#REHABWEEK2025

SoNMIR Program

Thursday, 15 May

TimeSession
11:15-12:45

Chairs: Jules Dewald, Robert Sainburg
Opening Remarks Jules Dewald, Robert Sainburg
Clinical Translation of Machine Learning-Based Prosthetic Limb Controllers, Levi Hargrove
Supercomputer-Based Techniques to Reverse Engineer the Firing Patterns of Motor Units in Normal and Pathological Conditions, C.J. Heckman
Brainstem-Originating Neuromodulatory Inputs to Spinal Motoneurons May Facilitate Motor Impairments in Chronic Stroke, J. Drew Beauchamp
Stretch Reflex Hyperexcitability Persists During Volitional Reaching in Chronic Hemiparetic Stroke, Thomas Plaisier

15:00 – 16:30

Chairs: Jules Dewald, Robert Sainburg
Task-Dependent Brainstem Activity Revealed by fMRI During Robotic Perturbations, Rebecca Nikonowicz
The Complementary Dominance Hypothesis: A Model for Remediating the “Good” Hand in Stroke Survivors, Nick Kitchen
Clinically Accessible, AI-Powered Movement Analysis and Precision Rehabilitation, R. James Cotton
Understanding Movement Neuro-Mechanical Interplay for Neurorehabilitation Technologies, Massimo Sartori