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B Harper, M Shiraishi, R Soangra (2023). A Portable and Reliable Tool for On-Site Physical Reaction Time (RT) Measurement, Invention Disclosure, 3, 100013

Hepp, J., Shiraishi, M., Tran, M., Henson, E., Ananthanarayanan, M., & Soangra, R. (2023). Exploring Teslasuit’s Potential in Detecting Sequential Slip-Induced Kinematic Changes among Healthy Young Adults. Sensors, 23(14), 6258.

Soangra, R., Smith, J. A., Rajagopal, S., Yedavalli, S. V. R., & Anirudh, E. R. (2023). Classifying Unstable and Stable Walking Patterns Using Electroencephalography Signals and Machine Learning Algorithms. Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 23(13).

Boyd, L., Soangra, R., Mukhar, L., Kling, R., & Beuttler, M. G. (2023). Stepping Beyond Efficacy: Understanding the User Experience of Wearables for Children with Idiopathic Toe Walking in the Natural Setting. Human Factors in Healthcare, 3, 100044.

Chen, J., Soangra, R., Grant-Beuttler, M., Nanehkaran, Y. A., & Wen, Y. (2023). Dense & Attention Convolutional Neural Networks for Toe Walking Recognition. IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering: a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 31, 2235-2245.

Rajagopal, S., Lyngdoh, D. C., Anathapadmanabhan, U. K., Soangra, R., & Vasan, N. (2023). IoT-enabled Solutions for Environmental Monitoring in Hospitals. The Open Biomedical Engineering Journal, 17(1).

Chang, H., Soangra, R., Bhola, R., GrantBeuttler, M., & Wang, R. Y. (2023). A long-term course of gait assessment in the atypical CLN2 patients along with ICV clerliponase alpha treatment. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 138(2), 107048.

Harper, B., Aron, A., & Soangra, R. (2023). Soccer heading drills and concussion-related deficits in high school female athletes.

Harper, B., Shiraishi, M., & Soangra, R. (2022). Reliability and Validity of Inertial Sensor Assisted Reaction Time Measurement Tools among Healthy Young Adults. Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 22(21), 8555.

Soangra, R., Jiang, P., Haik, D., Xu, P., Brevik, A., Peta, A., … & Clayman, R. V. (2022). Beyond Efficiency: Surface Electromyography Enables Further Insights into the Surgical Movements of Urologists. Journal of Endourology, 36(10), 1355-1361.

Germanos, A., Heiberg, T., Jeon, A., Heisterkamp, E., Giang, H., Cota, J., … & Soangra, R. (2022, September). Bruce Protocol Test affects Postural Stability in Healthy Young Adults. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 66, No. 1, pp. 1215-1219). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.

Bouzar, M., Bryce, M., Castillo, S., Cortez, D., Doucette, O., Garcia, B., … & Soangra, R. (2022, September). Peripheral display in virtual reality environments involves higher cognitive demands compared to centered display during dual-tasking. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 66, No. 1, pp. 1015-1019). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.

Balasenthilkumaran, N.V., S, B.R., Gorti, S., Sivakumar Rajagopal, Rahul Soangra. Correction to: Design and comparison of machine learning-based computer-aided diagnostic techniques to aid diagnosis of diabetes and detection of ulcer-prone regions in the feet using thermograms. Res. Biomed. Eng. 38, 1027 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42600-022-00221-3

R. Soangra, Y. Wen, H. Yang and M. Grant-Beuttler, “Classifying Toe Walking Gait Patterns Among Children Diagnosed With Idiopathic Toe Walking Using Wearable Sensors and Machine Learning Algorithms,” in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 77054-77067, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3192136.

Soangra R, Sivakumar R, Anirudh ER, Reddy Y. SV, John EB (2022) Evaluation of surgical skill using machine learning with optimal wearable sensor locations. PLoS ONE 17(6): e0267936. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267936

Bhatia, A., Desikan, S., Tripathy, S. A., Rajkumar, S., Rajagopal, S., & Soangra, R. (2022). Smart Pre-Screening of Patients for COVID-19 Using Depth-Wise Separableconvolutional Neural Network. ECS Transactions, 107(1), 847.

Rajagopal, S., Balaji, D., Venkatesh, V., Kanishka, S., & Soangra, R. (2022). Identification of Drunk People Among Crowds Using Thermography and Machine Learning. ECS Transactions, 107(1), 1867.

Rajagopal, S., Arpan, W., Thomas, S., Gomare, G., & Soangra, R. (2022). Comparison and Analysis of Different Thermography Techniques in the Biomedical Applications. ECS Transactions, 107(1), 9403.

Rajagopal, S., Goswami, R. D., Tiwari, R., Sabhapandit, E., & Soangra, R. (2022). Analysis of Contrast and Correlation Between Deep Learning Algorithms for Diagnosis of COVID-19 from Lung Ultrasonography. ECS Transactions, 107(1), 1877.

Soangra, R., Rajagopal, S., Shiraishi, M., Daerendinger, J., & Kohl, B. (2022). Unobtrusive Accelerometer-Based Longitudinal ADL Monitoring Among Different Populations. ECS Transactions, 107(1), 807.

John, J., & Soangra, R. (2022). Visualization-driven time-series extraction from wearable systems can facilitate differentiation of passive adl characteristics among stroke and healthy older adults. Sensors, 22(2), 598.

Abdollahi M, Kuber PM, Shiraishi M, Soangra R, Rashedi E. Kinematic Analysis of 360° Turning in Stroke Survivors Using Wearable Motion Sensors. Sensors (Basel). 2022 Jan 5;22(1):385. doi: 10.3390/s22010385. PMID: 35009931; PMCID: PMC8749703.

M. Abdollahi, P. M. Kuber, C. Hoang, M. Shiraishi, R. Soangra and E. Rashedi, “Kinematic Assessment of Turning and Walking Tasks Among Stroke Survivors by Employing Wearable Sensors and Pressure Platform,” 2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2021, pp. 6635-6638, doi: 10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9630791.

Chou, E.-F., Khine, M., Lockhart, T., & Soangra, R*. (2021). Effects of ECG Data Length on Heart Rate Variability among Young Healthy Adults. Sensors, 21(18), 6286.

Lockhart, T. E., Soangra, R#., Yoon, H., Wu, T., Frames, C. W., Weaver, R., & Roberto, K. A. (2021). Prediction of fall risk among community-dwelling older adults using a wearable system. Scientific Reports, 11(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-021-00458-5

Rohafza, M., Soangra, R*., Smith, J. A., & Ignasiak, N. K. (2022). Self-paced treadmills do not allow for valid observation of linear and nonlinear gait variability outcomes in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Gait & Posture, 91, 35-41. doi:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.10.008

Moon, S.H., Frames, C.W., Soangra, R., Lockhart, T.E.L., (2021). Effects of Rucksack Military Accessory on Gait Dynamic Stability. International Journal of Prognostics and Health Management, Vol. 12, No. 4 Special Issue on PHM for Human Health and Performance II doi:10.36001/ijphm. 2021.v12i4.2778

G. Ershadi, M. Gwak, A. Aminian, R. Soangra, M. Grant-Beuttler and M. Sarrafzadeh, “Smart Insole: Remote Gait Detection Algorithm Using Pressure Sensors For Toe Walking Rehabilitation,” 2021 IEEE 7th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT), 2021, pp. 332-337, doi: 10.1109/WF-IoT51360.2021.9595676.

