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Jean-Francois Daneault, Ph.D.

Jean-Francois Daneault, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department: Rehabilitation And Movement Sciences
Phone: (973) 972-8482
Email: jf.daneault@rutgers.edu

Office Location:
Stanley S. Bergen Building
65 Bergen Street, Room 916
Newark, NJ 07107

About

I am a licensed occupational therapist and translational social scientist with a research emphasis on participatory-driven and justice-oriented research. As an occupational therapist, I worked extensively with autistic children and young adults and always strived to effectively use person-centered and evidence-based interventions.

Education

BSc,  Universite Du Quebec A Montreal
MSc,  Universite Du Quebec A Montreal
Ph.D.,  McGill University

Professional Achievements

Canadian Institutes of Health Research postdoctoral fellowship .
Parkinson Society Canada doctoral fellowship .
Fonds de Recherche en Sante-Quebec doctoral fellowship

Research

My research focuses on better understanding motor behavior in health and disease in order to improve/optimize movements of individuals with chronic diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, dystonia, cerebral palsy, and stroke, through physical therapy and exercise. My laboratory tools include motion capture, wearable sensors, electromyography, brain stimulation, and neuroimaging. The long-term goal is to develop tools based on quantitative evidence to personalize interventions for individuals with neurological disorders.
Current Projects:
1) Examining the role of sensory information and cognitive load on motor planning in healthy individuals.
2) Monitoring of motor and cognitive symptoms of Essential tremor using mobile and wearable technology.
3) Monitoring motor and non-motor symptoms of Huntington’s disease using wearable sensors.

Title
Sponsor
Effective Dates
Role
Image-based DiEtary Assessment in Chronic Kidney Disease (IDEA-CKD)
Rutgers University Busch Biomedical Research Grant
2019-2020
 Co-Investigator
Development and testing of a mobile health application for management of gestational diabetes
National Institutes of Health (R21)
2019-2021
 Co-Investigator
Novel tools for the delivery and assessment of exercise programs adapted to individuals with Parkinson’s disease
Weston Brain Institute (Pilot project grant)
2019-2021
 Co-Investigator
Develop a novel biomarker of basal ganglia plasticity in patients with Parkinson’s disease.
Michael J Fox Foundation
2016-2018
 Co-Investigator
Early career award to examine possible mechanisms underlying the effectiveness of robot-assisted therapy to improve finger dexterity in children with cerebral palsy.
Thrasher Research Fund
2016-2018
 PI
Jean-Francois’ Research Profile

