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Kara Lee is a leading researcher in neurorehabilitation, specializing in the intersection of non-invasive brain stimulation and robotic gait training to restore mobility after neurological injury. Her work focuses on how transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can prime the motor cortex to enhance the effects of robot-assisted locomotor training in patients with chronic stroke and spinal cord injury (SCI). In her landmark 2013 feasibility study (93 citations), she demonstrated that pairing tDCS with a robotic gait orthosis is safe and viable for low-ambulatory chronic stroke survivors, providing critical insights for future trial design. Her 2016 randomized pilot study (80 citations) extended this paradigm to incomplete SCI, becoming the first to show that combining these interventions can produce synergistic improvements in gait performance beyond either therapy alone. Lee’s pioneering work has been instrumental in establishing a new therapeutic framework that leverages neuroplasticity through targeted brain stimulation and task-specific robotic training. Her contributions have opened promising avenues for treating patients with severe motor impairments who have limited rehabilitation options, making her a key figure in advancing evidence-based, technology-driven neurorehabilitation.
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