SH Moon, R Soangra, CW Frames, TE Lockhart (2021). Three days Monitoring of Activities of Daily Living among Young Healthy Adults and Parkinson’s Disease Patients. Biomedical Science Instrumentation, 57, 2, 177-182

Special Issue on PHM For Human Health and Performance II, Vol. 12, No. 4 (2021): Special Issue on PHM for Human Health & Performance II , Lockhart, T.L., Soangra, R. (Editorial)

Soangra R, Krishnan V, John J, Rashedi E, McKenzie A. Comparison of 360° Turn Cycles among Individuals after Stroke and Healthy Older Adults. Applied Sciences. 2021;11(7). doi: 10.3390/app11073202.

 Soangra R, Shiraishi M, Beuttler R, Gwerder M, Boyd L, Muthukumar V, Trabia M, Aminian A, Grant-Beuttler M. Foot Contact Dynamics and Fall Risk among Children Diagnosed with Idiopathic Toe Walking. Applied Sciences. 2021;11(6):2862. doi: 10.3390/app11062862.

Vijayadasan J, Raghunathan D, Rajagopal S, Soangra R. Assessment of Major Depressive Disorders through Neuroimaging Studies and their Treatment Methods. International Journal of Biology and Biomedical Engineering. 2021 ;15:18-28. doi: 10.46300/91011.2021.15.4.

 Soangra, R. and T. Lockhart, Smartphone-Based Prediction Model for Postoperative Cardiac Surgery Outcomes Using Preoperative Gait and Posture Measures. Sensors, 2021. 21(5): p. 1704.

Soangra, R. and S. Rajagopal, Effects of visual referencing on backward and forward treadmill walking in VR environments. Displays, 2021. 66: p. 101975.

Smith JA, Eiteman-Pang WK, Soangra R, König Ignasiak N. Adaptations in trunk-pelvis coordination variability in response to fatiguing exercise. Gait Posture. 2021 Feb;84:1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.11.019. Epub 2020 Nov 18. PMID: 33260075; PMCID: PMC7902355.

Pollind, M. and R. Soangra, Development and Validation of Wearable Inertial Sensor System for Postural Sway Analysis. Measurement, 2020. 165: p. 108101.

ML. Pollind and R. Soangra, “Mini-Logger- A Wearable Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) for Postural Sway Analysis,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), Montreal, QC, Canada, 2020, pp. 4600-4603, doi: 10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9175167.

Zhang, J., R. Soangra, and T. E. Lockhart, Automatic Detection of Dynamic and Static Activities of the Older Adults Using a Wearable Sensor and Support Vector Machines. Sci, 2020. 2(3): p. 50.

Zhang, J., R. Soangra, and T. E. Lockhart, A Comparison of Denoising Methods in Onset Determination in Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle Activations during Stance. Sci, 2020. 2(2): p. 39.

Soangra, R., Multi-day Longitudinal Assessment of Physical Activity and Sleep Behavior Among Healthy Young and Older Adults Using Wearable Sensors. IRBM, 2020. 41(2): p. 80-87.

Kim, S., Soangra R, et al., Wearable Sensor-Based Gait Classification in Idiopathic Toe Walking Adolescents. Biomed Sci Instrum, 2019. 55(2): p. 178-185.

Pollind, M., Soangra R., et al., Customized Wearable Sensor-Based Insoles for Gait Re-Training in Idiopathic Toe Walkers. Biomed Sci Instrum, 2019. 55(2): p. 192-198.

Lockhart, T.E., Frames C, Soangra R. et al., Effects of Obesity and Fall Risk on Gait and Posture of Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Int J Progn Health Manag, 2019. 10(1).

Soangra, R. and V. Krishnan, Wavelet-Based Analysis of Physical Activity and Sleep Movement Data from Wearable Sensors among Obese Adults. Sensors (Basel), 2019. 19(17).

Frames, C., Rahul Soangra, Lockhart, T., Lach, J., Ha, D., Roberto, K., & Lieberman, A. (2018). Dynamical Properties of Postural Control in Obese Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Sensors, 18(6), 1692. doi:10.3390/s18061692

Rezvanian, S., Lockhart, T., Frames, C., Rahul Soangra, & Lieberman, A. (2018). Motor Subtypes of Parkinson’s Disease Can Be Identified by Frequency Component of Postural Stability. Sensors, 18(4), 1102. doi:10.3390/s18041102

Rahul Soangra, Bhatt, H., & Rashedi, E. (2018). Effects of load carriage and surface inclination on linear and non-linear postural variability. Safety Science. doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2018.03.019

Rahul Soangra, & Lockhart, T. (2018). Inertial Sensor-Based Variables Are Indicators of Frailty and Adverse Post-Operative Outcomes in Cardiovascular Disease Patients. Sensors, 18(6), 1792.

Rahul Soangra and Thurmon E. Lockhart, “Dual-Task Does Not Increase Slip and Fall Risk in Healthy Young and Older Adults during Walking,” Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, vol. 2017, Article ID 1014784, 12 pages, 2017. doi:10.1155/2017/1014784

Barfield JP, Newsome L, John EB, Sallee D, Frames C,Soangra R. , et al. A case report of shoulder fatigue imbalance in wheelchair rugby: implications to pain and injury. Spinal Cord Series And Cases. 2016;2:16002.

R. Soangra, T. E. Lockhart, J. Lach, and E. M. Abdel-Rahman, “Effects of Hemodialysis Therapy on Sit-to-Walk Characteristics in End Stage Renal Disease Patients,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, vol. 41, pp. 795-805, Apr 2013.

Zhang, J., Lockhart, T. E., & Soangra, R. . (2014). Classifying lower extremity muscle fatigue during walking using machine learning and inertial sensors. Ann Biomed Eng, 42(3), 600-612. doi: 0.1007/s10439-013-0917-0

R. Soangra, M.C. Soangra (2015). Hydatid Cystof Thoracic Spine: A Rare Cause of Paraplegia. International Journal of Science and Research, 4(4) 3210-3212, April 2015

R. Soangra, C B Majumder and P. Roy. Exploitation of genetic capacities of Bacteria for Improved plasmid stability in remediation of Arsenic Pollution, European journal of Advances in Engineering and Technology, 2015, 2(4): 84-49

R. Soangra, C B Majumder and P. Roy. Whole cell Arsenic Biosensor-A Cheap Technology for Bioavailable Arsenic (As) Determination, European Journal of Advances in Engineering and Technology, 2015, 2(5): 52-61

 

CONFERENCES

Grant-Beuttler, M., Beuttler, R., Shiraishi, M., Gwerder, M., Asher, J., Jeng, C., Gwak, M., Aminian, A., Sarrafzadeh, M., Soangra, R. (2023).
Smart Technology Intervention to Retrain Gait in Children with Idiopathic Toe Walking. Gait & Posture, 106, S68-S69

Rajagopal, S., Waarish Arpan, Steffy Thomas, Gajanan Gomre, & Rahul Soangra. (2021). Comparison and Analysis of Different Thermography Techniques in the Biomedical Applications. SPAST Abstracts, 1(01).

