Refereed Journal Publications (Last five years)

• O. Tawakol, M. D. Herman, S. Foxley, V. K. Mushahwar, V. L. Towle, and P. R. Troyk, ‘In-Vivo Testing of a Novel Wireless Intraspinal Microstimulation Interface for Restoration of Motor Function Following Spinal Cord Injury’, Artificial Organs, 2023.

• R. Nair, R. Sarmiento, A. Sheriff, A. Shuaib, B. Buck, M. Gauthier, V. K. Mushahwar, M. Ferguson-Pell, and M. Kate, ‘Assessment of remote ischemic conditioning delivery with optical sensor in acute ischemic stroke: Randomised clinical trial protocol’, Plos one, 18(5):e0284879, 2023.

• R. J. Sarmiento, R. Nair, A. Shuaib, B. Buck, M. Gauthier, V. K. Mushahwar, M. Ferguson-Pell, and M. Kate, ‘Remote Ischemic Conditioning with Novel Optical Sensor Feedback Device in Acute Ischemic Stroke-a feasibility study (P11-5.002)’, Neurology, 100(17 sup2) 2023.

• J. K. Mehr, M. Akbari, P. Faridi, H. Xing, V. K. Mushahwar, and M. Tavakoli, ‘Artificial-Intelligence-Powered Lower Limb Assistive Devices: Future of Home Care Technologies’, Advanced Intelligent Systems, 5:2200361, 2023.

• O. Tawakol, V. K. Mushahwar, and P. R. Troyk, ‘The use of digital image correlation for measurement of strain fields in a novel wireless intraspinal microstimulation interface’, Artificial Organs, 46(10):2066–2072, 2022.

• L. Ding, H. Xing, A. Torabi, J. K. Mehr, M. Sharifi, H. Gao, V. K. Mushahwar, and M. Tavakoli, ‘Intelligent assistance for older adults via an admittance-controlled wheeled mobile manipulator with task-dependent end-effectors’, Mechatronics, 85:102821, 2022.

• D. A. Roszko, S. Mirkiani, N. Tyreman, D. Wilson, A. Toossi, and V. K. Mushahwar, ‘Laser-microfabricated polymer multielectrodes for intraspinal microstimulation’, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 70(1):354-365, 2022.

• M. Sharifi, J. K. Mehr, V. K. Mushahwar, and M. Tavakoli, ‘Autonomous locomotion trajectory shaping and nonlinear control for lower limb exoskeletons’, Ieee/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 645–655, 2022.

• S. Mirkiani, D. A. Roszko, C. L. O’Sullivan, P. Faridi, D. S. Hu, D. Fang, D. G. Everaert, A. Toossi, P. E. Konrad, K. Robinson, and V. K. Mushahwar, ‘Overground gait kinematics and muscle activation patterns in the Yucatan mini pig’, Journal of Neural Engineering, vol. 19, no. 2, p. 026009, 2022.

• T. S. Barss, B. Parhizi, J. Porter, and V. K. Mushahwar, ‘Neural substrates of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation: Neuromodulation across multiple segments of the spinal cord’, Journal of Clinical Medicine, vol. 11, no. 3, p. 639, 2022.

• C. W. Howard, A. Toossi, and V. K. Mushahwar, ‘Variety is the spice of life: positive and negative effects of noise in electrical stimulation of the nervous system’, The Neuroscientist, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 529–543, 2021.

• H. Xing, A. Torabi, L. Ding, H. Gao, W. Li, V. K. Mushahwar, and M. Tavakoli, ‘Human-robot collaboration for heavy object manipulation: Kinesthetic teaching of the role of wheeled mobile manipulator’, in 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE, 2021, pp. 2962–2969.

• M. Sharifi, V. Azimi, V. K. Mushahwar, and M. Tavakoli, ‘Impedance learning-based adaptive control for human–robot interaction’, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 1345–1358, 2021.

• M. Sharifi, J. Khodaei-Mehr, V. K. Mushahwar, and M. Tavakoli, "Adaptive CPG-based gait planning with learning-based torque estimation and control for exoskeletons, " IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 6(4): 8261-8268, 2021.

• J. Khodaei-Mehr, M. Sharifi, V. K. Mushahwar and M. Tavakoli, Intelligent Locomotion Planning with Enhanced Postural Stability for Lower-Limb Exoskeletons, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 6(4): 7588-7595, 2021. Also, selected for presentation at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Prague, Czech Republic, 2021

• B. Parhizi,* T. S. Barss* and V. K. Mushahwar, Simultaneous cervical and lumbar spinal cord stimulation provides facilitation of both spinal and corticospinal circuitry in the human upper limb, Front Neurosci, 15:615103, 2021 (*equal contribution to first authorship).

• M. Sharifi, A. Zakerimanesh, J. Khodaei-Mehr, A. Torabi, V. K. Mushahwar and M. Tavakoli, Impedance Learning and Variation Strategies in Human-Robot Interaction, IEEE Trans Cybernetics, 15 Jan 2021, Epub ahead of print.

• H. Xing, A. Torabi, L. Ding, H. Gao, Z. Deng, V. K. Mushahwar and M. Tavakoli, An Admittance-Controlled Wheeled Mobile Manipulator for Mobility Assistance: Human-Robot Interaction Estimation and Redundancy Resolution for Enhanced Force Exertion Ability, Mechatronics, 74:102497, 2021.

• A. Toossi, B. Bergin, M. Marefatallah, B. Parhizi, N. Tyreman, D. G. Everaert, S. Rezaei, P. Seres, J. C. Gatenby, S. I. Perlmutter and V. K. Mushahwar, Comparative Neuroanatomy of the Lumbosacral Spinal Cord of the Rat, Cat, Pig, Monkey, and Human, Scientific Reports, 11(1):1955, 2021.

• A. N. Dalrymple and V. K. Mushahwar, Intelligent control of a spinal prosthesis to restore walking after neural injury: recent work and future possibilities, J Med Robot Res, 5(1&2): 2041003, 2020.

• A. N. Dalrymple, D. Roszko, R. Sutton and V. K. Mushahwar, Pavlovian Control of Intraspinal Microstimulation to Produce Over-Ground Walking, J Neural Eng, 17(3):036002, 2020.

• T. S. Barss,* B. Parhizi* and V. K. Mushahwar, Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation of the cervical cord modulates lumbar networks, J Neurophysiol, 123(1):158-166, 2020. (*equal contribution to first authorship)

• A. Toossi, D. G. Everaert, S. Perlmutter and V. K. Mushahwar, Functional Organization of the Motoneuron Pools in the Lumbosacral Spinal Cord of Non-human Primates, Scientific Reports, 9(1):13539, 2019.

• H. Flett, M. J. Wiest, V. K. Mushahwar, C. Ho, J. Hsieh, F. Farahani, S. M. Alavinia, M. Omidvar, P. E. Houghton and B. C. Craven, Development of Tissue Integrity quality indicators to advance the quality of spinal cord injury rehabilitation: SCI-High Project, J Spinal Cord Med, 42(sup1):196-204, 2019.

• A. Toossi, D. G. Everaert, R. Uwiera, D. Hu, K. Robinson, F. Gragasin and V. K. Mushahwar, Effect of anesthesia on the intraoperative responses to intraspinal microstimulation and its implications for clinical translation, J Neural Eng, 16(3):036003, 2019.

• R. R. E. Uwiera, A. Toossi, D. G. Everaert, T. C. Uwiera and V. K. Mushahwar, Brachial Artery Catheterization in Swine, JoVE, 30;(145), 2019.