Sanaz Khosravani

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Sanaz Khosravani is a researcher dedicated to understanding and restoring sensorimotor function after neurological injury, with a primary focus on proprioception—the body’s sense of limb position and movement. Her key research areas span robotic neurorehabilitation, haptic interface design, and the therapeutic application of exercise for brain dysfunction. Khosravani’s most significant contribution is the development of a robot-aided method for quantitatively assessing wrist proprioception, a sense often impaired after stroke or in Parkinson’s disease. Her seminal 2015 paper, "Robot-Aided Assessment of Wrist Proprioception," has garnered 118 citations, establishing a foundation for objective, device-based evaluation that overcomes the limitations of traditional clinical tests. This work, along with her 2014 study on robotic wrist-joint proprioception (16 citations), provides critical tools for disentangling proprioceptive deficits from motor impairments. Demonstrating a broader vision, she also co-authored the 2017 review "Exercise as Medicine for the Treatment of Brain Dysfunction," which synthesizes evidence for exercise as a targeted intervention across cortical stroke, cerebellar ataxia, and Parkinson’s disease. Through her innovative integration of robotics and neuroscience, Khosravani is advancing both the diagnosis and treatment of debilitating movement disorders.