Bhatia, A., Desikan, S., Anand Tripathy, S. ., Rajkumar, S. ., Rajagopal, S. ., & Soangra, R. . (2021). Smart Pre-Screening of Patients for COVID-19 using Depth-wise Separable Convolutional Neural Networks on Cough Sounds. SPAST Abstracts, 1(01).

Rajagopal, S., Radha Debal Goswami, Rajat Tiwari, Eshan Sabhapandit, & Rahul Soangra. (2021). Analysis of Contrast and Correlation between Deep Learning Algorithms for diagnosis of COVID 19 from Lung Ultrasonography. SPAST Abstracts, 1(01).

Rajagopal, S., Deepikaa Balaji, Kanishka S, Vidhyalakshmi Venkatesh, & Rahul Soangra. (2021). Identification of Drunk People using Thermography and Machine Learning. SPAST Abstracts, 1(01).

Soangra, R. (2021). Unobtrusive Accelerometer-based Longitudinal ADL Monitoring among Different Populations. SPAST Abstracts, 1(01).

PD58-11 BEYOND EFFICIENCY: SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY ENABLES FURTHER INSIGHTS INTO THE QUALITY OF SURGICAL MOVEMENT OF EXPERT UROLOGISTS
Perry Xu, Daniel Haik, Pengbo Jiang, Andrew Brevik, Akhil Peta, Zhamshid Okhunov, Shlomi Tapiero, Emmanuel John, Rahul Soangra, Jaime Landman and Ralph Clayman

Nyangau, N., R. Soangra, and V. Krishnan, Abstract TP145: Kinematics of Turning 360 in Healthy Older Adults and Stroke Survivors. International Stroke Conference, 2020. 51(Suppl_1): p. ATP145-ATP145.

Shannon Toy, Christopher De Leon, Mirai Manatad, Tiffany Lubrino, Armond Gray, Christopher Hoang, Michael Shiraishi, Rahul Soangra,” Evaluating Effects of Localized Muscle Fatigue on Motor Unit Firing Rates using Decomposition EMG”, BMES 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting on October 14-17, 2020.

Armond Gray, Tiffany Lubrino, Shannon Toy, Mirai Manatad, Christopher De Leon, Nathaniel Addonizio, Lexi Nehls, Amir Memarian, Michael Shiraishi, Christopher Hoang, Rahul Soangra, “Effects of Asymmetrical Ankle Fatigue on Postural Stability”, BMES 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting on October 14-17, 2020.

Seong Hyun Moon, Rahul Soangra, Chris Frames, Thurmon Lockhart, “Osteoporosis affects Postural Stability among Older Adults with High Fall Risk”, BMES 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting on October 14-17, 2020.

Tiffany Lubrino, Armond Gray, Shannon Toy, Christopher De Leon, Mirai Manatad, Nathaniel Addonizio, Lexi Nehls, Amir Memmarian, Christopher Hoang, Michael Shiraishi, Rahul Soangra, “Impact of Single Limb Ankle Joint Localized Muscle Fatigue on Gait Characteristics”, BMES 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting on October 14-17, 2020.

Wesley Scott, Vinson Tan, Don Hoang, Justin DeGuia, Celeste Kim, Eric Lee, Larry Oakes, David Phu, Kori Yamasaki, Rahul Soangra, Emmanuel John,” Evaluating Driving Performance during Texting using Driving Simulator “, BMES 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting on October 14-17, 2020.

M. Shiraishi, C. Hoang, M. Grant-Beuttler, R. Beuttler, A. Aminian, R. Soangra, “Kinetics and Kinematic Differences in Idiopathic Toe Walking Children”, European Society for Movement Analysis in Adults, 17 September 2020

C. Hoang, M. Shiraishi, R. Beuttler, M. Grant-Beuttler, A. Aminian, R. Soangra, “Limits of Stability in Children diagnosed with Idiopathic Toe walking”, European Society for Movement Analysis in Adults, 17 September 2020

Michelle Gwerder, Christopher Hoang, Michael Shiraishi, Rahul Soangra, Richard Beuttler, Afshin Aminian, Marybeth Grant-Beuttler, “Relationship between different methods to measure ankle range of motion in children with idiopathic toe walking” European Society for Movement Analysis in Adults, 17 September 2020

Andrei Carballo, Matthew Chang, Brian Hirmiz, Nicolette Lambright, Vivian Lee, Marla Lewis, Martin Nguyen, Matthew Gothong, Rahul Soangra, “Effects of Auditory Cueing on Cadence and Gait Pattern” Human Factors Ergonomic Society 64th International Annual Conference, October 5-9, 2020

Alexa Charbonneau, Ben Garson, Fiona Bisoffi, Stephanie Esparza, Miral Bhakta, Luke Bailey, Rahul Soangra, “Load Carriage affects Kinematics during Ingress and Egress on Simulated Travelators ” Human Factors Ergonomic Society 64th International Annual Conference, October 5-9, 2020

Christopher Espino, Robin Faustino, Tiffany Franco, Angel Reign Galvan, Matthew Gothong, Ennis Khaleq, Cody Occhino, Rahul Soangra, “Asymmetric Load Carriage at Shoulder Height affects Temporal Gait Characteristics among Food Service Workers” Human Factors Ergonomic Society 64th International Annual Conference, October 5-9, 2020

Rachel Kling, Alex Chung, Courtney Cox, Emily Kimbro, Jim Grodzielanek, Stephen Ayres, Shireen Hosseini, Michael Shiraishi, Rahul Soangra, “Surface Inclination Influences Fall Risk and Lower Extremity Joint Moments During Walking” Human Factors Ergonomic Society 64th International Annual Conference, October 5-9, 2020

Chu, V.W., Girolami, G.L., Soangra, R., Beuttler, R., Hollandsworth, C., Chheda, S., Grant-Beuttler, M. (October 2019). Children with idiopathic toe walking showed differences in areas of tactile and vestibular processing. (Program No. 764.04). Peer-reviewed poster presentation at Neuroscience 2019, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Ghazaal Ershadi, Migyeong Gwak, Majid Sarrafzadeh, Afshin Aminian, Rahul Soangra, Marybeth Grant-Beuttler Smart Insole: Pedometer and Toe Walk Detection Platform For Remote Monitoring of Walking Patterns. Institute for Social and Economic Research. International Conference on Academic Research in Business Management, Social Science, Humanities, & Economic Growth Volume 1, Issue 12 (ABMSE-Sep-2019) Best Western Globus Hotel Rome, Italy

Rahul Soangra, “Does Lateral Stepping Gait and Dual-Tasking affect Variability of healthy Young and Older Adults”, Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences 28th Annual International Conference, 1-3 August 2019 in Orange, CA

Rivera, A., Pollind, M., Tierney, L., Jenkins, B., & Soangra, R. (2019, October) “Smart UP- An Inertial Sensor-based Wearable Device for Pressure Injury Prevention and Management.” Poster presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Philadelphia, PA.

