NERD Lab - Research
- Ukey, J., Rogers, C., Uhlrich, S., Akcakaya, M., & Sethi, A. (2025). Enhancing Stroke Recovery Assessment: A Machine Learning Approach to Real-World Hand Function Analysis. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 106077.
- Sethi, A., Urbin, M., Almalki, G., Magruder, R., Bayazeed, A., & Krishnan, C. (2025). Does Voluntary Activity Influence the Effect of Noninvasive Neuromodulation on Corticospinal Excitability in Neurologically Intact Controls and Stroke Survivors with Moderate-to-severe Impairments?. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 106(4), e34-e35.
- Sethi, A., Pascual-Leone, A., & Krishnan, C. (2025). Transcranial random noise stimulation and functional-electrical stimulation-assisted task-specific practice to improve upper extremity function after moderate-to-severe stroke: a pilot randomized clinical trial. Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation, 18(1), 272.
- Augenstein, T. E., Oh, S., Norris, T. A., Mekler, J., Sethi, A., & Krishnan, C. (2024). Corticospinal excitability during motor preparation of upper extremity reaches reflects flexor muscle synergies: A novel principal component-based motor evoked potential analyses. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 42(2), 121-138.
- Bayazeed, A., Almalki, G., Alnuaim, A., Klem, M., & Sethi, A. (2024). Factors influencing real-world use of the more-affected Upper Limb after Stroke: a scoping review. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 78(2), 7802180250.
- Liew, S. L., Sethi, A., Stephens, J., & Woodbury, M. (2024). Recovery of Function After Acquired Neurological Injury. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 78(2), 7802070010.
- Sethi, A., Pascual-Leone, A., Santarnecchi, E., Almalki, G., & Krishnan, C. (2024). Transcranial random noise stimulation to augment hand function in individuals with moderate-to-severe stroke: A pilot randomized clinical trial. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 41(5-6), 193-202.
- Sethi, A., Acharya, A., Raj, S., & Dounskaia, N. (2023). Control of paretic and non-paretic upper extremity during bimanual reaching after stroke. Journal of Motor Behavior, 55(5), 513-524.
- Stepansky, K., Sethi, A., Toto, P., & Bleakley, S. (2020). Caring for Our Caregivers: a feasibility study of caregiver preparedness training within inpatient brain injury rehabilitation. International Journal of Therapy And Rehabilitation, 27(10), 1-11.
- Sethi, A., Pascual-Leone, A., & Santarnecchi, E. (2020). Combined Brain and Hand Stimulation to Improve Hand Function in Individuals With Moderate to Severe Chronic Stroke: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 74(4_Supplement_1), 7411515339p1-7411515339p1.
- Raj, S., Dounskaia, N., Clark, W. W., & Sethi, A. (2020). Effect of stroke on joint control during reach-to-grasp: a preliminary study. Journal of motor behavior.
- Sethi, A., Ting, J., Allen, M., Clark, W., & Weber, D. (2020). Advances in motion and electromyography based wearable technology for upper extremity function rehabilitation: A review. Journal of Hand Therapy, 33(2), 180-187.
- Eldeeb, S., Akcakaya, M., Sybeldon, M., Foldes, S., Santarnecchi, E., Pascual-Leone, A., & Sethi, A. (2019). EEG-based functional connectivity to analyze motor recovery after stroke: a pilot study. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 49, 419-426.
- Sharma, G., Sethi, A., Friedenberg, D., Colachis, S., Zhang, M., Urbin, M., ... & Weber, D. (2018). A Sleeve Electrode Array for Myoelectric Control of Functional Electrical Stimulation-Assisted Hand Function. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 99(10), e85.
- Stepansky, K. E., Sethi, A., Toto, P., James, A. E., Leighton, C., & Bendixen, R. (2018). Caregiver Preparedness Training Within Inpatient Brain Injury Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 99(10), e113.
