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Eric Perreault, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, BME, McCormick School of Engineering, NU
  • Associate Professor, PM&R, Feinberg School of Medicine, NU
  • Research Scientist, SMPP, RIC

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Research Interests

Eric Perreault, PhD is currently researching focuses on understanding the neural and biomechanical factors involved in the normal control of multi-joint movement and posture and how these factors are modified following neuromotor pathologies such as stroke and spinal cord injury. The goal of this research is to provide a scientific basis for understanding normal and pathological motor control that can be used to guide rehabilitative strategies and user interface development for restoring function to individuals with motor deficits. A combination of human and animal experimentation, system identification and computer simulations is being used to achieve this goal..

Awards & Recognition

2009 Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
2008 Advisor of the Year, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University
2008 Editorial Board, Journal of Motor Behavior
2008 Associate Editor IEEE EMBS Conference Editorial Board
2007 Editorial Board, Journal of Motor Control
2007 Selected as a Fellow for the Northwestern Center for Engineering Education Research (NCEER)
2006 Delsys Award for best EMG Presentation, Int. Soc. Electromyography and Kinesiology Conf.
2004 Searle Fellowship for Development of Teaching Excellence
2001 NSF Post-doctoral Fellowship in Biological Informatics
2001 NIH NRSA Training Grant (declined due to conflict with above award)
2000 NIH Post-doctoral Training Grant appointee
1999 3rd place IEEE/EMBS Student Paper Competition
1998 Veteran's Administration Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
1998 IEEE/EMBS Student Paper Competition Finalist
1997 1st place, student competition, 2nd Int. Functional Electrical Stimulation Soc. Conf., Vancouver
1997 1st place, student presentation, Biomed. Eng. Research Day, Case Western Reserve University

Recent Publications & Presentations

Lewis GN, Perreault EJ (2009) An assessment of robot-assisted bimanual movements on upper limb motor coordination following stroke. IEEE TNSRE (in press).

Pohlmeyer, EA, Oby, ER, Perreault, EJ, Solla, SA, Kilgore, KL, Kirsch, RF, Miller, LE (2009) Toward the Restoration of Hand Use to a Paralyzed Monkey: Brain-Controlled Functional Electrical Stimulation of Forearm Muscles. PLoS One 4(6):e5924.

Trumbower RD, Krutky, MA, Yang BS, Perreault EJ (2009) Use of Self-Selected Postures to Regulate Multi-Joint Stiffness During Unconstrained Tasks. PLoS One 4(5):e5411.

Cui L, Maas H, Perreault EJ, Sandercock TG (2009) In situ estimation of tendon material properties: differences between muscles of the feline hindlimb. J Biomech 42(6):679-84.

Cui L, Perreault EJ, Maas H, Sandercock TG (2008) Modeling short-range stiffness of feline lower hindlimb muscles. J Biomech 41: 1945-1952.

Finley JM, Perreault EJ, Dhaher YY (2008) Stretch reflex coupling between the hip and knee: implications for impaired gait following stroke. Exp Brain Res 188: 529-540.

Rousche P, Schneeweis DM, Perreault EJ, Jensen W (2008) Translational neural engineering: multiple perspectives on bringing benchtop research into the clinical domain. J Neural Eng 5: P16-20.

Perreault EJ, Chen K, Trumbower RD, Lewis GN (2008) Interactions with compliant loads alter stretch reflex gains but not intermuscular coordination. J Neurophysiol, Feb 20 PMID: 18287550.

Krutky, MA, Perreault EJ (2007) Motor cortical measures of use-dependent plasticity are graded from distal to proximal in the human upper limb. J Neurophysiol 98: 3230-3241.

Lewis GN, Perreault EJ (2007) Side of lesion influences interhemispheric inhibition in subjects with post-stroke hemiparesis. Clin Neurophysiol 118: 2656-2663.

Pohlmeyer EA, Solla SA, Perreault EJ, Miller LE (2007) Prediction of upper limb muscle activity from cortical discharge during reaching. J Neural Eng 4: 369-379.

Lewis GN, Perreault EJ (2007) Side of lesion influences bilateral activation in chronic, post-stroke hemiparesis. Clin Neurophysiol 118: 2050-2062.

Cui L, Perreault EJ, Sandercock TG (2007) Motor unit composition has little effect on the short-range stiffness of feline medial gastrocnemius muscle. J Appl Physiol 103: 796-802.

Lewis GN, Mackinnon CD, Perreault EJ (2006) The effect of task instruction on the excitability of spinal and supraspinal reflex pathways projecting to the biceps muscle. Exp Brain Res 174: 413-425.

Perreault EJ, Litt M, Saterbak A (2006) Educational methods and best practices in BME laboratories. Ann Biomed Eng 34: 209-216.

Westwick DT, Pohlmeyer EA, Solla SA, Miller LE, Perreault EJ (2006) Identification of multiple-input systems with highly coupled inputs: application to EMG prediction from multiple intracortical electrodes. Neural Comput 18: 329-355

Education & Training

Education

Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, , 2000
McGill University, Montréal, PQ
M.Eng., Electrical Engineering , 1992
McGill University, Montréal, PQ
B..Eng., Electrical Engineering , 1989

Fellowships

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Postdoctoral Fellow , 2002

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