Hoang, C., Dougherty, K., Brown, P., Ito, C., Tierney, L., Jenkins, B., & Soangra, R. (2019, October). Asymmetry in Temporal Parameters of Gait among Stroke Survivors. Poster presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Philadelphia, PA.

Rahul Soangra, Richard Beuttler, R. Caprice Hollandsworth, Shweta Chheda, Afshin Aminian, Marybeth Grant-Beuttler, “Spatiotemporal Gait Characteristics in Adolescent Idiopathic Toe Walkers” International Society of Posture and Gait Research 2019

Marybeth Grant-Beuttler, R. Caprice Hollandsworth, Shweta Chheda, Richard Beuttler, Afshin Aminian, Rahul Soangra “Evaluation of Balance in Adolescent Idiopathic Toe Walkers”, International Society of Posture and Gait Research 2019

Andrei Carballo, Matthew Chang, Morgan Engelmann, Brian Hirmiz, Nicolette Lambright, Vivian Lee, Marla Lewis, Martin Nguyen, Rahul Soangra, “Effects of Rhythmic Auditory Cueing on Gait of Healthy Young Adults”, American Society of Biomechanics 2019

Valeria Abarca, Erin Bond, Wilford Eiteman-Pang, Celeste Kim, Rahul Soangra (BMES 2018: 2930) Effects of unilateral and bilateral load carriage of a backpack on single stance durations, Biomedical Engineering Symposium (BMES), Atlanta, Georgia, October 17-20, 2018

Nicholas Bowden, Yagnesh Desai, Sam Ha, Eric Lee, Rahul Soangra (BMES 2018: 2946) Does intensity of Physical Activity affect Sleep Quality? Biomedical Engineering Symposium (BMES), Atlanta, Georgia, October 17-20, 2018

Harbir Bhatti, Rahul Soangra (BMES 2018: 2873) GRAIL based sensory perturbations – A new tool to assess sensory organization and fall risk during walking in the elderly. Biomedical Engineering Symposium (BMES), Atlanta, Georgia, October 17-20, 2018.

Tyler Hofstee, Don Hoang, Cory Barella, Justin DeGuia and Rahul Soangra Texting while walking influences Step Width, 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics (Submission ID: 2) Friday, August 10, 2018, Rochester, Minnesota at the Mayo Civic Center

Chad Anderson, James Aubrey, Alyssa Haley, Thuy-Vi Le and Rahul Soangra Effects of Sound on Static Postural Stability, 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics. Friday, August 10, 2018, Rochester, Minnesota at the Mayo Civic Center

Megan Cabrales, Becca Koppel, Samuel Cauble, Christopher Foster and Rahul Soangra How does touch influence postural stability of single leg stance? 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, Thursday, August 9, 2018, Rochester, Minnesota at the Mayo Civic Center

R. Soangra, S. Moon, T.E. Lockhart, “Lower Extremity Muscle Fatigue Influences Nonlinear Variability in Trunk Accelerations”, Biomed Sci Instrum, 2017 Mar-Apr; 53:47-54

R. Soangra, T.E. Lockhart, “Effects of lateral stepping gait and dual tasking during treadmill walking in healthy young and older adults”, Biomed Sci Instrum, 2017 Apr; 53:359-366

R. Soangra, T.E. Lockhart, “Overground Walking along with counting backward influences movement variability in healthy young and older adults.”, Biomed Sci Instrum, 2017 Apr; 53:134-141

R. Soangra, T.E. Lockhart, S. Moon, C. W. Frames, S. Rezvanian, V. Smith, M. Olson, A. Lieberman “Low and High-Frequency Fluctuations in Center of Pressure Signals can detect Postural Deficits in Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease Patients”, Biomed Sci Instrum, 2017 Apr; 53:359-366

R. Soangra and T. E. Lockhart, “Determination of stabilogram diffusion analysis coefficients and invariant density analysis parameters to understand postural stability associated with standing on anti-fatigue mats,” Biomed Sci Instrum, vol. 48, pp. 415-22, 2012. PMID: 22846314

R. Soangra and T. E. Lockhart, “A comparative study for performance evaluation of sit-to-stand task with body worn sensor and existing laboratory methods,” Biomed Sci Instrum, vol. 48, pp. 407-14, 2012. PMID: 22846313

E. Lockhart, H. T. Yeoh, R. Soangra, M. Jongprasithporn, J. Zhang, X. Wu, et al., “Non-invasive fall risk assessment in community dwelling elderly with wireless inertial measurement units,” Biomed Sci Instrum, vol. 48, pp. 260-7, 2012. PMCID: PMC3716278

Frames, R. Soangra, and T. E. Lockhart, “Assessment of postural stability using inertial measurement unit on inclined surfaces in healthy adults – biomed 2013,” Biomed Sci Instrum, vol. 49, pp. 234-42, 2013. PMID: 23686205

Soangraand T. E. Lockhart, “Comparison of intra individual physiological sway complexity from force plate and inertial measurement unit – biomed 2013,” Biomed Sci Instrum, vol. 49, pp. 180-6, 2013. PMID: 23686198

T.E. Lockhart, R. Soangra, J. Zhang, and X. Wu, “Wavelet based automated postural event detection and activity classification with single imu – biomed 2013,” Biomed Sci Instrum, vol. 49, pp. 224-33, 2013. PMID: 23686204

Lockhart, T. E., Soangra, R.., Chung, C., Frames, C., Fino, P., & Zhang, J. (2014). Development of automated gait assessment algorithm using three inertial sensors and its reliability. Biomed Sci Instrum, 50, 297-306. PMID: 25405437

Soangra, R. , & Lockhart, T. E. (2014). Agreement in gait speed from smartphone and stopwatch for five meter walk in laboratory and clinical environments. Biomed Sci Instrum, 50, 254-264. PMID: 25405433

Soangra, B. Jones, and T. E. Lockhart, “Effects of Anti-Fatigue Flooring on Gait Parameters,” Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, vol. 54, pp. 2019-2022, 2010. doi: 10.1177/154193121005402324

Soangra, T. E. Lockhart, and N. Van de Berge, “An approach for identifying gait events using wavelet denoising technique and single wireless IMU,” Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, vol. 55, pp. 1990-1994, 2011. doi: 10.1177/1071181311551415

Wu, H. T. Yeoh, R. Soangra, and T. E. Lockhart, “Investigation into the Functional Mobility Difference between Obese and Non-Obese Elderly,” Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, vol. 56, pp. 1814-1816, 2012. doi: 10.1177/1071181312561365

Chung, C. C., Soangra, R., & Lockhart, T. E. (2014). Recurrence Quantitative Analysis of Postural Sway using Force Plate and Smartphone. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 58(1), 1271-1275. doi: 10.1177/1541931214581265

