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Sobrepera MJ, Nguyen AT, Anand A, Prosser LA, Evans SH, Johnson MJ. Age, Motor Function, and Cognitive Function Influence Preferences for Telerehabilitation Mediated by a Social Robot Augmented With Telepresence. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2025;33:2926-2936. doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2025.3592020. PubMed PMID: 40699968; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12532247.
Spittle AJ, Marschik PB, Adde L, Badawi N, Byrne R, Bos AF, Chatelin A, Coughlan J, Fedeli F, Guzzetta A, Ho ESL, Johnson MJ, Kwong A, McEwan A, Morgan C, Mughogho A, Murray DM, Orlandi S, Peyton C, Prosser LA, Ritterband-Rosenbaum A, Tran T, Zhang D, Passmore E. Towards universal early screening for cerebral palsy: a roadmap for automated General Movements Assessment. EClinicalMedicine. 2025 Aug;86:103379. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103379. eCollection 2025 Aug. Review. PubMed PMID: 40735348; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12304702.
Waters EL, Johnson MJ. Can an Optimal Control Model Capture Tracking Kinematics? Insights from Healthy and Post-Stroke Robot Interactions. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2025 Jul;2025:1-7. doi: 10.1109/EMBC58623.2025.11252623. PubMed PMID: 41335935; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12861175.
Nguyen AT, Zhang H, Tan T, Abrar M, Zhang Y, Johnson MJ. Integration of a Gripper-Equipped Humanoid Social Robot for EEG-Monitored Action Observation Paradigms. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2025 May;2025:1699-1705. doi: 10.1109/ICORR66766.2025.11062928. PubMed PMID: 40644269; NIHMSID:NIHMS2133526.
Kim J, Azar R, Meng N, Johnson MJ. Development of an Affordable Self-Stretching Passive Device for Treatment and Assessment of Spastic Wrist and Fingers Post-Stroke. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2025 May;2025:1479-1484. doi: 10.1109/ICORR66766.2025.11062961. PubMed PMID: 40644246; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12861169.
Opong-Duah J, Mittal A, Waters E, Sayani F, Sall S, Shofer F, Johnson MJ. Robotic Assessment of Cognitive and Motor Impairment in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2025 May;2025:1793-1798. doi: 10.1109/ICORR66766.2025.11063212. PubMed PMID: 40644221.
Shang Y, Bahrami S, Gaardsmoe S, Johnson A, Johnson MJ, Diefenbach P. General Purpose Haptic/Biometric-Based Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment for Post-Stroke Upper-Limb Rehabilitation Games. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2025 May;2025:248-253. doi: 10.1109/ICORR66766.2025.11062998. PubMed PMID: 40644162; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12861167.
Meng NY, Waters EL, Lin G, Gaardsmoe S, Johnson A, Hallock LA, Mendonca RJ, Cacchione PZ, Johnson MJ. Analysis of Induced Muscle Activations by an Affordable, Reconfigurable Robot for Comprehensive Post-Stroke Rehabilitation. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2025 May;2025:1361-1367. doi: 10.1109/ICORR66766.2025.11063060. PubMed PMID: 40644148; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12861168.
Azar RM, Sobotka NS, Cacchione P, Mendonca RJ, Johnson MJ. Evaluating the Relationship Between Motor and Cognitive Impairment and Lesion Size and Location Post-Stroke Using CT Scans. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2025 May;2025:1467-1472. doi: 10.1109/ICORR66766.2025.11063052. PubMed PMID: 40644125; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12861172.
Waters EL, Azar R, Opong-Duah J, Gaardsmoe S, Johnson A, Mendonca RJ, Cacchione PZ, Johnson MJ. Towards an Optimal Model of Post-Stroke Sensorimotor Control. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2025 May;2025:1313-1319. doi: 10.1109/ICORR66766.2025.11063066. PubMed PMID: 40644119; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12861173.
Davis ME, Sowande OF, Skorup J, Segado M, Shofer F, Prosser LA, Johnson MJ. Developing a Methodology for Quantifying Infant Interaction with a Robotic Toy. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2025 May;2025:1805-1810. doi: 10.1109/ICORR66766.2025.11063143. PubMed PMID: 40644027; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12861174.
