Locations
Research Interests
Yasin Dhaher, PhD is currently researching Neuromechanics; orthopedic biomechanics.
Research Studies
Education & Training
Education
- Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
- Theoretical Mechanics/Biomechanics, Ph.D., 1997
Fellowships
- Northwestern University and the Rehabilitation
- Systems Neurophysiology, Post Doctoral Fellowship, 1999
Awards & Recognition
2007 Selected as a Fellow of the Northwestern Center for Engineering, Education Research (NCEER)
Post-doctoral
2001 Excellence in Neural Engineering Travel Award, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society and National Science Foundation
1999 Baskin Award for Excellence in Research, the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
1997-1999 Falk Research Fellow at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Recent or Important Publications
Keshner, E., Dhaher Y., Streepey J. W., Hain T., Pairing virtual reality with dynamic
posturography serves to differentiate between patients experiencing visual vertigo. In press,
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2007.
Lewek MD, Schmit BD, Hornby TG, Dhaher Y. Hip joint position modulates volitional knee extensor muscle activity post-stroke. Muscle and Nerve vol. 34 (6), Published on line September, 2006.
Dhaher, Y. and Francis M. Determination of the varus-valgus axis of rotation at the human knee: A helical axis representation, Journal of Orthopaedic Research, vol. 25 (1), Published on line December, 2006.
Dhaher Y.Y., Tsoumanis A.D., Houle T.T., and Rymer W.Z. Neuromuscular reflexes contribute to knee stiffness during valgus loading. J Neurophysiology Vol. 93(5), pp. 2698-709, 2005.
Gurses, S., Dhaher Y.*, Hain, T. C. and Keshner, E. A. Perturbation Parameters Associated with
Nonlinear Responses of the Head at Small Amplitudes. (Chaos, 2005; * corresponding Author).
Keshner, E., Kenyon R., Dhaher Y., Streepey J. W. Employing a virtual environment in postural research and rehabilitation to reveal the impact of visual information. International Journal on Disability and Human Development, vol 3(3), July-September, pp. 177-182, 2005.
Ricamato, A. and Dhaher, Y. Electrical Cortical Activity Associated with Joint Torque Direction in the Human Arm, J. Clinical Neurophys. vol. 21(3), pp.192-208, 2004.