Soangra, R., Lockhart, T. E., Frames, C. W., Zhang, J., Moon, S. H., & Park, J. (2014). Potential for using Smartphone Accelerometers in Non-laboratory Environments. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 58(1), 1672-1675. doi: 10.1177/1541931214581349

T. E. Lockhart, A. T. Barth, X. Zhang, R. Soangra, E. Abdel-Rahman, and J. Lach, “Portable, Non-Invasive Fall Risk Assessment in End Stage Renal Disease Patients on Hemodialysis,” ACM Trans Comput Hum Interact, pp. 84-93, 2010. PMID:22124286

 Lockhart, T., Frame, C., Soangra, R., & Lach, J. Sensing & Measurement Fall risk prediction using wearable wireless sensors. doi: 10.1117/2.1201405.005437

ABSTRACT PUBLISHED IN CONFERENCES

Effects of Orthotics on Dynamic Stability in the Elderly T. E. Lockhart, H. Yeoh, R. Soangra, C. Haynes, and P. G. Brolinson, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, VA PS – Fri – A – 187 BMES 2011 Thursday, October 13, 2011

“An Objective Assessment Device For Quantifying Ankle Plantarflexion Muscle Performance During Dialysis” R. Soangra, and T. E. Lockhart Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA BMES 2010

An Approach for Identifying Posturo-Locomotion-Manual Events Using Wavelet Denoising Technique and Three Wireless IMU R. Soangra, and T. E. Lockhart Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA PS–Fri–A–94, Thursday, October 13, 2011

Sit-to-stand evaluation in young and older adults using body worn sensors, Rahul Soangra, Thurmon Lockhart, BMES 2012 Saturday, October 27, 2012

Wavelet based automated postural event detection and activity classification with single IMU, Rahul Soangra and Thurmon E. Lockhart, 10th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, May 12, 2011 Virginia Tech- Wake Forest University

Effects of hemodialysis therapy on sit-to-walk characteristics in ESRD patients, Rahul Soangra and Thurmon E. Lockhart, 11th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, May 10, 2012 Virginia Tech- Wake Forest University

Effects Of Electromyogram Signal Filtering On Muscle Activation Time American Society of Biomechanics Omaha 2013, Rahul Soangra; Thurmon Lockhart; Jian Zhang

Ankle Fatigue Classification Using Support Vector Machines American Society of Biomechanics Omaha 2013 Jian Zhang; Thurmon Lockhart; Rahul Soangra

NSF iCORPS (Technical Presentation)
NSF iCORPS (Lesson Learned)

Poster FR-P0747 “A Novel Assessmnet of Fall Risk in Hemodialysis Patients: Preliminary Findings” at American Society of Nephrology, Kidney week 2012 Annual Meeting, San Diego, California Friday, November 2, 2012, Emaad Abdel Rahman, Thurmon Lockhat, Rahul Soangra, John Lach

Balance Measurements Using A Smartphone At The Upper Arm Compared To The Balance Error Scoring System, Peter Fino, Matthew Weirath, Rahul Soangra, Thurmon Lockhart, Per Gunnar Brolinson, Virginia Tech American Society of Biomechanics, August 8th 2015

Effects of Plantarflexor Muscle Fatigue on Gait Characteristics, Ehsan Rashedi, Rahul Soangra, Thurmon Lockhart and Maury Nussbaum, 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, At Raleigh, NC, August 2016

P-Fri-468 “Smartphone Based Fall Risk Assessment Using Dynamic Stability in Healthy Individuals” Seong Moon, Rahul Soangra, Saba Rezvanian, Victoria Smith, Chris Frames, Markey Olson, and Thurmon Lockhart, Biomedical Engineering Society 5-8 October 2016

P-Fri-469 “Can Inertial Sensors Measure movement variability in Young and Older Subjects” ,Rahul Soangra and Thurmon Lockhart, Biomedical Engineering Society 5-8 October 2016

P-Sat-269 “Determining Static and Dynamic Movement Between both Gender with Inertial Measurment Unit” Ryan Bridges, Sydney Connor, Seong Moon, Victoria Smith, Rahul Soangra and Thurmon Lockhart, Biomedical Engineering Society 5-8 October 2016

Publications

Recent pieces from the laboratory director

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

B Harper, M Shiraishi, R Soangra (2023). A Portable and Reliable Tool for On-Site Physical Reaction Time (RT) Measurement, Invention Disclosure, 3, 100013

Hepp, J., Shiraishi, M., Tran, M., Henson, E., Ananthanarayanan, M., & Soangra, R. (2023). Exploring Teslasuit’s Potential in Detecting Sequential Slip-Induced Kinematic Changes among Healthy Young Adults. Sensors, 23(14), 6258.

Soangra, R., Smith, J. A., Rajagopal, S., Yedavalli, S. V. R., & Anirudh, E. R. (2023). Classifying Unstable and Stable Walking Patterns Using Electroencephalography Signals and Machine Learning Algorithms. Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 23(13).

Boyd, L., Soangra, R., Mukhar, L., Kling, R., & Beuttler, M. G. (2023). Stepping Beyond Efficacy: Understanding the User Experience of Wearables for Children with Idiopathic Toe Walking in the Natural Setting. Human Factors in Healthcare, 3, 100044.

Chen, J., Soangra, R., Grant-Beuttler, M., Nanehkaran, Y. A., & Wen, Y. (2023). Dense & Attention Convolutional Neural Networks for Toe Walking Recognition. IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering: a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 31, 2235-2245.

Rajagopal, S., Lyngdoh, D. C., Anathapadmanabhan, U. K., Soangra, R., & Vasan, N. (2023). IoT-enabled Solutions for Environmental Monitoring in Hospitals. The Open Biomedical Engineering Journal, 17(1).

Chang, H., Soangra, R., Bhola, R., GrantBeuttler, M., & Wang, R. Y. (2023). A long-term course of gait assessment in the atypical CLN2 patients along with ICV clerliponase alpha treatment. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 138(2), 107048.

Harper, B., Aron, A., & Soangra, R. (2023). Soccer heading drills and concussion-related deficits in high school female athletes.

Harper, B., Shiraishi, M., & Soangra, R. (2022). Reliability and Validity of Inertial Sensor Assisted Reaction Time Measurement Tools among Healthy Young Adults. Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 22(21), 8555.

Soangra, R., Jiang, P., Haik, D., Xu, P., Brevik, A., Peta, A., ... & Clayman, R. V. (2022). Beyond Efficiency: Surface Electromyography Enables Further Insights into the Surgical Movements of Urologists. Journal of Endourology, 36(10), 1355-1361.

Germanos, A., Heiberg, T., Jeon, A., Heisterkamp, E., Giang, H., Cota, J., ... & Soangra, R. (2022, September). Bruce Protocol Test affects Postural Stability in Healthy Young Adults. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 66, No. 1, pp. 1215-1219). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.

