Kirsch, Robert, PhD
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Executive Director
Cleveland FES Center
Chair and Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
Research Career Scientist and Biomedical Engineer
Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
Bioscientific Staff, Department of Orthopaedics
MetroHealth Medical Center
CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact Number:
(216) 368-4064
Contact Email:
rfk3@case.edu
Since I joined the FES Center in 1993, my primary research area has been the restoration of arm function in individuals with paralysis resulting from cervical spinal cord injury, primarily through the use of FNS.
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AREAS OF INTEREST
- Using a model of the shoulder adapted to reflect cervical spinal cord injuries to evaluate potential interventions and control strategies.
- Determining the three dimensional stiffness properties of the arm.
- Using EMG from voluntary muscles in C5-C6 level injury as control signal for shoulder/elbow prosthesis.
- Restoring arm movements in individuals with high cervical spinal cord injury.
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
- User-based Control of FES-based Standing Neuroprosthesis, Department of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation, Research and Development Service
- Restoration of Hand and Arm Function by Functional Neuromuscular Stimulation, National Institutes of Health
- Controller Development for Upper Limb Movement