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Vivian K. Mushahwar

Vivian K. Mushahwar

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Neuroscience

D-Index
38
Citations
5018
World Ranking
8606
National Ranking
501

Overview

Vivian K. Mushahwar is a researcher affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada, specializing in fields intersecting medicine and engineering. Their research focuses heavily on biomedical engineering, pathology and forensic medicine, and rehabilitation, with additional work in neurology and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their published work contributes significantly to topics such as muscle activation and electromyography studies, spinal cord injury research, stroke rehabilitation and recovery, prosthetics and rehabilitation robotics, neuroscience and neural engineering, robot manipulation and learning, and nerve injury and rehabilitation.

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Vivian K. Mushahwar are:

  • Comparative neuroanatomy of the lumbosacral spinal cord of the rat, cat, pig, monkey, and human, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Impedance Variation and Learning Strategies in Human-Robot Interaction, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
  • Impedance Learning-Based Adaptive Control for Human-Robot Interaction, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
  • Autonomous Locomotion Trajectory Shaping and Nonlinear Control for Lower Limb Exoskeletons, 2022, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • Adaptive CPG-Based Gait Planning With Learning-Based Torque Estimation and Control for Exoskeletons, 2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Mahdi Tavakoli
  • Soroush Mirkiani
  • Amirali Toossi
  • Neil Tyreman
  • Mojtaba Sharifi

The primary venues for their publications include:

  • Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
  • Journal of Neural Engineering
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Mechatronics

Vivian K. Mushahwar's research is grounded in applied medical sciences and engineering principles, targeting improvements in rehabilitation techniques, prosthetics, and the understanding of neural mechanisms underlying motor control and recovery. Their interdisciplinary approach incorporates adaptive control strategies, gait planning, and the development of assistive technologies such as exoskeletons.

Best Publications

  • Management of Spasticity After Spinal Cord Injury: Current Techniques and Future Directions

    Sherif M. Elbasiouny;Daniel Moroz;Mohamed M. Bakr;Vivian K. Mushahwar

  • Functional Electrical Stimulation and Spinal Cord Injury

    Chester H. Ho;Ronald J. Triolo;Anastasia L. Elias;Kevin L. Kilgore

  • BCI meeting 2005-workshop on clinical issues and applications

    A. Kubler;V.K. Mushahwar;L.R. Hochberg;J.P. Donoghue

  • Spatiotemporal activation of lumbosacral motoneurons in the locomotor step cycle

    Sergiy Yakovenko;Vivian Mushahwar;Veronique VanderHorst;Gert Holstege

  • Spinal cord microstimulation generates functional limb movements in chronically implanted cats.

    Vivian K. Mushahwar;David F. Collins;Arthur Prochazka

  • Intraspinal microstimulation generates functional movements after spinal-cord injury

    R. Saigal;C. Renzi;V.K. Mushahwar

  • New functional electrical stimulation approaches to standing and walking.

    Vivian K Mushahwar;Patrick L Jacobs;Richard A Normann;Ronald J Triolo

  • Intraspinal micro stimulation generates locomotor-like and feedback-controlled movements

    V.K. Mushahwar;D.M. Gillard;M.J.A. Gauthier;A. Prochazka

  • Selective activation of muscle groups in the feline hindlimb through electrical microstimulation of the ventral lumbo-sacral spinal cord

    V.K. Mushahwar;K.W. Horch

  • Intraspinal Microstimulation Excites Multisegmental Sensory Afferents at Lower Stimulus Levels Than Local α-Motoneuron Responses

    Robert A Gaunt;Arthur Prochazka;Vivian K Mushahwar;Lisa Guevremont

  • Muscle recruitment through electrical stimulation of the lumbo-sacral spinal cord

    V.K. Mushahwar;K.W. Horch

  • Comparative neuroanatomy of the lumbosacral spinal cord of the rat, cat, pig, monkey, and human.

    Amirali Toossi;Amirali Toossi;Bradley Bergin;Maedeh Marefatallah;Behdad Parhizi

  • Strategies for Generating Prolonged Functional Standing Using Intramuscular Stimulation or Intraspinal Microstimulation

    B. Lau;L. Guevremont;V.K. Mushahwar

  • Simulation of dendritic CaV1.3 channels in cat lumbar motoneurons: spatial distribution.

    Sherif M. ElBasiouny;David J. Bennett;Vivian K. Mushahwar

  • Intraspinal microstimulation for the recovery of function following spinal cord injury

    Jeremy A. Bamford;Vivian K. Mushahwar

  • Intraspinal microstimulation preferentially recruits fatigue-resistant muscle fibres and generates gradual force in rat

    J. A. Bamford;C. T. Putman;V. K. Mushahwar

  • Proposed specifications for a lumbar spinal cord electrode array for control of lower extremities in paraplegia

    V.K. Mushahwar;K.W. Horch

  • A Silicon Central Pattern Generator Controls Locomotion in Vivo

    R.J. Vogelstein;F. Tenore;L. Guevremont;R. Etienne-Cummings

  • Simulation of Ca2+ persistent inward currents in spinal motoneurones: mode of activation and integration of synaptic inputs

    Sherif M. ElBasiouny;David J. Bennett;Vivian K. Mushahwar

  • Locomotor-Related Networks in the Lumbosacral Enlargement of the Adult Spinal Cat: Activation Through Intraspinal Microstimulation

    L. Guevremont;C.G. Renzi;J.A. Norton;J. Kowalczewski

  • Movements generated by intraspinal microstimulation in the intermediate gray matter of the anesthetized, decerebrate, and spinal cat

    V K Mushahwar;Y Aoyagi;R B Stein;A Prochazka

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard B. Stein
Richard B. Stein University of Alberta
Arthur Prochazka
Arthur Prochazka University of Alberta
Ralph Etienne-Cummings
Ralph Etienne-Cummings Johns Hopkins University
Sean P. Dukelow
Sean P. Dukelow University of Calgary
Gert Holstege
Gert Holstege University of Queensland
Mahdi Tavakoli
Mahdi Tavakoli University of Alberta
David J. Bennett
David J. Bennett University of Alberta
David F. Collins
David F. Collins University of Alberta
Andrea Kübler
Andrea Kübler University of Würzburg
Zongquan Deng
Zongquan Deng Harbin Institute of Technology

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