Publications

Peer-Reviewed Papers

2024

  • McCall J, Buckner G, Kamper D. Soft pneumatic actuators for pushing fingers into extension. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2024.
  • Kamper D, Bansal N, Barry A, Seo NJ, Celian C, Vidakovic L, Stoykov ME, Roth E. Combining cyproheptadine hydrochloride with targeted muscle activation training to treat upper extremity stroke: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2024.
  • Ludovice M, Saul K, Kamper D. Use of Computational Modeling to Examine Fingertip Force Production in Children with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy. Journal of Biomechanics, 2024.

2023

  • Fan J, Vargas L, Kamper DG, Hu X. Robust neural decoding for dexterous control of robotic hand kinematics. Computers in Biology and Medicine 2023.
  • Jadelis CT, Ellis BJ, Kamper D, Saul KR. Cosimulation of the index finger extensor apparatus with finite element and musculoskeletal models. Journal of Biomechanics  2023. 
  • Popp W, Richner L, Lambercy O, Shirota C, Barry A, Gassert R, Kamper D. Effects of wrist posture and stabilization on precision grip force production and muscle activation patterns. Journal of Neurophysiology 2023; 130: 596-607.
  • Roy R, Kamper DG, Hu X. Optimized model selection for concurrent decoding of finger kinetics and kinematics. IEEE Access 2023; 11: 17348-17358.

2022

  • Seo N, Barry A, Ghassemi M, Triandafilou KM, Stoykov ME, Vidakovic L, Roth E, Kamper D. Use of an EMG-controlled game as a therapeutic tool to retain hand muscle activation patterns following stroke: a pilot study. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy 2022; 46: 198-205.
  • Flint RD, Li Y, Wang PT, Vaidya M, Barry A, Ghassemi M, Tomic G, Brkic N, Ripley D, Liu C, Kamper D, Do AH, Slutzky MW. Noninvasively recorded high-gamma signals improve synchrony of force feedback in a novel neurorehabilitation brain-machine interface for brain surgery. Journal of Neural Engineering 2022; 19:036024.
  • Roy R, Zheng Y, Kamper D, Hu X. Concurrent and continuous prediction of finger kinetics and kinematics via motoneuron activities. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 2022.
  • Hinson R, Berman J, Filer W, Kamper D, Hu X, Huang H. Offline evaluation matters: investigation of the influence of offline performance on real-time operation of electromyography-based neural-machine interfaces. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 2022; 31: 680-689.
  • McCall J, Hu X, Kamper D. Exploring kinetic and kinematic finger individuation capability in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Perceptual and Motor Skills 2022; 130.
  • Seo NJ, Kamper D, Ramakrishnan V, Harvey JB, Finetto C, Schranz C, Scronce G, Coupland K, Howard K, Blaschke J, Baker A, Meinzer C, Velozo CA, Adams RJ. Effect of novel training to normalize altered finger force direction post-stroke: study protocol for a double-blind randomized controlled trial. Trials 2022; 23: 1-14.
  • Phan T, Nguyen H, Vermillion BC, Kamper D, Lee SW. Abnormal proximal-distal interactions in upper-limb of stroke survivors during object manipulation: a pilot study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2022; 1022516.
  • Kamper D, Barry A, Bansal N, Stoykov ME, Triandafilou K, Vidakovic L, Seo NJ, Roth E. Use of cyproheptadine hydrochloride (HCl) to reduce neuromuscular hypertonicity in stroke survivors: a randomize trial. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases 2022; 31: 106724.
  • Hinson R, Saul K, Kamper D, Huang H. Sensitivity analysis guided improvement of an electromyogram-driven lumped parameter musculoskeletal hand model. Journal of Biomechanics 2022; 141: 111200.
  • Vargas L, Huang H, Zhu Y, Kamper D, Hu X. Resembled tactile feedback for object recognition using a prosthetic hand. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 2022; 7: 10977-10984
  • Seo NJ, Barry A, Ghassemi M, Stoykov M, Triandafilou K, Vidakovic L, Roth E, Kamper D. Use of an EMG-controlled game as a therapeutic tool to retrain hand muscle activation patterns following stroke – a pilot study. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy 2022.
  • Roy R, Xu F, Kamper D, Hu X. A generic neural network model to estimate populational neural activity for robust neural decoding. Computers in Medicine and Biology 2022; 144: 105359.
  • Roy R, Kamper DG, Hu X. Concurrent decoding of finger kinematic and kinetic variables based on motor unit discharges. 2022 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS), Orlando, FL, USA, 2022, pp. 1-4

2021

  • Vertongen J, Kamper D, Smit G, Vallery H. Mechanical aspects of robotic hands, active hand orthoses and prostheses: a comparative review. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 2021; 26: 955-965. 
  • McCall J, Ludovice M, Elliot C, Kamper D. Hand function development of children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy: a scoping review. Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation 2021; 15: 211-228.
  • Barry A, Kamper D, Stoykov ME, Triandafilou K, Roth E. Characteristics of the severely impaired hand in survivors of stroke with chronic impairments. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation 2021.
  • McCall J and Kamper D. High compliance pneumatic actuators to promote finger extension in stroke survivors. Proceedings of International Conference of the 43rd IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2021, 4588-4591.
  • Zheng Y, Shin H, Kamper D, Hu X. Automatic Detection of Contracting Muscle Regions via the Deformation Field of Transverse Ultrasound Images: A Feasibility Study. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 2021; 49, 354–366.
  • Ghassemi M and Kamper D. A hand exoskeleton for stroke survivors’ activities of daily life. Proceedings of International Conference of the 43rd IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2021, pp. 6734-6737.
  • McCall J and Kamper D. High compliance pneumatic actuators to promote finger extension in stroke survivors. Proceedings of International Conference of the 43rd IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2021, 4588-4591.

2020

  • Vertongen J, Kamper D. Design of a 3D printed hybrid mechanical structure for a hand exoskeleton. Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering 2020; 6.
  • Zheng Y, Shin H, Kamper DG, Hu X. Automatic detection of contracting muscles regions via the deformation field of transverse ultrasound images: a feasibility study. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 2020;
  • Vertongen J, Kamper D, Smit G, Vallery H. Mechanical aspects of robotic hands, active hand orthoses and prostheses: a comparative review. IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics 2020;
  • Liu M, Kamper D, Huang H. An easy-to-use socket-suspension system monitor for lower limb amputees. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement 2020;
  • Lee S, Qiu D, Fischer HC, Conrad MO, Kamper DG. Modulation of finger muscle activation patterns across postures is coordinated across all muscle groups. Journal of Neurophysiology 2020;
  • Thielbar K, Spencer N, Tsoupikova D, Ghassemi M, Kamper D. Utilizing multi-user virtual reality to bring clinical therapy into stroke survivors’ homes. Journal of Hand Therapy 2020; 33: 246-253.
  • Barry, AJ, Triandafilou KM, Stoykov ME, Bansal N, Roth EJ, Kamper DG. Survivors of chronic stroke experience continued impairment of dexterity but not strength in the nonparetic upper limb. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020; 101: 1170-1175.
  • Thielbar KO, Triandafilou KM, Barry AJ, Yuan N, Nishimoto A, Johnson J, Stoykov ME, Tsoupikova D, Kamper DG. Home-based upper extremity stroke therapy using a multi-user virtual reality environment: a randomized trial. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020; 101: 196-203.
  • Hollingshead L, Henry-Etesse L, Tankere E, Kamper D, Tan T. Static accuracy of resistive bend sensors. Proceedings of International Conference of the 39th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Montreal, Canada, 2020.