Christopher J. Hasson

About

Christopher J. Hasson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, Human Movement, and Rehabilitation Sciences at Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University. His research focus is within the field of physical therapy and rehabilitation sciences, contributing to the understanding of human movement and rehabilitation practices. As a faculty member, he is involved in advancing education and research in these areas, supporting the development of future professionals in physical therapy and related disciplines.

Research topics

• Artificial Intelligence
• Computer Science
• Medicine
• Physical medicine and rehabilitation
• Psychology
• Physical therapy
• Human–computer interaction
• Neuroscience
• Physics
• Anatomy

Selected publications

• Neurorehabilitation robotics: how much control should therapists have?

  Frontiers in Human Neuroscience · 2023 · 14 citations

  1st authorCorresponding

  Robotic technologies for rehabilitating motor impairments from neurological injuries have been the focus of intensive research and capital investment for more than 30 years. However, these devices have failed to convincingly demonstrate greater restoration of patient function compared to conventional therapy. Nevertheless, robots have value in reducing the manual effort required for physical therapists to provide high-intensity, high-dose interventions. In most robotic systems, therapists remain…

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• Exploiting telerobotics for sensorimotor rehabilitation: a locomotor embodiment

  Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation · 2021 · 9 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  BACKGROUND: Manual treadmill training is used for rehabilitating locomotor impairments but can be physically demanding for trainers. This has been addressed by enlisting robots, but in doing so, the ability of trainers to use their experience and judgment to modulate locomotor assistance on the fly has been lost. This paper explores the feasibility of a telerobotics approach for locomotor training that allows patients to receive remote physical assistance from trainers. METHODS: In the approach,…

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• Effects of increasing walking cadence on gait biomechanics in adults with knee osteoarthritis

  Journal of Biomechanics · 2024-10-28 · 7 citations

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• Learning to shape virtual patient locomotor patterns: internal representations adapt to exploit interactive dynamics

  Journal of Neurophysiology · 2018-11-07 · 6 citations

  articleOpen access1st authorCorresponding

  This work aimed to understand the sensorimotor processes used by humans when learning how to manipulate a virtual model of locomotor dynamics. Prior research shows that when interacting with novel dynamics humans develop internal models that map neural commands to limb motion and vice versa. Whether this can be extrapolated to locomotor rehabilitation, a continuous and rhythmic activity that involves dynamically complex interactions, is unknown. In this case, humans could default to model-free s…

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• Recurrence Quantification Analysis of Ankle Kinematics During Gait in Individuals With Chronic Ankle Instability

  Frontiers in Sports and Active Living · 2022 · 5 citations

  Purpose: An investigation of the ankle dynamics in a motor task may generate insights into the etiology of chronic ankle instability (CAI). This study presents a novel application of recurrence quantification analysis (RQA) to examine the ankle dynamics during walking. We hypothesized that CAI is associated with changes in the ankle dynamics as assessed by measures of determinism and laminarity using RQA. Methods: We recorded and analyzed the ankle position trajectories in the frontal and sagitt…

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Recent grants

• NIH Grant F32AR061238

  NIH · $79k · 2013

• NIH Grant F31EB005073

  NIH · $51k · 2009

Frequent coauthors

• Graham E. Caldwell

  University of Massachusetts Amherst

  21 shared

• Richard E.A. van Emmerik

  University of Massachusetts Amherst

  15 shared

• Paneed F. Jalili

  Universidad del Noreste

  10 shared

• Dagmar Sternad

  Northeastern University

  8 shared

• Sheng‐Che Yen

  8 shared

• Robert U. Newton

  University of Queensland

  6 shared

• Eric L. Dugan

  Texas Children's Hospital

  6 shared

• Julia Manczurowsky

  Northeastern University

  5 shared

Labs

• Department of Physical Therapy, Movement, and Rehabilitation SciencesPI

Education

• Ph.D., Physical Therapy

  University of ...

  2005

• M.S., Physical Therapy

  University of ...

  2002

• B.S., Physical Therapy

  University of ...

  1999

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