Research Interests
Investigation of risk factors for injury or disability during the performance of goal-directed movements • Age-related and disease-related changes in postural control • Behavioral and neural mechanisms underlying postural and gait dysfunction in older adults with and without neurological disorders • Non-linear dynamical analysis of short and noisy time series data
Education
- Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2012
- M.S., Biomedical Engineering (Biomechanics Concentration), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2005
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 2003
Additional Campus Affiliations
Teaching Associate Professor, Biomedical and Translational Sciences
Research Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health
Affiliate, Center for Social and Behavioral Science
Research Affiliate, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Recent Publications
Bishnoi, A., Shankar, M., Lee, R., Hu, Y., & Hernandez, M. E. (2023). Effects of Therapeutic Intervention on Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters in Adults With Neurologic Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 104(3), 451-474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2022.06.003
Elshourbagy, A., Eltaras, M. M., Abdalshafy, H., Javed, S., Sadaney, A. O., Harrigan, T. P., Mills, K. A., Hernandez, M. E., & Brašić, J. R. (2023). Feasibility of virtual low-cost quantitative continuous measurement of movements in the extremities of people with Parkinson's disease. MethodsX, 11, Article 102230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102230
Holtzer, R., Choi, J., Motl, R. W., Foley, F. W., Picone, M. A., Lipton, M. L., Izzetoglu, M., Hernandez, M., & Wagshul, M. E. (2023). Individual reserve in aging and neurological disease. Journal of Neurology, 270(6), 3179-3191. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-023-11656-8
Hu, Y., Petruzzello, S. J., & Hernandez, M. E. (2023). Beta cortical oscillatory activities and their relationship to postural control in a standing balance demanding test: influence of aging. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 15, Article 1126002. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2023.1126002
Kaur, R., Motl, R. W., Sowers, R., & Hernandez, M. E. (2023). A Vision-Based Framework for Predicting Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's Disease Gait Dysfunctions - A Deep Learning Approach. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 27(1), 190-201. https://doi.org/10.1109/JBHI.2022.3208077