Robert Sainburg
Ph.D., 1993, Neuroscience, Rutgers University
Associate Professor of Kinesiology and
Associate Professor of Neurology
Contact Information
029 Recreation Building
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 863-7938
Fax: (814) 863-4755
http://www.personal.psu.edu/rls45/Sainburg.html/
Research Interests
Neural mechanisms underlying control of multijoint arm movements in humans. We combine both psychophysical experiments and biomechanical simulations to determine the neural processes responsible for coordinating the complex mechanics of the musculoskeletal system. Studies in patients with neurological lesions are conducted to determine the contributions of specific neural structures to control.
Selected Publications
Sainburg RL, Duff SV. Does motor lateralization have implications for stroke rehabilitation?
J Rehabil Res Dev. 2006 May-Jun;43(3):311-22.
Sarlegna FR, Sainburg RL. The effect of target modality on visual and proprioceptive contributions to the control of movement distance.
Exp Brain Res. 2006 Aug 4; [Epub ahead of print]
Wang J, Sainburg RL. Adaptation to visuomotor rotations remaps movement vectors, not final
positions.J Neurosci. 2005 Apr 20;25(16):4024-30.
Sainburg RL, Schaefer SY. Interlimb differences in control of movement extent.
J Neurophysiol. 2004 Sep;92(3):1374-83.
Brown LE, Rosenbaum DA, Sainburg RL. Limb position drift: implications for control of posture and movement.J Neurophysiol. 2003 Nov;90(5):3105-18.
Bagesteiro LB, Sainburg RL. Handedness: dominant arm advantages in control of limb dynamics. J Neurophysiol. 2002 Nov;88(5):2408-21.
Sainburg RL, Kalakanis D. Differences in control of limb dynamics during dominant and nondominant arm reaching.J Neurophysiol. 2000 May;83(5):2661-75.
Sainburg RL, Ghilardi MF, Poizner H, Ghez C. Control of limb dynamics in normal subjects and patients without proprioception. J Neurophysiol. 1995 Feb;73(2):820-35.