Test Publications
2018
Cohn BA, Marjaninejad A, Valero-Cuevas FJ"Evaluating the learnability-dimensionality relationship in a tendon-driven finger"
Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, USA, Nov 2018
Hagen DA, Laine CM, Chakravarthi Raja S, Valero-Cuevas FJ
"Small errors in movement paths can induce dramatic changes in musculotendon velocities"
Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, USA, Nov 2018
Nagamori A, Laine CM, Loeb GE, Valero-Cuevas FJ
"Can Motor Noise Account for Force Variability?"
Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, USA, Nov 2018
Chakravarthi Raja S, Valero-Cuevas FJ
"An integrative neuromorphic approach to modeling of voluntary motor function."
Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, USA, Nov 2018
Nagamori A, Laine CM, Valero-Cuevas FJ
"A computational model of afferented muscles reproduces cardinal features of force variability"
Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neural Control of Movement, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, May 2018
2017
Cohn BA, Jalaleddini K, Valero-Cuevas FJ"Neuromechanical implications of postural changes to motor learning and performance"
Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, Boulder, CO. Aug 8-11, 2017
Jalaleddini K, Nagamori A, Laine CM, Golkar MA, Kearney RE, Valero-Cuevas FJ
"Evidence That Tuning of Muscle Spindles Can Be Decoupled from Muscle Activation"
Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, Boulder, CO. Aug 8-11, 2017
Marjaninejad A, Taherian B, Jalaleddini K, and Valero-Cuevas FJ
"Simple and Two-Element Hill-Type Muscle Models Cannot Replicate Realistic Muscle Stiffness"
Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, Boulder, CO. Aug 8-11, 2017
Nagamori A, Laine CM, Jalaleddini K, Valero-Cuevas FJ
"Interactions between Tendon Stiffness and Spindle Afferent Feedback Determine the Magnitude of Involuntary Force Variability"
Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, Boulder, CO. Aug 8-11, 2017
Laine CM, Valero-Cuevas FJ
"Specific Manual Tasks Transform EMG into a Probe for Neural Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease"
Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, Boulder, CO. Aug 8-11, 2017
2016
Ko N, Laine CM, Fisher BE, Valero-Cuevas FJ"Dynamic fingertip force variability in individuals with Parkinsons disease"
Hand Rehabilitation Section, American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Feb 17-20, 2016
2014
Lawrence EL, Nagamori A, Valero-Cuevas FJ, Finley JM"Prolonged immobilization and unloading leads to profound and long-lasting changes in spinal excitability."
Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC, November 15-19, 2014
2013
Lawrence EL, Lyle MA, Werner I, Krenn O, Lorenzi D, Kernbeiss S, Gondolatsch B, Frontull V, Zarfl M, Posch M, Valero-Cuevas FJ"Participation in elite sports improves neuromuscular control as detected by the Lower Extremity Strength-Dexterity Test"
Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, November 9-13, 2013
Ko N*, Lawrence EL*, Dayanidhi S*, Hu W, DiConti A, Lerner J, Winstein CW, Requejo P, Fisher B, Valero-Cuevas FJ
"The Strength-Dexterity test can detect differences in dynamic control of fingertip forces between individuals with Parkinson's disease and non-disabled older adults"
Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, November 9-13, 2013
*denotes equal contribution
Rocamora JM, Niu CM, Buchli J, Sanger TD, Valero-Cuevas FJ
"Physiologically-based control of a robotic tendon-driven system"
Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, November 9-13, 2013
Babikian S, Kanso E, Valero-Cuevas FJ
"Pre-tensioning of musculotendons is necessary to achieve finger postures and slow finger motions"
Proceedings of the 43rd annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, November 9-13, 2013
Reyes A, Lawrence EL, Babikian S, Liu CY, Heck CN, Valero-Cuevas FJ
"Spectral activity of cortical activity during manipulation of unstable objects revels task-dependent spatiotemporal features"
Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, November 9-13, 2013
2010
Kurse MU, Schmidt M, Lipson H, Valero-Cuevas FJ"Extracting mathematical models defining index finger kinematics using symbolic regression"
Proceedings of the 14th Annual Fred S. Grodins Graduate Research Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, April 10th, 2010
Kurse MU, Valero-Cuevas FJ, Lipson H
"Estimating the Topology of the Extensor Mechanism of the Human Finger"
Proceedings of the 12th Annual Fred S. Grodins Graduate Research Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, April 5th, 2010
Rácz, K, Valero-Cuevas FJ
"Motion and force are not controlled independently in multi-finger manipulation tasks"
40th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, 2010
Kutch JJ, Kurse MU, Valero-Cuevas FJ
"Muscle redundancy does not imply robustness to muscle dysfunction"
40th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego CA, November 2010
Kutch JJ, Valero-Cuevas FJ
"Obtaining complete solution sets for neuromuscular models"
ASME 2010 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Naples, FL, June 2010
Rácz, K, Inouye J, Valero-Cuevas FJ
"The spatio-temporal structure of force variability in static grasp suggests a continually active neural controller"
Summer Bioengineering Conference of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Naples, FL, 2010
2009
Kutch JJ, Kurse MU, Hoffmann H, Kuo AD, Valero-Cuevas FJ"Muscle synergies may be artifacts of biomechanics rather than neural constraints, and are not necessary to simplify control"
39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago IL, October 2009
2003
Kuxhaus LC, Valero-Cuevas FJ, and Roach SS"Effect of simulated low ulnar nerve palsy on the 3D force production capabilities of the thumb"
Upstate Medical University Alumni Day, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 2003
Santos VJ and Valero-Cuevas FJ
"Stochastic analysis of anatomical data suggests three characteristic types of thumb kinematics"
Proceedings of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Summer Bioengineering Conference, Key Biscayne, FL. 2003
Venkadesan M, Valero-Cuevas FJ, Guckenheimer JM
"The dynamic sensorimotor regulation of fingertip force vectors is independent of hand strength"
33th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. New Orleans, LA, 2003
2002
Valero-Cuevas FJ, Venkadesan, M, Talati, A Hirsch J"How networks of cortical activity adapt in response to changes in the type and quality of sensory input during dynamic precision pinch"
32th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Orlando, FL, 2002
1998
Valero-Cuevas FJ, Burgar CG, Johanson ME, Zajac FE"Scaling of muscle activation patterns during generation of isometric fingertip forces"
28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Los Angeles, CA, 1998
1996
Valero-Cuevas FJ, Burgar C, Zajac FE, Hentz VR, McGill KC, An KN"Muscle coordination during maximal index-finger ad-abduction forces"
Abstracts V. I, 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC., 1996