Waters EL, Johnson MJ. Motor Learning in Robot-Based Haptic Dyads: A Review. IEEE Trans Haptics. 2024 Oct-Dec;17(4):510-527. doi: 10.1109/TOH.2024.3379035. Epub 2024 Dec 19. Review. PubMed PMID: 38502611; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11831855.
Skorup JC, Pierce SR, Ruwaih N, DeMauro SB, Johnson MJ, Prosser LA. Hammersmith Neonatal and Infant Neurological Examinations Scores in Typically Developing Infants Aged 1-6 Months. J Child Neurol. 2025 Jan;40(1):10-14. doi: 10.1177/08830738241282722. Epub 2024 Sep 27. PubMed PMID: 39327954; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11787824.
Waters EL, Mendonca RJ, Cacchione PZ, Johnson MJ. TheraDyad: Feasibility of an Affordable Robot for Multi-User Stroke Rehabilitation. Proc IEEE RAS EMBS Int Conf Biomed Robot Biomechatron. 2024 Sep;2024:1498-1503. doi: 10.1109/biorob60516.2024.10719912. Epub 2024 Oct 23. PubMed PMID: 40503389; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12153014.
Nguyen AT, Anand A, Johnson MJ. Exploring EEG Responses during Observation of Actions Performed by Human Actor and Humanoid Robot. Proc IEEE RAS EMBS Int Conf Biomed Robot Biomechatron. 2024 Sep;2024:1795-1801. doi: 10.1109/biorob60516.2024.10719790. Epub 2024 Oct 23. PubMed PMID: 40756697; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12318450.
Sowande OF, Koyner D, Prosser L, Johnson MJ. Design of a Robotic Infant Simulator to Understand the Role of the Trunk in Infant Postural Stability and Center of Pressure. ROMAN. 2024 Aug;2024:1005-1012. doi: 10.1109/ro-man60168.2024.10731418. Epub 2024 Oct 30. PubMed PMID: 40756020; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12318449.
Udayagiri R, Yin J, Cai X, Townsend W, Trivedi V, Shende R, Sowande OF, Prosser LA, Pikul JH, Johnson MJ. Towards an AI-driven soft toy for automatically detecting and classifying infant-toy interactions using optical force sensors. Front Robot AI. 2024;11:1325296. doi: 10.3389/frobt.2024.1325296. eCollection 2024. PubMed PMID: 38533525; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10963494.
Kather C, Shofer FS, Park JI, Bogen D, Pierce SR, Kording K, Nilan KA, Zhang H, Prosser LA, Johnson MJ. Quantifying interaction with robotic toys in pre-term and full-term infants. Front Pediatr. 2023;11:1153841. doi: 10.3389/fped.2023.1153841. eCollection 2023. PubMed PMID: 37928351; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10622661.
Bui KD, Lyn B, Roland M, Wamsley CA, Mendonca R, Johnson MJ. The Impact of Cognitive Impairment on Robot-Based Upper-Limb Motor Assessment in Chronic Stroke. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2022 Sep;36(9):587-595. doi: 10.1177/15459683221110892. Epub 2022 Aug 23. PubMed PMID: 35999810; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9946708.
Panchal J, Sowande OF, Prosser L, Johnson MJ. Design of pediatric robot to simulate infant biomechanics for neuro-developmental assessment in a sensorized gym. Proc IEEE RAS EMBS Int Conf Biomed Robot Biomechatron. 2022 Aug;2022. doi: 10.1109/biorob52689.2022.9925371. Epub 2022 Nov 3. PubMed PMID: 37041966; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10084789.
Sobrepera MJ, Lee VG, Garg S, Johnson MJ. Feasibility and Acceptability of Remote Neuromotor Rehabilitation Interactions Using Social Robot Augmented Telepresence: A Case Study. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2022 Jul;2022:1-6. doi: 10.1109/ICORR55369.2022.9896604. PubMed PMID: 36176163; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11774503.
Prosser LA, Aguirre MO, Zhao S, Bogen DK, Pierce SR, Nilan KA, Zhang H, Shofer FS, Johnson MJ. Infants at risk for physical disability may be identified by measures of postural control in supine. Pediatr Res. 2022 Apr;91(5):1215-1221. doi: 10.1038/s41390-021-01617-0. Epub 2021 Jun 26. PubMed PMID: 34175891; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8710181.