Publications

Title Authors Where and When
Decomposition of reaching movements enables detection and measurement of ataxia
Oubre B, Daneault JF, Whritenour K, Khan NC, Stephen CD, Schmahmann JD, Lee SI, Gupta AS
The Cerebellum, 2021
Limb and trunk accelerometer data collected with wearable sensors from subjects with Parkinson’s disease
Vergara-Diaz G, Daneault JF, Parisi F, Admati C, Alfonso C, Bertoli M, Bonizzoni E, Ferreira Carvalho G, Costante G, Fabara EE, Fixler N, Golabchi FN, Growdon J, Sapienza S, Snyder P, Shpigelman S, Sudarsky L, Daeschler M, Bataille L, Sieberts SK, Omberg L, Moore S, Bonato P
Scientific Data 8(47), 2021
Accelerometer data collected with a minimum set of wearable sensors from subjects with Parkinson’s disease
Daneault JF, Vergara-Diaz G, Parisi F, Admati C, Alfonso C, Bertoli M, Bonizzoni E, Ferreira Carvalho G, Costante G, Fabara EE, Fixler N, Golabchi FN, Growdon J, Sapienza S, Snyder P, Shpigelman S, Sudarsky L, Daeschler M, Bataille L, Sieberts SK, Omberg L, Moore S, Bonato P
Scientific Data 8(48), 2021
Estimating Quality of Reaching Movement Using a Wrist-Worn Inertial Sensor
Oubre B, Daneault JF, Jung HT, Park J, Ryu T, Kim Y, Lee SI
42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; 2020.
Comparing Different Methods of Gait Speed Estimation using Wearable Sensors in Individuals with Varying Levels of Mobility Impairments;
Nunez EH, Parchar S, Iwata I, Setoguchi S, Chen H, Daneault JF
42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; 2020.
Test-retest reliability of an adapted version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire for healthy individuals and stroke survivors
Honado AS, Roy JS, Daneault JF, Gbètoho Atigossou OL, Sèbiyo Batcho C
Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine S1877-0657(20): 30020-8, 2020.
Yoga as an intervention for the reduction of symptoms of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents: A systematic review
James-Palmer A, Anderson EZ, Zucker L, Kofman Y, Daneault JF
Frontiers in Pediatrics-Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; 8:78, 2020.
Estimating Upper-Limb Impairment Level in Stroke Survivors using Wearable Inertial Sensors and a Minimally-Burdensome Motor Task.
Oubre B, Daneault JF, Jung HT, Whritenour K, Miranda JGV, Park J, Ryu T, Kim Y, Lee SI
IEEE Transactions in Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 28(3): 601-611, 2020.
Motor skill acquisition during a balance task as a process of optimization of motor primitives.
de Lemos Fonseca M, Daneault JF, Vergara-Diaz G, Quixadá AP, Souza de Oliveira e Torres AF, Pondé de Sena E, Bomfim Cruz Vieira JP, Bigogno Reis Cazeta B, Sotero dos Santos V, da Cruz Figueiredo T, Peña N, Bonato P, Garcia Vivas Miranda J
European Journal of Neuroscience 51(10): 2082-2094, 2020
mHealth and wearable technology should replace motor diaries to track motor fluctuations in Parkinson’s Disease
Erb M, Karlin D, Ho B, Thomas K, Parisi F, Vergara-Diaz G, Daneault JF, Wacnik P, Zhang H, Kangarloo T, Demanuele C, Brooks C, Detheridge C, Shaafi Kabiri N, Bhangu J, Bonato P
NPJ Digital Medicine 3(6), 2020
A Simple Low-Cost Wearable Sensor for Long-Term Ambulatory Monitoring of Knee Joint Kinematics
Oubre B, Daneault JF, Boyer K, Kim JH, Jasim M, Bonato P, Lee SI
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 67(12):3483-3490, 2020.
Effectiveness of a Serious Game for Cognitive Training in Chronic Stroke Survivors with Mild-to-Moderate Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Jung HT, Daneault JF, Nanglo T, Lee H, Kim B, Kim Y, Lee SI
Applied Sciences 10(19): 6703, 2020
Remote Assessment of Cognitive Impairment Level based on Serious Mobile Game Performance: An Initial Proof of Concept
Jung HT, Daneault JF, Lee H, Kim K, Kim B, Park S, Ryu T, Kim Y, Lee SI
IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 2019;23(3):1269-1277. doi: 10.1109/JBHI.2019.2893897
A Wearable Biomedical Motion Sensor Employing a Vibration Energy Harvester
Sharghi H, Daneault JF, Bilgen O
ASME 2019 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems; 2019
Estimating Quality of Reaching Movement Using a Wrist-Worn Inertial Sensor
Oubre B, Daneault JF, Jung HT, Park, J, Ryu T, Kim Y, Lee SI
9th International IEEE EMBS Conference On Neural Engineering (NER19); 2019
