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  • 2000 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

William Z. Rymer is affiliated with the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in the United States. Their research spans primarily the field of medicine, with a particular focus on rehabilitation, biomedical engineering, neurology, psychiatry and mental health, as well as pathology and forensic medicine.

The main topics covered in their work include stroke rehabilitation and recovery, muscle activation and electromyography studies, cerebral palsy and movement disorders, botulinum toxin and related neurological disorders, spinal cord injury research, motor control and adaptation, and balance, gait, and falls prevention.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Experimental Brain Research
  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Medical Devices & Sensors
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Neurology

They have collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • Weena Dee
  • Ming Wu
  • Nina L. Suresh
  • Seoung Hoon Park
  • Elliot J. Roth

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by William Z. Rymer include:

  • "Surface EMG in Clinical Assessment and Neurorehabilitation: Barriers Limiting Its Use," published in 2020 in Frontiers in Neurology
  • "A New Definition of Poststroke Spasticity and the Interference of Spasticity With Motor Recovery From Acute to Chronic Stages," published in 2021 in Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair
  • "Editorial: Surface Electromyography: Barriers Limiting Widespread Use of sEMG in Clinical Assessment and Neurorehabilitation," published in 2021 in Frontiers in Neurology
  • "Acute intermittent hypoxia boosts spinal plasticity in humans with tetraplegia," published in 2020 in Experimental Neurology
  • "Performance Evaluation of a Wearable Tattoo Electrode Suitable for High-Resolution Surface Electromyogram Recording," published in 2020 in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

William Z. Rymer has been recognized as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering since 2000.

Best Publications

  • Abnormal Muscle Coactivation Patterns During Isometric Torque Generation at the Elbow and Shoulder in Hemiparetic Subjects

    J. P. A. Dewald;P. S. Pope;J. D. Given;J. D. Given;T. S. Buchanan;T. S. Buchanan

  • Spastic hypertonia: mechanisms and measurement

    R T Katz;W Z Rymer

  • Understanding and treating arm movement impairment after chronic brain injury: progress with the ARM guide.

    D J Reinkensmeyer;L E Kahn;L E Kahn;M Averbuch;M Averbuch;A McKenna-Cole;A McKenna-Cole

  • Persistence of motor adaptation during constrained, multi-joint, arm movements.

    Robert A. Scheidt;David J. Reinkensmeyer;Michael A. Conditt;W. Zev Rymer

  • Effect of age and osteoarthritis on knee proprioception.

    Yi-Chung Pai;W. Zev Rymer;Rowland W. Chang;Leena Sharma

  • Robot-assisted reaching exercise promotes arm movement recovery in chronic hemiparetic stroke: a randomized controlled pilot study.

    Leonard E Kahn;Leonard E Kahn;Michele L Zygman;W Zev Rymer;W Zev Rymer;David J Reinkensmeyer;David J Reinkensmeyer

  • Neural Control of Muscle Length and Tension

    James C. Houk;W. Zev Rymer

  • Deficits in the coordination of multijoint arm movements in patients with hemiparesis: evidence for disturbed control of limb dynamics.

    R. F. Beer;J. P. A. Dewald;W. Z. Rymer

  • Characteristics of synergic relations during isometric contractions of human elbow muscles

    T. S. Buchanan;D. P. J. Almdale;J. L. Lewis;W. Z. Rymer

  • Objective quantification of spastic hypertonia: Correlation with clinical findings

    Richard T. Katz;Gayle P. Rovai;Cathy Brait;W.Zev Rymer

  • Alterations in upper limb muscle synergy structure in chronic stroke survivors

    Jinsook Roh;William Zev Rymer;William Zev Rymer;Eric J. Perreault;Eric J. Perreault;Seng Bum Yoo;Seng Bum Yoo

  • Robot-assisted movement training for the stroke-impaired arm: Does it matter what the robot does?

    Leonard E. Kahn;Peter S. Lum;Peter S. Lum;W. Zev Rymer;David J. Reinkensmeyer

  • Strategies for muscle activation during isometric torque generation at the human elbow

    T. S. Buchanan;G. P. Rovai;W. Z. Rymer

  • Is knee joint proprioception worse in the arthritic knee versus the unaffected knee in unilateral knee osteoarthritis

    Leena Sharma;Yi‐Chung Pai;Kelly Holtkamp;W. Zev Rymer

  • Relative strength of synaptic input from short-latency pathways to motor units of defined type in cat medial gastrocnemius

    R. E. Burke;W. Z. Rymer

  • Characteristics of motor unit discharge in subjects with hemiparesis

    Judith J. Gemperline;Sarah Allen;David Walk;William Z. Rymer;William Z. Rymer

  • Sampling of total muscle force by tendon organs.

    Patrick E Crago;J. C. Houk;W. Z. Rymer

  • Robotic Devices for Movement Therapy After Stroke: Current Status and Challenges to Clinical Acceptance

    Peter Lum;David Reinkensmeyer;Richard Mahoney;William Z. Rymer

  • Dependence of dynamic response of spindle receptors on muscle length and velocity.

    J. C. Houk;W. Z. Rymer;Patrick E Crago

  • Abnormal force--EMG relations in paretic limbs of hemiparetic human subjects.

    A. Tang;William Z Rymer

Frequent Co-Authors

Derek G. Kamper
Derek G. Kamper University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Brian D. Schmit
Brian D. Schmit Marquette University
David J. Reinkensmeyer
David J. Reinkensmeyer University of California, Irvine
Charles J. Heckman
Charles J. Heckman Northwestern University
Arthur D. Kuo
Arthur D. Kuo University of Calgary
Gordon S. Mitchell
Gordon S. Mitchell University of Florida
Patrick E. Crago
Patrick E. Crago Case Western Reserve University
Eric J. Perreault
Eric J. Perreault Northwestern University
James C. Houk
James C. Houk Northwestern University
James L. Patton
James L. Patton University of Illinois at Chicago

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