Stewart-Height A, Koditschek DE, Johnson MJ. Reimagining robotic walkers for real-world outdoor play environments with insights from legged robots: a scoping review. Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol. 2023 Aug;18(6):798-818. doi: 10.1080/17483107.2021.1926563. Epub 2021 Jun 4. PubMed PMID: 34087079.
Bui KD, Wamsley CA, Shofer FS, Kolson DL, Johnson MJ. Robot-Based Assessment of HIV-Related Motor and Cognitive Impairment for Neurorehabilitation. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2021;29:576-586. doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2021.3056908. Epub 2021 Mar 3. PubMed PMID: 33534709; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7987220.
Sobrepera MJ, Lee VG, Garg S, Mendonca R, Johnson MJ. Perceived Usefulness of a Social Robot Augmented Telehealth Platform by Therapists in the United States. IEEE Robot Autom Lett. 2021 Apr;6(2):2946-2953. doi: 10.1109/lra.2021.3062349. Epub 2021 Feb 25. PubMed PMID: 33748417; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7978113.
Espinoza Bernal VC, Hiremath SV, Wolf B, Riley B, Mendonca RJ, Johnson MJ. Classifying and tracking rehabilitation interventions through machine-learning algorithms in individuals with stroke. J Rehabil Assist Technol Eng. 2021 Jan-Dec;8:20556683211044640. doi: 10.1177/20556683211044640. eCollection 2021 Jan-Dec. PubMed PMID: 34646574; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8504690.
Sobrepera MJ, Lee VG, Johnson MJ. The design of Lil'Flo, a socially assistive robot for upper extremity motor assessment and rehabilitation in the community via telepresence. J Rehabil Assist Technol Eng. 2021 Jan-Dec;8:20556683211001805. doi: 10.1177/20556683211001805. eCollection 2021 Jan-Dec. PubMed PMID: 33953938; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8058807.
Chambers C, Seethapathi N, Saluja R, Loeb H, Pierce SR, Bogen DK, Prosser L, Johnson MJ, Kording KP. Computer Vision to Automatically Assess Infant Neuromotor Risk. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2020 Nov;28(11):2431-2442. doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2020.3029121. Epub 2020 Nov 6. PubMed PMID: 33021933; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8011647.
Lysenko S, Seethapathi N, Prosser L, Kording K, Johnson MJ. Towards Automated Emotion Classification of Atypically and Typically Developing Infants. Proc IEEE RAS EMBS Int Conf Biomed Robot Biomechatron. 2020 Nov-Dec;2020:503-508. doi: 10.1109/BioRob49111.2020.9224271. Epub 2020 Oct 15. PubMed PMID: 33959406; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8099034.
Fitter NT, Mohan M, Kuchenbecker KJ, Johnson MJ. Exercising with Baxter: preliminary support for assistive social-physical human-robot interaction. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2020 Feb 17;17(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s12984-020-0642-5. PubMed PMID: 32066467; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7027056.
Cordella F, Zollo L, Johnson MJ. Analysis of Human Behavior for Robot Design and Control. Appl Bionics Biomech. 2020;2020:1726347. doi: 10.1155/2020/1726347. eCollection 2020. PubMed PMID: 32089732; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7024096.
Ho ES, Torres W, Prosser L, Johnson MJ. Ailu: An Affordable Sensorized Toy for Detection of Neuro and Motor Delays in Infants. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2019 Jun;2019:994-999. doi: 10.1109/ICORR.2019.8779523. PubMed PMID: 31374759; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8012520.
Sobrepera MJ, Kina E, Johnson MJ. Designing and Evaluating the Face of Lil'Flo: an Affordable Social Rehabilitation Robot. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2019 Jun;2019:748-753. doi: 10.1109/ICORR.2019.8779416. PubMed PMID: 31374720.
Wang WS, Mendonca R, Kording K, Avery M, Johnson MJ. Towards Data-Driven Autonomous Robot-Assisted Physical Rehabilitation Therapy. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2019 Jun;2019:34-39. doi: 10.1109/ICORR.2019.8779555. PubMed PMID: 31374603.
Bui KD, Johnson MJ. Designing robot-assisted neurorehabilitation strategies for people with both HIV and stroke. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2018 Aug 14;15(1):75. doi: 10.1186/s12984-018-0418-3. Review. PubMed PMID: 30107849; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6092818.
