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W. Zev Rymer, MD, PhD
- Vice President, Research
- John G. Searle Chair in Rehabilitation Research
- Director, Sensory Motor Performance Program
- Professor, Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, NU
- Professor, BME, McCormick School of Engineering, NU
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Research Interests
W. Zev Rymer, MD, PhD is currently researching regulation of movement in normal and neurologically disordered human subjects; physiological effects of spinal cord injury; sources of altered motoneuronal and inter-neuronal responses in spinal segments below a partial or complete spinal cord transaction using electro-physiological; pharmacological and biomechanical techniques; rehabilitation robotics.
Research Studies
Education & Training
Education
- University of Melbourne University
- M.D.
- Monash University
- Ph.D.
Recent or Important Publications
Rymer WZ. (2006) Response to "Training and retention of rehabilitation researchers". Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2005 Dec;84(12):976-9.
Li, S, Kamper, DG & Rymer, WZ (2006) Effects of Changing Wrist Positions on Finger Flexor Hypertonia in Stroke Survivors, Muscle Nerve 33: 183-190.
Suresh NL, Ellis MD, Moore J, Heckman H, Rymer WZ. (2005) Excitatory synaptic potentials in spastic human motoneurons have a short rise-time. Muscle Nerve. 2005 Jul;32(1):99-103.
Xia R, Rymer WZ. (2005) Reflex reciprocal facilitation of antagonist muscles in spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord. 2005 Jan;43(1):14-21.
Mirbagheri, MM, Tsao, C, Pelosin, E & Rymer, WZ (2005) Therapeutic Effects of Robotic-Assisted Locomotor Training on Neuromuscular Properties, Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE 9th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, Chicago, IL, USA.
Mayhew, D, Bachrach, B, Rymer, WZ & Beer, RF (2005) Development of the MACARM a Novel Cable Robot for Upper Limb Neurorehabilitation, Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE 9th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, Chicago, IL, USA.
Li, S, Stevens, JA, Kamper, DG, & Rymer, WZ (2005) The Movement-Specific Effect of Motor Imagery of the Premotor Time, Motor Control, 2005, 9, 119-128© 2005 Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.