SmartDiagnostics: A Mobile Application for the Monitoring and Management of Movement Disorders
Chandra A, Zabounidis R, Tung K, Jung HT, Daneault JF, Lee SI
IEEE International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (IEEE BHI 2019); 2019
A Low-Cost Wearable System to Estimate Free-Living 3D Ground Reaction Force
Williams NA, Steiner E, Nanglo T, Jasim M, Daneault JF, Boyer K, Lee SI
IEEE International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (IEEE BHI 2019); 2019
Predicting Cognitive Impairment Level after a Serious Game-based Therapy in Chronic Stroke Survivors
Jung HT, Lee H, Kim K, Kim B, Park S, Ryu T, Kim Y, Daneault JF, Lee SI
IEEE International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (IEEE BHI 2019); 2019
Complex Upper-Limb Movements Are Generated by Combining Motor Primitives that Scale with the Movement Size
Miranda JGV, Daneault JF, Vergara-Diaz G, de Oliveira e Torres AFS, Quixadá AP, Fonseca ML, Vieira JPBC, dos Santos VS, Figueiredo TC, Pinto EB, Bonato P, Peña N
Scientific Reports 8(1):12918, 2018
Complex Upper-Limb Movements Are Generated by Combining Motor Primitives that Scale with the Movement Size.
Miranda JGV, Daneault JF, Vergara-Diaz G, de Oliveira e Torres AFS, Quixadá AP, Fonseca ML, Vieira JPBC, dos Santos VS, Figueiredo TC, Pinto EB, Bonato P, Peña N
2018
Estimating Ground Reaction Force and Center of Pressure during Gait using a Low-Cost Insole
Lee SI, Boyer K, Daneault JF
IEEE Biomedical and Health Informatics Conference (IEEE BHI 2018); 2018
Towards the Ambulatory Assessment of Movement Quality in Stroke Survivors using a Wrist-worn Inertial Sensor
Lee SI, Jung HT, Woo PJ, Jugyeong J, Ryu T, Kim Y, dos Santos VS, Miranda JGV, Daneault JF
40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; 2018
Feasibility of Using the RAPAEL Smart Board for Upper Limb Therapy in Stroke Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Woo PJ, Jung HT, Daneault JF, Park SJ, Ryu T, Kim Y, Lee SI
40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; 2018
Could wearable and mobile technology improve the management of Essential tremor?
Daneault JF
Frontiers in Neurology. In press; 2018
Estimating bradykinesia in Parkinson’s disease with a minimum number of wearable sensors
Daneault JF, Lee SI, Golabchi FN, Patel S, Shih LC, Paganoni S, Bonato P
Proceedings of IEEE/ACM CHASE 2017; 2017
Subthalamic deep brain stimulation and dopaminergic medication in Parkinson’s disease: impact on inter-limb coupling
Daneault JF, Carignan B, Sadikot AF, Duval C
Neuroscience; 335:9-19, 2016
A brain network model explaining tremor in Parkinson’s disease
Duval C, Daneault JF, Hutchison W, Sadikot AF
Neurobiology of Disease; 85:49-59, 2016
A novel flexible wearable sensor for estimating joint-angles
Lee SI, Daneault JF, Weidert L, Bonato P
Proceedings of 13th IEEE International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks; 2016
Recent machine learning advancements in sensor-based mobility analysis: deep learning for Parkinson’s disease assessment
Eskofier BM, Lee SI, Daneault JF, Golabchi FN, Ferreira-Carvalho G, Vergara-Diaz G, Sapienza S, Costante G, Kautz T, Kluchen J, Bonato P
Proceedings of 38th annual IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; 2016
Home monitoring of drug response in patients with Parkinson’s disease using wearable sensors
Kanzler C, Lee SI, Daneault JF, Golabchi FN, Hannink J, Pasluosta C, Eskofier BM, Bonato P
Wireless Health; 2016
MDS Task Force on Technology; Technology in Parkinson disease: Challenges and Opportunities
Espay AJ, Bonato P, Nahab F, Maetzler W, Dean JM, Klucken J, Eskofier BM, Merola A, Horak F, Lang AE, Reilmann R, Giuffrida J, Nieuwboer A, Horne M, Little MA, Litvan I, Simuni T, Dorsey ER, Burak MA, Kubota K, Kamondi A, Godinho C, Daneault JF, Mitsi G, Krinke L, Hausdorff JM, Bloem BR, Papapetropoulos S
Movement Disorders; 31(9):1272-1282,2016
Combining dopaminergic facilitation with robot-assisted upper-limb therapy in stroke survivors: a focused review
Tran D, Pajaro-Blazquez M, Daneault JF, Gallegos JG, Pons J, Fregni F, Bonato P, Zafonte R
American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; 95(6):459-474, 2016
The effect of physical activity in Parkinson’s disease: a review
Lauzé M, Daneault JF, Duval C