Johnson M, Johnson M, Sefcik J, Cacchione P, Mucchiani C, Lau T, Yim M. Task and Design Requirements for an Affordable Mobile Service Robot for Elder Care in an All-Inclusive Care for Elders Assisted-Living Setting. International Journal of Social Robotics. 2017; :1-20.
Mucchiani C, Sharma S, Johnson M, Sefcik J, Vivio N, Huang J, Cacchione P, Johnson M, Rai R, Canoso A. Evaluating older adults’ interaction with a mobile assistive robot. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS. 2017.
Sefcik JS, Johnson MJ, Yim M, Lau T, Vivio N, Mucchiani C, Cacchione PZ. Stakeholders' Perceptions Sought to Inform the Development of a Low-Cost Mobile Robot for Older Adults: A Qualitative Descriptive Study. Clin Nurs Res. 2018 Feb;27(1):61-80. doi: 10.1177/1054773817730517. Epub 2017 Sep 16. PubMed PMID: 28918654; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5993053.
Bui KD, Rai R, Johnson MJ. Using upper limb kinematics to assess cognitive deficits in people living with both HIV and stroke. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2017 Jul;2017:907-912. doi: 10.1109/ICORR.2017.8009364. PubMed PMID: 28813936; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6291013.
Goyal V, Torres W, Rai R, Shofer F, Bogen D, Bryant P, Prosser L, Johnson MJ. Quantifying infant physical interactions using sensorized toys in a natural play environment. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2017 Jul;2017:882-887. doi: 10.1109/ICORR.2017.8009360. PubMed PMID: 28813932; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6219461.
Shivakumar SS, Loeb H, Bogen DK, Shofer F, Bryant P, Prosser L, Johnson MJ. Stereo 3D tracking of infants in natural play conditions. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2017 Jul;2017:841-846. doi: 10.1109/ICORR.2017.8009353. PubMed PMID: 28813925; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6219462.
Mohan M, Mendonca R, Johnson MJ. Towards quantifying dynamic human-human physical interactions for robot assisted stroke therapy. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2017 Jul;2017:913-918. doi: 10.1109/ICORR.2017.8009365. PubMed PMID: 28813937.
Johnson MJ, Rai R, Barathi S, Mendonca R, Bustamante-Valles K. Affordable stroke therapy in high-, low- and middle-income countries: From Theradrive to Rehab CARES, a compact robot gym. J Rehabil Assist Technol Eng. 2017 Jan-Dec;4:2055668317708732. doi: 10.1177/2055668317708732. eCollection 2017 Jan-Dec. PubMed PMID: 31186929; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6453086.
Johnson M, Mendonca R, Venditti N, Jordan A, Barathi S. Do Therapists Use Object Affordances to Develop Functional Activities for Task-Oriented Therapy: Implications for Robot-Assisted Task-Oriented Therapy. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2016; 97(10):e59.
Mendonca R, Johnson M, Laskin S, Adair L, Mohan M. Quantifying Therapist Practitioner Roles Using Video-based Analysis: Can We Reliably Model Therapist-Patient Interactions During Task-Oriented Therapy?. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2016; 97(10):e55-e56.
Bustamante Valles K, Montes S, Madrigal Mde J, Burciaga A, Martínez ME, Johnson MJ. Technology-assisted stroke rehabilitation in Mexico: a pilot randomized trial comparing traditional therapy to circuit training in a Robot/technology-assisted therapy gym. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2016 Sep 15;13(1):83. doi: 10.1186/s12984-016-0190-1. PubMed PMID: 27634471; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5025604.
Lott C, Johnson MJ. Upper limb kinematics of adults with cerebral palsy on bilateral functional tasks. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2016 Aug;2016:5676-5679. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2016.7592015. PubMed PMID: 28269543; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11774504.
Singh A, Rai R, Johnson M. Towards a bio-inspired control strategy for bilateral stroke rehabilitation based on motor control principles. Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 2015 IEEE International Conference on. 2015; :858-863.
Wamsley C, Johnson M. High-force Haptic Rehabilitation Robot and Motor Outcomes in Chronic Stroke: A Case Study. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2015; 96(10):e22-e23.
Adewole D, Johnson M. A computer model of the human arm: Predictive biomechanics for the theradrive rehabilitation system. Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 2015 IEEE International Conference on. 2015; :798-803.
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