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Jaynie F. Yang

Jaynie F. Yang

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8701
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5988
National Ranking
347

Overview

Jaynie F. Yang is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada, focusing on research in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Clinical Psychology, Biomedical Engineering, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's research primarily addresses topics related to Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders, Infant Development and Preterm Care, Neonatal and Fetal Brain Pathology, Family and Disability Support Research, Muscle Activation and Electromyography Studies, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies.

Yang has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

  • Early, Intensive, Lower Extremity Rehabilitation Shows Preliminary Efficacy After Perinatal Stroke: Results of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (2022), published in Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair
  • Parent-therapist partnership to ELEVATE gross motor function in children with perinatal stroke: protocol for a mixed methods randomized controlled trial (2022), published in BMC Pediatrics
  • Perspectives of parents partnering with physical therapists to deliver intensive rehabilitation for their young children with perinatal stroke: A qualitative study (2023), published in Child Care Health and Development
  • Parents' perceptions of functional electrical stimulation as an upper limb intervention for young children with hemiparesis: qualitative interviews with mothers (2022), published in BMC Pediatrics
  • Neural Plasticity in Spinal and Corticospinal Pathways Induced by Balance Training in Neurologically Intact Adults: A Systematic Review (2022), published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • BMC Pediatrics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • PubMed
  • Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Collaborations occur regularly with several co-authors, notably:

  • Caitlin Hurd
  • Donna Livingstone
  • Allison Smith
  • Man-Joe Watt
  • John Andersen

Best Publications

  • Electromyographic amplitude normalization methods: improving their sensitivity as diagnostic tools in gait analysis

    J F Yang;D A Winter

  • Phase-dependent reflex reversal in human leg muscles during walking.

    J. F. Yang;R. B. Stein

  • Human H-reflexes are smaller in difficult beam walking than in normal treadmill walking.

    M Llewellyn;J F Yang;A Prochazka

  • Electromyography reliability in maximal and submaximal isometric contractions.

    Yang Jf;Winter Da

  • The initiation of the swing phase in human infant stepping: importance of hip position and leg loading

    Marco Yiu Chung Pang;Jaynie F. Yang

  • Role of motoneurons in the generation of muscle spasms after spinal cord injury

    Monica A. Gorassini;Michael E. Knash;Philip J. Harvey;Dave J. Bennett

  • H-reflex modulation during walking in spastic paretic subjects.

    J.F. Yang;J. Fung;M. Edamura;R. Blunt

  • Contribution of peripheral afferents to the activation of the soleus muscle during walking in humans.

    J F Yang;R B Stein;K B James

  • Intrinsic Activation of Human Motoneurons: Possible Contribution to Motor Unit Excitation

    Monica Gorassini;Jaynie F. Yang;Merek Siu;David J. Bennett

  • Spinal and Brain Control of Human Walking: Implications for Retraining of Walking:

    Jaynie F. Yang;Monica Gorassini

  • Backward walking: a simple reversal of forward walking?

    David A. Winter;Nancy Pluck;Jaynie F. Yang

  • Surface EMG profiles during different walking cadences in humans.

    Jaynie F Yang;David A Winter

  • Self-sustained firing of human motor units

    Monica A Gorassini;David J Bennett;Jaynie F Yang

  • Infant stepping: a method to study the sensory control of human walking

    Jaynie F. Yang;Marilee J. Stephens;Rosie Vishram

  • Optimal stimulation of paralyzed muscle after human spinal cord injury

    R. B. Stein;T. Gordon;J. Jefferson;A. Sharfenberger

  • Intrinsic Activation of Human Motoneurons: Reduction of Motor Unit Recruitment Thresholds by Repeated Contractions

    Monica Gorassini;Jaynie F. Yang;Merek Siu;David J. Bennett

  • Recovery potential of muscle after partial denervation: a comparison between rats and humans.

    T. Gordon;J.F. Yang;K. Ayer;R.B. Stein

  • Factors that determine the magnitude and time course of human H-reflexes in locomotion.

    M Edamura;JF Yang;RB Stein

  • Methods for estimating the number of motor units in human muscles.

    Richard B. Stein;Jaynie F. Yang

  • Could different directions of infant stepping be controlled by the same locomotor central pattern generator

    Tania Lamb;Jaynie F. Yang

  • Safety and tolerability of transcranial magnetic and direct current stimulation in children: Prospective single center evidence from 3.5 million stimulations.

    E. Zewdie;P. Ciechanski;H.C. Kuo;A. Giuffre

Frequent Co-Authors

Monica A. Gorassini
Monica A. Gorassini University of Alberta
Richard B. Stein
Richard B. Stein University of Alberta
Adam Kirton
Adam Kirton University of Calgary
Amy J. Bastian
Amy J. Bastian Kennedy Krieger Institute
Tessa Gordon
Tessa Gordon University of Alberta
David J. Bennett
David J. Bennett University of Alberta
Keir G. Pearson
Keir G. Pearson University of Alberta
Jack H. Jhamandas
Jack H. Jhamandas University of Alberta
David Westaway
David Westaway University of Alberta
Romeo Chua
Romeo Chua University of British Columbia

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