Bouzar, M., Bryce, M., Castillo, S., Cortez, D., Doucette, O., Garcia, B., ... & Soangra, R. (2022, September). Peripheral display in virtual reality environments involves higher cognitive demands compared to centered display during dual-tasking. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 66, No. 1, pp. 1015-1019). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.

Balasenthilkumaran, N.V., S, B.R., Gorti, S., Sivakumar Rajagopal, Rahul Soangra. Correction to: Design and comparison of machine learning-based computer-aided diagnostic techniques to aid diagnosis of diabetes and detection of ulcer-prone regions in the feet using thermograms. Res. Biomed. Eng. 38, 1027 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42600-022-00221-3

R. Soangra, Y. Wen, H. Yang and M. Grant-Beuttler, "Classifying Toe Walking Gait Patterns Among Children Diagnosed With Idiopathic Toe Walking Using Wearable Sensors and Machine Learning Algorithms," in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 77054-77067, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3192136.

Soangra R, Sivakumar R, Anirudh ER, Reddy Y. SV, John EB (2022) Evaluation of surgical skill using machine learning with optimal wearable sensor locations. PLoS ONE 17(6): e0267936. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267936

Bhatia, A., Desikan, S., Tripathy, S. A., Rajkumar, S., Rajagopal, S., & Soangra, R. (2022). Smart Pre-Screening of Patients for COVID-19 Using Depth-Wise Separableconvolutional Neural Network. ECS Transactions, 107(1), 847.

Rajagopal, S., Balaji, D., Venkatesh, V., Kanishka, S., & Soangra, R. (2022). Identification of Drunk People Among Crowds Using Thermography and Machine Learning. ECS Transactions, 107(1), 1867.

Rajagopal, S., Arpan, W., Thomas, S., Gomare, G., & Soangra, R. (2022). Comparison and Analysis of Different Thermography Techniques in the Biomedical Applications. ECS Transactions, 107(1), 9403.

Rajagopal, S., Goswami, R. D., Tiwari, R., Sabhapandit, E., & Soangra, R. (2022). Analysis of Contrast and Correlation Between Deep Learning Algorithms for Diagnosis of COVID-19 from Lung Ultrasonography. ECS Transactions, 107(1), 1877.

Soangra, R., Rajagopal, S., Shiraishi, M., Daerendinger, J., & Kohl, B. (2022). Unobtrusive Accelerometer-Based Longitudinal ADL Monitoring Among Different Populations. ECS Transactions, 107(1), 807.

John, J., & Soangra, R. (2022). Visualization-driven time-series extraction from wearable systems can facilitate differentiation of passive adl characteristics among stroke and healthy older adults. Sensors, 22(2), 598.

Abdollahi M, Kuber PM, Shiraishi M, Soangra R, Rashedi E. Kinematic Analysis of 360° Turning in Stroke Survivors Using Wearable Motion Sensors. Sensors (Basel). 2022 Jan 5;22(1):385. doi: 10.3390/s22010385. PMID: 35009931; PMCID: PMC8749703.

M. Abdollahi, P. M. Kuber, C. Hoang, M. Shiraishi, R. Soangra and E. Rashedi, "Kinematic Assessment of Turning and Walking Tasks Among Stroke Survivors by Employing Wearable Sensors and Pressure Platform," 2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2021, pp. 6635-6638, doi: 10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9630791.

Chou, E.-F., Khine, M., Lockhart, T., & Soangra, R*. (2021). Effects of ECG Data Length on Heart Rate Variability among Young Healthy Adults. Sensors, 21(18), 6286.

Lockhart, T. E., Soangra, R#., Yoon, H., Wu, T., Frames, C. W., Weaver, R., & Roberto, K. A. (2021). Prediction of fall risk among community-dwelling older adults using a wearable system. Scientific Reports, 11(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-021-00458-5

Rohafza, M., Soangra, R*., Smith, J. A., & Ignasiak, N. K. (2022). Self-paced treadmills do not allow for valid observation of linear and nonlinear gait variability outcomes in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Gait & Posture, 91, 35-41. doi:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.10.008

Moon, S.H., Frames, C.W., Soangra, R., Lockhart, T.E.L., (2021). Effects of Rucksack Military Accessory on Gait Dynamic Stability. International Journal of Prognostics and Health Management, Vol. 12, No. 4 Special Issue on PHM for Human Health and Performance II doi:10.36001/ijphm. 2021.v12i4.2778

G. Ershadi, M. Gwak, A. Aminian, R. Soangra, M. Grant-Beuttler and M. Sarrafzadeh, "Smart Insole: Remote Gait Detection Algorithm Using Pressure Sensors For Toe Walking Rehabilitation," 2021 IEEE 7th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT), 2021, pp. 332-337, doi: 10.1109/WF-IoT51360.2021.9595676.

SH Moon, R Soangra, CW Frames, TE Lockhart (2021). Three days Monitoring of Activities of Daily Living among Young Healthy Adults and Parkinson's Disease Patients. Biomedical Science Instrumentation, 57, 2, 177-182

Special Issue on PHM For Human Health and Performance II, Vol. 12, No. 4 (2021): Special Issue on PHM for Human Health & Performance II , Lockhart, T.L., Soangra, R. (Editorial)

Soangra R, Krishnan V, John J, Rashedi E, McKenzie A. Comparison of 360° Turn Cycles among Individuals after Stroke and Healthy Older Adults. Applied Sciences. 2021;11(7). doi: 10.3390/app11073202.

 Soangra R, Shiraishi M, Beuttler R, Gwerder M, Boyd L, Muthukumar V, Trabia M, Aminian A, Grant-Beuttler M. Foot Contact Dynamics and Fall Risk among Children Diagnosed with Idiopathic Toe Walking. Applied Sciences. 2021;11(6):2862. doi: 10.3390/app11062862.

Vijayadasan J, Raghunathan D, Rajagopal S, Soangra R. Assessment of Major Depressive Disorders through Neuroimaging Studies and their Treatment Methods. International Journal of Biology and Biomedical Engineering. 2021 ;15:18-28. doi: 10.46300/91011.2021.15.4.

 Soangra, R. and T. Lockhart, Smartphone-Based Prediction Model for Postoperative Cardiac Surgery Outcomes Using Preoperative Gait and Posture Measures. Sensors, 2021. 21(5): p. 1704.

Soangra, R. and S. Rajagopal, Effects of visual referencing on backward and forward treadmill walking in VR environments. Displays, 2021. 66: p. 101975.

Smith JA, Eiteman-Pang WK, Soangra R, König Ignasiak N. Adaptations in trunk-pelvis coordination variability in response to fatiguing exercise. Gait Posture. 2021 Feb;84:1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.11.019. Epub 2020 Nov 18. PMID: 33260075; PMCID: PMC7902355.

Pollind, M. and R. Soangra, Development and Validation of Wearable Inertial Sensor System for Postural Sway Analysis. Measurement, 2020. 165: p. 108101.

ML. Pollind and R. Soangra, “Mini-Logger- A Wearable Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) for Postural Sway Analysis,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), Montreal, QC, Canada, 2020, pp. 4600-4603, doi: 10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9175167.

