Michael Glassen
Research Engineer
Email: mglassen@shp.rutgers.edu

Grant Funding

Title: Functional and neurophysiological effects of a progressive robot assisted gait intervention early post stroke

Role: Principal Investigator

Sponsor Agency: National Institute of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Brief Overview of Aims: This research project is the first comprehensive study to evaluate a progressive and adaptive assist-as-needed intensive exoskeleton robotic (ER) intervention (30 hours of training) in the acute phase post stroke and its effect on functional recovery, neuromuscular adaptations, and neuroplasticity. Longitudinal measures of functional recovery and modulation of neuromuscular activations during walking, structural and resting-state functional MRI connectivity, and cortico-muscular connectivity (CMC) (using TMS, EEG, and EMG) will be acquired and used to model prognoses of recovery and understand the effect of ER assisted training.

Total Dollar Amount: $3,547,908

Funding Period: August 15, 2019  – November 30, 2024

Title: Cortical control of walking; brain plasticity following exoskeleton training in Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury

Role: Principal Investigator

Sponsor Agency: New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Injury Research

Brief Overview of Aims: This study investigates the cortical modulation of muscle activation and within-brain activation during walking, and the re-organization of cortical control of walking after SCI and intensive exoskeleton-assisted training.

Total Dollar Amount: $200,000

Funding Period: June 1, 2018 – May 31, 2024 (no cost extension)

Title: Combining Physical and Mental Practice for the Rehabilitation of Upper Extremity Movement Impairments Secondary to Traumatic Brain Injury

Role: Principal Investigator

Sponsor Agency: New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research

Brief Overview of Aims: This study investigates the effect of motor imagery and performance based feedback on improving rehabilitation outcomes.

Total Dollar Amount: $179,240

Funding Period: July 1, 2017 – May 31, 2021 (completed)

Selected Publications

1. Brihmat N, Allexandre D, Bayram MB, Saleh S, Guan X, Yue Guang H, Zhong J, Forrest GF. Safety and effects of a therapeutic 15 Hz rTMS protocol administered at different suprathreshold intensities in able-bodied individuals. J Neurophysiol. 2023 Jan 1;129(1):56-65. doi: 10.1152/jn.00268.2022. Epub 2022 Dec 7. PMID: 36475885.
2. Saleh S, Glassen M, Momeni K, Ravi M, Bheemreddy A, Hoxha S, Garbarini E, Yue GH, Forrest, GF. Corticomuscular Connectivity during Walking in Able Bodied and Individuals with Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2022 Jul;2022:2332-2335. doi:
   10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9871197. PMID: 36086198.
3. Patel J, Pattison I, Glassen M, Saleh S, Qui Q, Fluet G, Kaplan E, Tunik E, Nolan KJ., Merians A,  Adamovich S. EEG Based Resting State Connectivity Changes in the Motor Cortex Associated with Upper Limb Motor Recovery in the Subacute Period Post-Stroke. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2022.
4. Alivar A, Glassen M, Hoxha A, Allexandre D, Yue G, Saleh S, Relationship between DTI Brain Connectivity and Functional Performance in Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury, Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2020 Jul;2020:3256-3259. doi: 10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9176130. PMID: 33018699.
5. Saleh S, Sandroff BM, Vitiello T, Owoeye O, Hoxha A, Hake P, Goverover Y, Wylie G, Yue GH, DeLuca J. The Role of Premotor Areas in Dual Tasking in Healthy Controls and Persons With Multiple Sclerosis: An fNIRS Imaging Study. Front Behav Neurosci. 2018;12:296. PubMed PMID: 30618658; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6297844.

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For more information on the research at the NeuREI lab, please contact Professor Saleh at salehsh@shp.rutgers.edu.