News Archive from 2011
December 9, 2011
We wish that everybody have a happy and restful Christmas break! Best wishes to all for a productive 2012!
November 30, 2011
Evan Baldwin's paper has been accepted! The paper, entitled "Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation and Exercise for Reducing Trapezius Muscle Dysfunction in Survivors of Head and Neck Cancer: A Case-Series Report" was the result of work he and colleagues did for their major project while they were physiotherapy students. The paper will be in an upcoming edition of Physiotherapy Canada.
November 18, 2011
Andrea Bui presented a poster at the University of Alberta's Undergraduate Research Symposium. "Assessing Muscle Contraction Force" was the final product of research from data she collected over the summer. Great work!
September 26, 2011
Austin, Yoshi, Alyssa and Matheus have returned from attending the XLII Alberta Motor Control "Neurohike" Meeting in Jasper National Park.
September 12, 2011
We would like to welcome Matheus Wiest (PhD) and Alyssa Hindle (MSc) to our research team! Alyssa comes to us from Victoria, BC and Matheus from Santo Cristo, RS, Brazil.
August 29, 2011
It is with mixed feeling that we bid adieu to Cameron Mang. Cam was part of our research team for several years in various capacities and is now off to pursue his PhD at the University of British Columbia. Good luck Cam, we wish you all the best!
August 13, 2011
The EPOWC conference was a great success! We would like to thank all the attendees and speakers for their contribution and we look forward to seeing everyone next year.
July 11, 2011
Paper accepted for the European Journal of Applied Physiology! Austin's paper: "Neuromuscular electrical stimulation: implications of the electrically evoked sensory volley" will appear in an upcoming issue.
June 28, 2011
We welcome Jenny Lou and Aaliya Merali to the lab. Jenny and Aaliya will learn much as an intern and practicum student, respectively. Meanwhile, we are busy organizing to ensure a successful EPOWC conference in August.
May 27, 2011
Summer is here and we are as busy as ever. We welcome Andrea Bui, Mandy Hong and Sarah Roshko (back again) as summer research assistants. Alex Ley is back (at least temporarily) as our research technician and Cam Mang is in the lab again until he goes to UBC to for his PhD. Yoshi (MSc student) and Austin (PhD student) are also here continuing their research.
April 20, 2011
Check out the new video on the University of Alberta YouTube channel: "Sarah Roshko: Video Games and Relearning Motor Skills" about the experiments Sarah did in the lab over last summer. Sarah has received an NSERC scholarship to conitnue this work this summer.
April 13, 2011
Congratulations to Dr. Joanna Clair on the acceptance of her paper in the Journal of Neurophysiology. The paper, entitled "Post-activation depression and recovery of reflex transmission during repetitive electrical stimulation of teh human tibial nerve", will appear in an upcoming issue.
We also congratulate Dr. Clair on her new lecturer position in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation.
January 11, 2011
Two papers accepted! Both Austin and Cam have recently had papers accepted! Austin's paper: Motor unit recruitment when neuromuscular electrical stimulation is applied over a nerve trunk compared with a muscle belly: triceps surae will appear in the Journal of Applied Physiology while Cam's paper: "Neuromuscular electrical stimulation has a global effect on corticospinal excitability for leg muscles and a focused effect for hand muscles" will be published in Experiment Brain Research. Congratulations!
