Susan D’Andrea

  • Assistant Professor
  • Email: sedandrea@uri.edu
  • Office Location: Independence Square, Suite P, Room 224

Biography

Susan E. D’Andrea, Ph.D. is the Principal Investigator in the MotionVR Biomechanics Lab which uses motion capture, virtual and augmented reality, inertial sensor and neurostimulation technology to understand the biomechanical parameters of movement related to neurodegenerative disease, prosthetics, cognitive function and sports performance. Dr. D’Andrea’s clinical projects are focused on developing virtual and augmented reality games for rehabilitation in stroke, cerebral palsy and for adults with mild cognitive impairment. Additionally, she uses the lab technology to evaluate sports performance related to movement and injury.

Research

Musculoskeletal biomechanics, Neuromotor control, Motion analysis, Virtual reality, Rehabilitation

Education

  • Ph.D., The Ohio State University
  • M.S., Clemson University
  • B.S., University of Connecticut

Selected Publications

Abtahi, Mohammadreza , Constant, Nicholas P. , Gyllinsky, Joshua V., Paesang, Brandon , D’Andrea, Susan E. , Akbar, Umer and Mankodiya, Kunal. ” WearUp: Wearable Smart Textiles for Telemedicine Intervention of Movement Disorders” 1: Wearable Technology in Medicine and Health Care, edited by Raymond Kai-Yu Tong, Elsevier Academic Press., 2018, pp. 55-62.

Mohammadreza Abtahi, Joshua V. Gyllinsky, Brandon Paesang, Scott Barlow, Matthew Constant, Nicholas Gomes, Oliver Tully, Susan D’Andrea, Kunal Mankodiya MagicSox: An E-Textile IoT System to Quantify Gait Abnormalities. Smart Health. 2018

Matthew Williams, Susan E. D’Andrea, Hugh Herr. Impact on Gait Biomechanics of Using a Variable Impedance Prosthetic Knee. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 2016; Jun 10; 13(1):54.

Christopher K. Rhea, Adam W. Kiefer, Susan E. D’Andrea, SE, William H. Warren and Roy K. Aaron. Entrainment to a real time fractal visual stimulus modulates fractal gait dynamics. Human Movement Science, 36, 20-34, 2014.

Susan D’Andrea, Natalie Wilheim, Anne K. Silverman, and Alena M. Grabowski. Does use of a powered ankle-foot prosthesis restore whole-body angular momentum during walking at different speeds? Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 472:3044, 2014.

Alena Grabowski and Susan D’Andrea. Effects of a powered ankle-foot prosthesis on kinetic loading of the unaffected leg during level-ground walking. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation Jun 7;10:49, 2013. PMID: 23758860.

Damian Stephen, Bethany J. Therrien, James B. Niemi, Jason Franz, D. Casey Kerrigan and Susan E. D’Andrea.  Baseline-Dependent Effect of Noise-Enhanced Insoles on Gait Variability in Healthy Elderly Walkers. Gait and Posture 2012 36(6):537-40.

Fan Zhang, Susan D’Andrea, Michael Nunnery, Steven M. Kay, He Huang.  Towards Design of a Stumble Detection System for Artificial Legs. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering, Oct;19(5):567-77, 2011.

Joel Stein, Richard Hughes, Susan D’Andrea, Bethany Therrien, James Niemi, Katherine Krebs, Lisa Langone and Jason Harry.  Stochastic resonance stimulation for upper limb rehabilitation poststroke American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 89(9):697-705, 2010.

Daniel E. Lieberman, Madhusudhan Venkadesan, William A. Werbel, Adam I. Daoud, Susan D’Andrea, Irene S. Davis, Robert Ojiambo Mang’Eni & Yannis Pitsiladis. Foot strike patterns and collision forces in habitually barefoot versus shod runners. Nature, Jan 28;463(7280):531-5, 2010.