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  • Iyengar V, Santos M., Ko M. Aruin A. Effect of contralateral finger touch on grip force control in individuals with multiple sclerosis. Clinical Neurophysiology. 2009 Feb 23. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Iyengar V, Santos MJ, Aruin A. Role of movement velocity on the magnitude of grip force while lifting an object with touch from the contralateral finger. Motor Control. 2009, 13: 1-14.
  • Santos MJ, Aruin A. Effects of lateral perturbations and changing stance conditions on anticipatory postural adjustment. J Electromyography and Kinesiology 2008 Jan 29; [Epub ahead of print] 
  • Kanekar N, Santos MJ, Aruin AS. Anticipatory postural control following fatigue of postural and focal muscles. Clinical Neurophysiology. 2008, 119(10):2304-2313.
  • Li X, Aruin A. The effect of short-term changes in body mass distribution on feed-forward postural control. J Electromyography and Kinesiology 2008 Jul 7. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Santos M, Aruin A. Timing of the vibration of arm muscles affects grip force control. Journal of Human Kinetics, 2008, 19, 25-38
  • Li X, Aruin A. Anticipatory postural adjustments in conditions of simulated reduced gravity. Gait & Posture, 2008, 28(4):538-544.
  • Rao N, Chaudhuri G, Hasso D, D’Souza K, Wening J, Carlso C, Aruin A. Gait Assessment during the Initial Fitting of an Ankle Foot Orthosis in Individuals with Stroke. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. 2008, 3(4):201-207
  • Santos M, Aruin A. Role of lateral muscles and body orientation in feedforward postural control. Experimental Brain Research, 2008;184(4):547-59
  • Iyengar V, Santos M., Aruin A. Does the location of the touch from the contralateral finger application affect grip force control while lifting an object? Neuroscience Letters, 2007, 425(3):151-155.
  • Shenoy S., Aruin A. Effect of chair design on feedforward postural control in sitting. Motor Control, 2007, 11(4): 309-321  
  • Li X, Zhou P, Aruin A. Teager-Kaiser energy operation of surface EMG improves muscle activity onset detection. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 2007, 35(9):1532-1538.
  • Li S,  Aruin A. The effect of short-term changes in the body mass on anticipatory postural adjustments. Experimental Brain Research, 2007, 181(2):333-346
  • Zultowski I, Aruin A.Carrying loads and postural sway: The effect of load placement and load magnitude. WORK, a Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation 2007 (in press).
  • Shiratori T, Aruin A. Modulation of anticipatory postural adjustments associated with unloading perturbation: effect of characteristics of a motor action. Experimental Brain Research. 2007, 178(2):206-215
  • Rao N, Aruin A. Automatic postural responses in individuals with peripheral neuropathy and Ankle Foot Orthoses. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 74(1):48-56 (2006).
  • Aruin A. The effect of asymmetry of posture on anticipatory postural adjustments. Neuroscience Letters. 401(1-2):150-153 (2006)
  • Aruin A. Biomechanics. Encyclopedia on Disability, Ed. G. Albrecht, Sage Publications (2006).
  • Aruin A. Support-specific modulation of grip force in individuals with hemiparesis. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 86:768-775 (2005).
  • Shiratori T, Aruin A. Anticipatory postural adjustments associated with rotational perturbations while standing on fixed and free-rotating supports. Clinical Neurophysiology, 115: 797-806 (2004).
  • Aruin A, Shiratori T. The effect of the magnitude of motor action on anticipatory postural adjustments. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 14: 455-462 (2004).
  • Aruin A, Shiratori T. Anticipatory postural adjustments while sitting: the effects of different leg supports, Experimental Brain Research, 151: 46-53 (2003)
  • Aruin A., Hanke T, Sharma A. Base of support feedback in gait rehabilitation. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, (2003) (In press)
  • Aruin A. The effect of changes in the body configuration on anticipatory postural adjustments, Motor Control, 7: 264-277 (2003)

  • Aruin A, Mayka M, Shiratori T. Could a motor action that has no direct relation to expected perturbation be associated with anticipatory postural adjustments? Neuroscience Letters, 341: 21-24 (2003)

  • Slijper H., Latash M., Rao N.  Aruin A. Task specific modulation of anticipatory postural adjustments in individuals with hemiparesis, Clinical Neurophysiology, 13: 642-655 (2002)    Abstract
  • *Aruin A. The organization of anticipatory postural adjustments. Journal of Automatic Control, 12: 31-37 (2002) 3: 642-655 (2002).
  • Rodriguez G, Aruin  A.The effect of shoe wedges and shoe lifts on symmetry of stance and weight bearing in hemiparetic individuals, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 83: 478-483 (2002). Abstract 
  • *Aruin A. The biomechanical foundations of a safe labor environment: Bernstein’s vision in 1930, Motor Control, 6: 1-18 (2002).
  • Aruin A., Shiratori T, Latash M. The role of action in postural preparation for loading and unloading in standing subjects, Experimental Brain Research, Vol 138: 458-466 (2001). Full text
  • Aruin A., Ota T, Latash M. Anticipatory postural adjustments associated with lateral and rotational perturbations during standing, Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, Vol 11: 39-51 (2001). Abstract
  • Aruin A. Simple lower extremity two-joint synergy, Perceptual and Motor Skills, 92:563-568 (2001). Abstract
  • Aruin A., Sharma A, Larkins R, Chaudhuri G. Knee position feedback: its effect on management of pelvic instability in a stroke patient, Disability & Rehabilitation Vol. 22:690-692 (2000). Abstract
  • Chaudhuri S., Aruin A. Dynamic postural control in individuals with hemiparesis: the effect of compelled weight shift, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 81: 1498-1503 (2000). Abstract
  • *Aruin A.S. Sports after Amputation. The Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine: Biomechanics in Sport. Blackwell Science/International Olympic Committee Book, p.637-650 (2000).
  • Aruin A., Hanke T, Chaudhuri G, Harvey R, Rao N. Compelled weight bearing in patients with hemiparesis following stroke: the effect of a lift insert and goal-directed balance exercise, Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, Vol. 37:65-72 (2000). Abstract   Full text

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