- Sethi, A., Santarnecchi, E., & Pascual-Leone, A. (2017). Feasibility of Combined Brain and Hand Stimulation in Moderate to Severe Individuals With Chronic Stroke: F8. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 31(2), N20-N21.
- Sethi, A., Callaway, C. W., Sejdić, E., Terhorst, L., & Skidmore, E. R. (2016). Heart rate variability is associated with motor outcome 3-months after stroke. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 25(1), 129-135.
- Al-Zaiti, S., Sethi, A., Carey, M., Canty, J., & Fallavollita, J. (2014). Temporal complexity of depolarization indicates myocardial sympathetic denervation and predicts sudden cardiac arrest in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and poor left ventricular ejection fraction. Journal of Electrocardiology, 6(47), 910.
- Alibeji, N. A., Kirsch, N. A., Sethi, A., & Sharma, N. (2014, October). A state synchronization controller for functional electrical stimulation-based telerehabilitation. In Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (Vol. 46209, p. V003T43A004). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
- Sethi, A., Davis, S., McGuirk, T., Patterson, T. S., & Richards, L. G. (2013). Effect of intense functional task training upon temporal structure of variability of upper extremity post stroke. Journal of Hand Therapy, 26(2), 132-138.
- Sethi, A., Patterson, T., McGuirk, T., Patten, C., Richards, L. G., & Stergiou, N. (2013). Temporal structure of variability decreases in upper extremity movements post stroke. Clinical Biomechanics, 28(2), 134-139.
- Patterson, T. S., Bishop, M. D., McGuirk, T. E., Sethi, A., & Richards, L. G. (2011). Reliability of upper extremity kinematics while performing different tasks in individuals with stroke. Journal of motor behavior, 43(2), 121-130.
- Richards, L., Hanson, C., Wellborn, M., & Sethi, A. (2008). Driving motor recovery after stroke. Topics in stroke rehabilitation, 15(5), 397-411.
- Sethi, A., & Mukherjee, A. (2003). To see the efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in gross motor abilities of cerebral palsy children of 2–5 years, given initially as an adjunct to occupational therapy. The Indian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 25(1), 7-11.
Ongoing
- R21HD108462-03 - Strengthening task-specific activation of paretic hand muscles after moderate-to-severe chronic stroke - Source: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation to improve upper extremity impairment and function after moderate-to-severe stroke - Source: Seed Grant, College of Health, University of Utah
Completed
- Multimodal guidance towards precision rehabilitation to improve upper extremity function in stroke patients - Source: Veterans Affairs Health System
- Development of Vision-Based Methods for Effective and Efficient Control of Assistive Robotic Manipulators - Source: Veterans Affairs Health System
- Improving paretic hand function after moderate-to-severe stroke - Source: NINDS, Stroke Net Fellowship
- Neural mechanisms of the combined non-invasive transcranial random noise current stimulation and functional electrical stimulation to improve hand movement in individuals with severe impairments after chronic stroke - Source: Medical University of South Carolina’s National Center for Neuromodulation
- Combined brain and hand stimulation to improve hand function after stroke - Source: UPMC Rehabilitation Institute
- Examining the commercialization potential of the Individualized hand improvement and tracking system for stroke - Source: IDEA Foundry
- Individualized hand improvement and tracking system for stroke - Source: Center for Medical Innovation, University of Pittsburgh
- Customer Discovery for Individualized hand improvement and tracking system for stroke - Source: Innovation Institute, University of Pittsburgh
- Individualized hand improvement and tracking system for stroke - Source: Center for Medical Innovation, University of Pittsburgh
- Does rhythmic auditory training enhances the upper extremity flexibility post stroke? - Source: University of Florida
- Paired corticospinal motor neuronal stimulation after stroke
- Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation after stroke
- Transcranial electrical stimulation and motor learning after stroke
- Transcranial random noise stimulation and functional electrical stimulation facilitated task practice after stroke
- Automated telerehabilitation approaches using smartphone based low tech motion capture technology
- Digital assessments to detect motor and cognitive impairments
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