Journal of Parkinson’s Disease; 6(4):685-698, 2016.
Clinical management of drug-induced dyskinesia: why current approaches may need to be changed to optimize quality of life
Daneault JF, Vergara-Diaz G, Lee SI
European Medical Journal Reviews; 1(4):62-69, 2016
Inter-limb coupling during diadochokinesis in Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease
Daneault JF, Carignan B, Sadikot AF, Duval C
Neuroscience Research; 97:60-68, 2015
Physical activity in advanced Parkinson’s disease: impact of subthalamic stimulation
Daneault JF, Sadikot AF, Barbat-Artigas S, Aubertin-Leheudre M, Jodoin N, Panisset M, Duval C
Journal of Parkinson’s disease; 5(1):85-93, 2015
Measuring tremor with a smartphone
Carignan B, Daneault JF, Duval C
In: Rasooly A, Herold KE (eds), Mobile Health Technologies: Methods and Protocols; Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 1256; Humana Press, New York, NY; Pages 359-374; 2015
A novel technique for assessing the level of drug-induced dyskinesia using wearable sensors
Lee SI, Daneault JF, Golabchi FN, Patel S, Shih L, Bonato P
Proceedings of 37th annual IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; 8087-8090, 2015
Activity detection in uncontrolled free-living conditions using a single accelerometer
Lee SI, Ozsecen MY, Della Trofolla L, Daneault JF, Patel S, Bonato P
Proceedings of 12th IEEE International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks; 1-6, 2015
Evaluation of a robotic knee brace during the performance of functional tasks in stroke survivors; Gait and Posture
Adans-Dester C, Scarton A, Daneault JF, Vega V, Severini G, Sawacha Z, Della Croce U, Bonato P
Italian Society of Clinical Movement Analysis (SIAMOC) annual congress; 42S: S1–S27, 2015
Subthalamic stimulation improves motor function but not home and neighbourhood mobility
Daneault JF, Duval C, Barbat-Artigas S, Aubertin-Leheudre M, Jodoin N, Panisset M, Sadikot AF
Movement Disorders; 29(14):1816-1819, 2014
Are quantitative and clinical measurements of bradykinesia related in advanced Parkinson’s disease?
Daneault JF, Carignan B, Sadikot AF, Duval C
Journal of Neuroscience Methods; 219(2): 220-223, 2013
Chapter 8: Postural tremors
Daneault JF, Carignan B, Rahimi F, Sadikot AF, Duval C
In: Manto M, Grimaldi G (eds), Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience: Mechanisms and Emerging Therapies of Tremor Disorders, Part 2; Springer, New York, NY; Pages 133-150; 2013
Drug-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson’s disease. Should success in clinical management be a function of improvement of motor repertoire rather than amplitude of dyskinesia?
Daneault JF, Carignan B, Sadikot AF, Panisset M, Duval C
BMC Medicine; 11:76, 2013
Using a smart phone as a standalone platform for detection and monitoring of pathological tremors
Daneault JF, Carignan B, Codère CE, Sadikot AF, Duval C
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience; 6:357, 2012
The effect of changes in joint angle on the characteristics of physiological tremor
Carignan B, Daneault JF, Duval C
Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology; 22(6):954-960, 2012
Organization of upper-limb tremor
Carignan B, Daneault JF, Duval C
European Journal of Applied Physiology; 112(4):1269-1284, 2012
Assessing drug-induced dyskinesia in the clinic, the laboratory and the natural environment of patients
Carignan B, Daneault JF, Duval C
Journal of Parkinson’s Disease; 1(4): 329-337, 2011
Finger tremor can be voluntarily reduced during a tracking task
Daneault JF, Carignan B, Duval C
Brain Research; 1370:164-174, 2011
Changes in physiological tremor associated with an epileptic seizure: a case report
Daneault JF, Carignan B, Robert M, Duval C
Journal of Medical Case Reports; 5:449, 2011
Bilateral effect of a unilateral voluntary modulation of physiological tremor
Daneault JF, Carignan B, Duval C
Clinical Neurophysiology; 121(5):734-743, 2010
Quantifying the importance of high frequency oscillations in physiological tremor
Carignan B, Daneault JF, Duval C
Experimental Brain Research; 202(2):299-306, 2010
The amplitude of physiological tremor can be voluntarily modulated
Carignan B, Daneault JF, Duval C
Experimental Brain Research; 194:309-316, 2009
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