- Home
- About the Program
- Application
- Requirements
- SPRING 2009 Courses
- Handbook
- Brochure
- Lecture Schedule
- Faculty
- Students
- Forms
- Neurobiology of Disease Course
- Summer Undergrad Program
- Reserach Opportunity
- Contact
uiowa
edu
Our research interests are in the rehabilitation of walking of persons following a neural insult using neural orthoses and protheses. Participants in our studies have no diagnosed neurological deficits or have been diagnosed with a neurological insult like spinal cord injury, stroke or multiple sclerosis. Our laboratory has two specific streams of studies. Our first stream investigates the mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effect of using neural orthoses with the goal of improving the efficacy of walking rehabilitation strategies. Our second stream investigates the neurophysiological mechanisms (suprasegmental and segmental) involved in the adaptation of walking to environmental constraints like obstacles.
Selected Publications
Khaslavskaia S, Ladouceur M, Sinkjaer T. Increase in Tibialis Anterior Motor Cortex Excitability Following Repetitive Electrical Stimulation of the Common Peroneal Nerve. Experimental Brain Research 2002;145:309-315.
Barbeau H, Ladouceur M, Mirbagheri MM, Kearney RE. The Effect of Locomotor Training Combined with Functional Electrical Stimulation in Chronic Spinal Cord Injured Subjects: Walking and Reflex Studies. Brain Research Reviews 2002;40:274-291.
Ladouceur M, Barbeau H. Functional electrical stimulation-assisted walking for persons with incomplete spinal injuries: Changes in the kinematics and physiological cost of overground walking. Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2000; 32:72-79.
Ladouceur M, Barbeau H. Functional electrical stimulation-assisted walking for persons with incomplete spinal injuries: Longitudinal changes in maximal overground walking speed. Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2000; 32: 28-36.
Ladouceur M, Barbeau H, McFadyen BJ. Kinematic adaptations of spinal cord injured persons during obstructed walking. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair 2003;17:25-31.