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Mindy F. Levin

Mindy F. Levin

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Neuroscience

D-Index
78
Citations
22138
World Ranking
1764
National Ranking
98

Overview

Mindy F. Levin is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has a significant body of work in the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Rehabilitation. Their research spans several subfields including Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics covered in their work include Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders, Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders, Motor Control and Adaptation, Muscle Activation and Electromyography Studies, Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation, and Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Mindy F. Levin are the following:

  • Motor learning in neurological rehabilitation (2020) published in Disability and Rehabilitation
  • Central pattern generator and human locomotion in the context of referent control of motor actions (2021) published in Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Tonic stretch reflex threshold as a measure of spasticity after stroke: Reliability, minimal detectable change and responsiveness (2021) published in Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Deficits in corticospinal control of stretch reflex thresholds in stroke: Implications for motor impairment (2020) published in Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a combined virtual reality, robotics and electrical stimulation intervention in upper extremity stroke rehabilitation (2021) published in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Mindy F. Levin frequently collaborates with several researchers in the field, including Anatol G. Feldman, Daniele Piscitelli, Melanie C. Baniña, Marika Demers, and Sigal Berman.

Their work has been published in various scientific venues with multiple contributions to Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, Clinical Neurophysiology, Motor Control, Experimental Brain Research, and the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation.

Best Publications

  • Compensatory strategies for reaching in stroke.

    M. C. Cirstea;Mindy F. Levin

  • What Do Motor “Recovery” and “Compensation” Mean in Patients Following Stroke?

    Mindy F. Levin;Jeffrey A. Kleim;Steven L. Wolf

  • Virtual Reality in Stroke Rehabilitation A Meta-Analysis and Implications for Clinicians

    Gustavo Saposnik;Mindy Levin

  • Virtual reality in stroke rehabilitation: a systematic review of its effectiveness for upper limb motor recovery.

    Amy Henderson;Nicol Korner-Bitensky;Mindy Levin

  • The origin and use of positional frames of reference in motor control

    Anatol G. Feldman;Mindy F. Levin

  • Interjoint coordination during pointing movements is disrupted in spastic hemiparesis

    Mindy F. Levin

  • Emergence of virtual reality as a tool for upper limb rehabilitation: incorporation of motor control and motor learning principles.

    Mindy F. Levin;Patrice L. Weiss;Emily A. Keshner

  • Task-Specific Training With Trunk Restraint on Arm Recovery in Stroke Randomized Control Trial

    Stella Maris Michaelsen;Ruth Dannenbaum;Mindy F. Levin

  • Efficacy and safety of non-immersive virtual reality exercising in stroke rehabilitation (EVREST): a randomised, multicentre, single-blind, controlled trial

    Gustavo Saposnik;Gustavo Saposnik;Leonardo G Cohen;Muhammad Mamdani;Sepideth Pooyania

  • Relief of hemiparetic spasticity by TENS is associated with improvement in reflex and voluntary motor functions.

    Mindy F. Levin;Christina W.Y. Hui-Chan

  • Motor compensation and recovery for reaching in stroke patients.

    Agnès Roby-Brami;A. Feydy;M. Combeaud;E. V. Biryukova

  • Improvement of arm movement patterns and endpoint control depends on type of feedback during practice in stroke survivors.

    M.C. Cirstea;M.F. Levin

  • Use of the trunk for reaching targets placed within and beyond the reach in adult hemiparesis.

    Mindy F. Levin;Stella M. Michaelsen;Carmen M. Cirstea;Agnès Roby-Brami;Agnès Roby-Brami

  • Definition and classification of negative motor signs in childhood

    Terence D. Sanger;Daofen Chen;Mauricio R. Delgado;Deborah Gaebler-Spira

  • Effect of Trunk Restraint on the Recovery of Reaching Movements in Hemiparetic Patients

    Stella M. Michaelsen;Anamaria Luta;Agnès Roby-Brami;Mindy F. Levin

  • Arm motor recovery using a virtual reality intervention in chronic stroke: Randomized control trial

    Sandeep K. Subramanian;Christiane B. Lourenço;Gevorg Chilingaryan;Gevorg Chilingaryan;Heidi Sveistrup

  • Pelvis-thorax coordination in the transverse plane during walking in persons with nonspecific low back pain.

    Claudine J. C. Lamoth;Onno G. Meijer;Paul I. J. M. Wuisman;Jaap H. van Dieën

  • Interjoint coordination dynamics during reaching in stroke

    M. C. Cirstea;A. B. Mitnitski;A. G. Feldman;M. F. Levin

  • The role of stretch reflex threshold regulation in normal and impaired motor control

    Mindy F. Levin;Anatol G. Feldman

  • Reaching in reality and virtual reality: a comparison of movement kinematics in healthy subjects and in adults with hemiparesis

    Antonin Viau;Anatol G Feldman;Bradford J McFadyen;Mindy F Levin

  • Deficits in the coordination of agonist and antagonist muscles in stroke patients: implications for normal motor control.

    Mindy F Levin;Ruud W Selles;Martine H.G Verheul;Onno G Meijer

Frequent Co-Authors

Anatol G. Feldman
Anatol G. Feldman University of Montreal
Nachum Soroker
Nachum Soroker Tel Aviv University
Gustavo Saposnik
Gustavo Saposnik University of Toronto
Howard Poizner
Howard Poizner University of California, San Diego
Mark L. Latash
Mark L. Latash Pennsylvania State University
David J. Ostry
David J. Ostry McGill University
Carolee J. Winstein
Carolee J. Winstein University of Southern California
Paul L. Gribble
Paul L. Gribble University of Western Ontario
Y. Lamarre
Y. Lamarre University of Montreal
Alain Ptito
Alain Ptito McGill University

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