Zhang, J., R. Soangra, and T. E. Lockhart, Automatic Detection of Dynamic and Static Activities of the Older Adults Using a Wearable Sensor and Support Vector Machines. Sci, 2020. 2(3): p. 50.

Zhang, J., R. Soangra, and T. E. Lockhart, A Comparison of Denoising Methods in Onset Determination in Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle Activations during Stance. Sci, 2020. 2(2): p. 39.

Soangra, R., Multi-day Longitudinal Assessment of Physical Activity and Sleep Behavior Among Healthy Young and Older Adults Using Wearable Sensors. IRBM, 2020. 41(2): p. 80-87.

Kim, S., Soangra R, et al., Wearable Sensor-Based Gait Classification in Idiopathic Toe Walking Adolescents. Biomed Sci Instrum, 2019. 55(2): p. 178-185.

Pollind, M., Soangra R., et al., Customized Wearable Sensor-Based Insoles for Gait Re-Training in Idiopathic Toe Walkers. Biomed Sci Instrum, 2019. 55(2): p. 192-198.

Lockhart, T.E., Frames C, Soangra R. et al., Effects of Obesity and Fall Risk on Gait and Posture of Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Int J Progn Health Manag, 2019. 10(1).

Soangra, R. and V. Krishnan, Wavelet-Based Analysis of Physical Activity and Sleep Movement Data from Wearable Sensors among Obese Adults. Sensors (Basel), 2019. 19(17).

Frames, C., Rahul Soangra, Lockhart, T., Lach, J., Ha, D., Roberto, K., & Lieberman, A. (2018). Dynamical Properties of Postural Control in Obese Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Sensors, 18(6), 1692. doi:10.3390/s18061692

Rezvanian, S., Lockhart, T., Frames, C., Rahul Soangra, & Lieberman, A. (2018). Motor Subtypes of Parkinson’s Disease Can Be Identified by Frequency Component of Postural Stability. Sensors, 18(4), 1102. doi:10.3390/s18041102

Rahul Soangra, Bhatt, H., & Rashedi, E. (2018). Effects of load carriage and surface inclination on linear and non-linear postural variability. Safety Science. doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2018.03.019

Rahul Soangra, & Lockhart, T. (2018). Inertial Sensor-Based Variables Are Indicators of Frailty and Adverse Post-Operative Outcomes in Cardiovascular Disease Patients. Sensors, 18(6), 1792.

Rahul Soangra and Thurmon E. Lockhart, “Dual-Task Does Not Increase Slip and Fall Risk in Healthy Young and Older Adults during Walking,” Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, vol. 2017, Article ID 1014784, 12 pages, 2017. doi:10.1155/2017/1014784

Barfield JP, Newsome L, John EB, Sallee D, Frames C,Soangra R. , et al. A case report of shoulder fatigue imbalance in wheelchair rugby: implications to pain and injury. Spinal Cord Series And Cases. 2016;2:16002.

R. Soangra, T. E. Lockhart, J. Lach, and E. M. Abdel-Rahman, "Effects of Hemodialysis Therapy on Sit-to-Walk Characteristics in End Stage Renal Disease Patients," Annals of Biomedical Engineering, vol. 41, pp. 795-805, Apr 2013.

Zhang, J., Lockhart, T. E., & Soangra, R. . (2014). Classifying lower extremity muscle fatigue during walking using machine learning and inertial sensors. Ann Biomed Eng, 42(3), 600-612. doi: 0.1007/s10439-013-0917-0

R. Soangra, M.C. Soangra (2015). Hydatid Cystof Thoracic Spine: A Rare Cause of Paraplegia. International Journal of Science and Research, 4(4) 3210-3212, April 2015

R. Soangra, C B Majumder and P. Roy. Exploitation of genetic capacities of Bacteria for Improved plasmid stability in remediation of Arsenic Pollution, European journal of Advances in Engineering and Technology, 2015, 2(4): 84-49

R. Soangra, C B Majumder and P. Roy. Whole cell Arsenic Biosensor-A Cheap Technology for Bioavailable Arsenic (As) Determination, European Journal of Advances in Engineering and Technology, 2015, 2(5): 52-61

CONFERENCES

Grant-Beuttler, M., Beuttler, R., Shiraishi, M., Gwerder, M., Asher, J., Jeng, C., Gwak, M., Aminian, A., Sarrafzadeh, M., Soangra, R. (2023).
Smart Technology Intervention to Retrain Gait in Children with Idiopathic Toe Walking. Gait & Posture, 106, S68-S69

Rajagopal, S., Waarish Arpan, Steffy Thomas, Gajanan Gomre, & Rahul Soangra. (2021). Comparison and Analysis of Different Thermography Techniques in the Biomedical Applications. SPAST Abstracts, 1(01).

Bhatia, A., Desikan, S., Anand Tripathy, S. ., Rajkumar, S. ., Rajagopal, S. ., & Soangra, R. . (2021). Smart Pre-Screening of Patients for COVID-19 using Depth-wise Separable Convolutional Neural Networks on Cough Sounds. SPAST Abstracts, 1(01).

Rajagopal, S., Radha Debal Goswami, Rajat Tiwari, Eshan Sabhapandit, & Rahul Soangra. (2021). Analysis of Contrast and Correlation between Deep Learning Algorithms for diagnosis of COVID 19 from Lung Ultrasonography. SPAST Abstracts, 1(01).

Rajagopal, S., Deepikaa Balaji, Kanishka S, Vidhyalakshmi Venkatesh, & Rahul Soangra. (2021). Identification of Drunk People using Thermography and Machine Learning. SPAST Abstracts, 1(01).

Soangra, R. (2021). Unobtrusive Accelerometer-based Longitudinal ADL Monitoring among Different Populations. SPAST Abstracts, 1(01).

PD58-11 BEYOND EFFICIENCY: SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY ENABLES FURTHER INSIGHTS INTO THE QUALITY OF SURGICAL MOVEMENT OF EXPERT UROLOGISTS
Perry Xu, Daniel Haik, Pengbo Jiang, Andrew Brevik, Akhil Peta, Zhamshid Okhunov, Shlomi Tapiero, Emmanuel John, Rahul Soangra, Jaime Landman and Ralph Clayman

Nyangau, N., R. Soangra, and V. Krishnan, Abstract TP145: Kinematics of Turning 360 in Healthy Older Adults and Stroke Survivors. International Stroke Conference, 2020. 51(Suppl_1): p. ATP145-ATP145.

Shannon Toy, Christopher De Leon, Mirai Manatad, Tiffany Lubrino, Armond Gray, Christopher Hoang, Michael Shiraishi, Rahul Soangra,” Evaluating Effects of Localized Muscle Fatigue on Motor Unit Firing Rates using Decomposition EMG”, BMES 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting on October 14-17, 2020.

Armond Gray, Tiffany Lubrino, Shannon Toy, Mirai Manatad, Christopher De Leon, Nathaniel Addonizio, Lexi Nehls, Amir Memarian, Michael Shiraishi, Christopher Hoang, Rahul Soangra, “Effects of Asymmetrical Ankle Fatigue on Postural Stability”, BMES 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting on October 14-17, 2020.

