Leigh A. Mrotek
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Total Citations
41
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About
Leigh A. Mrotek is a leading researcher in sensorimotor control and rehabilitation robotics, with a focus on understanding how the brain perceives and adapts arm movements. Her key research areas include proprioception—the sense of body position and movement—and the roles of implicit and explicit memory in motor learning. Mrotek’s major contribution is the development of the Arm Movement Detection (AMD) test, a fast, robotic assessment that provides an objective, ratio-scaled measure of proprioceptive acuity in the upper limb. This tool, validated in stroke survivors and healthy individuals, has been cited 29 times and is critical for evaluating sensory deficits that impair motor control and adaptation. Her work on sensorimotor adaptation reveals how implicit memory contributes to adjusting movement extent against unpredictable loads, even when explicit strategies are suppressed. With over 40 citations across her most-cited papers, Mrotek’s research bridges robotics and neuroscience, offering practical assessments for clinical rehabilitation. Her innovative AMD test stands out as a notable achievement, enabling precise quantification of proprioceptive function and informing therapies for stroke and other motor disorders.
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- 3The arm motion detection (AMD) test5 citations · 2014
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