Valero-Cuevas;Francisco J Valero-Cuevas;Felix E Zajac;Felix E Zajac;Charles G Burgar;Charles G Burgar

  • Towards a realistic biomechanical model of the thumb: the choice of kinematic description may be more critical than the solution method or the variability/uncertainty of musculoskeletal parameters.

    Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas;Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas;M.Elise Johanson;Joseph D. Towles;Joseph D. Towles

  • Challenges and New Approaches to Proving the Existence of Muscle Synergies of Neural Origin

    Jason J. Kutch;Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas

  • The Potential of Virtual Reality and Gaming to Assist Successful Aging with Disability

    Belinda Lange;Philip Requejo;Sheryl Flynn;Albert Rizzo

  • Biological underpinnings for lifelong learning machines

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  • Structured Variability of Muscle Activations Supports the Minimal Intervention Principle of Motor Control

    Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas;Madhusudhan Venkadesan;Emanuel Todorov

  • Predictive modulation of muscle coordination pattern magnitude scales fingertip force magnitude over the voluntary range.

    Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas

  • An integrative approach to the biomechanical function and neuromuscular control of the fingers

    Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas

  • The strength-dexterity test as a measure of dynamic pinch performance.

    Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas;Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas;Niels Smaby;Madhusudhan Venkadesan;Margaret Peterson

  • The Tendon Network of the Fingers Performs Anatomical Computation at a Macroscopic Scale

    F.J. Valero-Cuevas;Jae-Woong Yi;D. Brown;R.V. McNamara

  • Morphological communication: exploiting coupled dynamics in a complex mechanical structure to achieve locomotion.

    John A. Rieffel;Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas;Hod Lipson

  • Computational Models for Neuromuscular Function

    F.J. Valero-Cuevas;H. Hoffmann;M.U. Kurse;J.J. Kutch

  • Reported anatomical variability naturally leads to multimodal distributions of Denavit-Hartenberg parameters for the human thumb

    V.J. Santos;F.J. Valero-Cuevas

  • Automated discovery and optimization of large irregular tensegrity structures

    John Rieffel;Francisco Valero-Cuevas;Hod Lipson

  • A mathematical approach to the mechanical capabilities of limbs and fingers.

    Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas

  • Activation patterns of the thumb muscles during stable and unstable pinch tasks.

    M.Elise Johanson;Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas;Vincent R. Hentz

  • Muscle redundancy does not imply robustness to muscle dysfunction

    Jason J. Kutch;Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas

  • Quantification of fingertip force reduction in the forefinger following simulated paralysis of extensor and intrinsic muscles.

    Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas;Joseph D. Towles;Joseph D. Towles;Vincent R. Hentz;Vincent R. Hentz

  • Intermuscular coherence reflects functional coordination.

    Christopher M. Laine;Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas

  • The fundamental thumb-tip force vectors produced by the muscles of the thumb

    Jonathan L Pearlman;Stephanie S Roach;Francisco J Valero-Cuevas;Francisco J Valero-Cuevas

  • Manipulating the edge of instability.

    Madhusudhan Venkadesan;John Guckenheimer;Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas

  • Neural Control of Motion-to-Force Transitions with the Fingertip

    Madhusudhan Venkadesan;Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas

Frequent Co-Authors

Hod Lipson
Hod Lipson Columbia University
John Guckenheimer
John Guckenheimer Cornell University
Hans Forssberg
Hans Forssberg Karolinska Institute
Evangelos A. Theodorou
Evangelos A. Theodorou Georgia Institute of Technology
Carolee J. Winstein
Carolee J. Winstein University of Southern California
Gerald E. Loeb
Gerald E. Loeb University of Southern California
Christopher M. Powers
Christopher M. Powers University of Southern California
Fredrik Ullén
Fredrik Ullén Karolinska Institute
Joy Hirsch
Joy Hirsch Yale University
Robert Riener
Robert Riener ETH Zurich

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