Seong Hyun Moon, Rahul Soangra, Chris Frames, Thurmon Lockhart, “Osteoporosis affects Postural Stability among Older Adults with High Fall Risk”, BMES 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting on October 14-17, 2020.

Tiffany Lubrino, Armond Gray, Shannon Toy, Christopher De Leon, Mirai Manatad, Nathaniel Addonizio, Lexi Nehls, Amir Memmarian, Christopher Hoang, Michael Shiraishi, Rahul Soangra, “Impact of Single Limb Ankle Joint Localized Muscle Fatigue on Gait Characteristics”, BMES 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting on October 14-17, 2020.

Wesley Scott, Vinson Tan, Don Hoang, Justin DeGuia, Celeste Kim, Eric Lee, Larry Oakes, David Phu, Kori Yamasaki, Rahul Soangra, Emmanuel John,” Evaluating Driving Performance during Texting using Driving Simulator “, BMES 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting on October 14-17, 2020.

M. Shiraishi, C. Hoang, M. Grant-Beuttler, R. Beuttler, A. Aminian, R. Soangra, “Kinetics and Kinematic Differences in Idiopathic Toe Walking Children”, European Society for Movement Analysis in Adults, 17 September 2020

C. Hoang, M. Shiraishi, R. Beuttler, M. Grant-Beuttler, A. Aminian, R. Soangra, “Limits of Stability in Children diagnosed with Idiopathic Toe walking”, European Society for Movement Analysis in Adults, 17 September 2020

Michelle Gwerder, Christopher Hoang, Michael Shiraishi, Rahul Soangra, Richard Beuttler, Afshin Aminian, Marybeth Grant-Beuttler, “Relationship between different methods to measure ankle range of motion in children with idiopathic toe walking” European Society for Movement Analysis in Adults, 17 September 2020

Andrei Carballo, Matthew Chang, Brian Hirmiz, Nicolette Lambright, Vivian Lee, Marla Lewis, Martin Nguyen, Matthew Gothong, Rahul Soangra, “Effects of Auditory Cueing on Cadence and Gait Pattern” Human Factors Ergonomic Society 64th International Annual Conference, October 5-9, 2020

Alexa Charbonneau, Ben Garson, Fiona Bisoffi, Stephanie Esparza, Miral Bhakta, Luke Bailey, Rahul Soangra, “Load Carriage affects Kinematics during Ingress and Egress on Simulated Travelators ” Human Factors Ergonomic Society 64th International Annual Conference, October 5-9, 2020

Christopher Espino, Robin Faustino, Tiffany Franco, Angel Reign Galvan, Matthew Gothong, Ennis Khaleq, Cody Occhino, Rahul Soangra, “Asymmetric Load Carriage at Shoulder Height affects Temporal Gait Characteristics among Food Service Workers” Human Factors Ergonomic Society 64th International Annual Conference, October 5-9, 2020

Rachel Kling, Alex Chung, Courtney Cox, Emily Kimbro, Jim Grodzielanek, Stephen Ayres, Shireen Hosseini, Michael Shiraishi, Rahul Soangra, “Surface Inclination Influences Fall Risk and Lower Extremity Joint Moments During Walking” Human Factors Ergonomic Society 64th International Annual Conference, October 5-9, 2020

Chu, V.W., Girolami, G.L., Soangra, R., Beuttler, R., Hollandsworth, C., Chheda, S., Grant-Beuttler, M. (October 2019). Children with idiopathic toe walking showed differences in areas of tactile and vestibular processing. (Program No. 764.04). Peer-reviewed poster presentation at Neuroscience 2019, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Ghazaal Ershadi, Migyeong Gwak, Majid Sarrafzadeh, Afshin Aminian, Rahul Soangra, Marybeth Grant-Beuttler Smart Insole: Pedometer and Toe Walk Detection Platform For Remote Monitoring of Walking Patterns. Institute for Social and Economic Research. International Conference on Academic Research in Business Management, Social Science, Humanities, & Economic Growth Volume 1, Issue 12 (ABMSE-Sep-2019) Best Western Globus Hotel Rome, Italy

Rahul Soangra, “Does Lateral Stepping Gait and Dual-Tasking affect Variability of healthy Young and Older Adults”, Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences 28th Annual International Conference, 1-3 August 2019 in Orange, CA

Rivera, A., Pollind, M., Tierney, L., Jenkins, B., & Soangra, R. (2019, October) “Smart UP- An Inertial Sensor-based Wearable Device for Pressure Injury Prevention and Management.” Poster presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Philadelphia, PA.

Hoang, C., Dougherty, K., Brown, P., Ito, C., Tierney, L., Jenkins, B., & Soangra, R. (2019, October). Asymmetry in Temporal Parameters of Gait among Stroke Survivors. Poster presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Philadelphia, PA.

Rahul Soangra, Richard Beuttler, R. Caprice Hollandsworth, Shweta Chheda, Afshin Aminian, Marybeth Grant-Beuttler, “Spatiotemporal Gait Characteristics in Adolescent Idiopathic Toe Walkers” International Society of Posture and Gait Research 2019

Marybeth Grant-Beuttler, R. Caprice Hollandsworth, Shweta Chheda, Richard Beuttler, Afshin Aminian, Rahul Soangra “Evaluation of Balance in Adolescent Idiopathic Toe Walkers”, International Society of Posture and Gait Research 2019

Andrei Carballo, Matthew Chang, Morgan Engelmann, Brian Hirmiz, Nicolette Lambright, Vivian Lee, Marla Lewis, Martin Nguyen, Rahul Soangra, “Effects of Rhythmic Auditory Cueing on Gait of Healthy Young Adults”, American Society of Biomechanics 2019

Valeria Abarca, Erin Bond, Wilford Eiteman-Pang, Celeste Kim, Rahul Soangra (BMES 2018: 2930) Effects of unilateral and bilateral load carriage of a backpack on single stance durations, Biomedical Engineering Symposium (BMES), Atlanta, Georgia, October 17-20, 2018

Nicholas Bowden, Yagnesh Desai, Sam Ha, Eric Lee, Rahul Soangra (BMES 2018: 2946) Does intensity of Physical Activity affect Sleep Quality? Biomedical Engineering Symposium (BMES), Atlanta, Georgia, October 17-20, 2018

Harbir Bhatti, Rahul Soangra (BMES 2018: 2873) GRAIL based sensory perturbations - A new tool to assess sensory organization and fall risk during walking in the elderly. Biomedical Engineering Symposium (BMES), Atlanta, Georgia, October 17-20, 2018.

Tyler Hofstee, Don Hoang, Cory Barella, Justin DeGuia and Rahul Soangra Texting while walking influences Step Width, 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics (Submission ID: 2) Friday, August 10, 2018, Rochester, Minnesota at the Mayo Civic Center

Chad Anderson, James Aubrey, Alyssa Haley, Thuy-Vi Le and Rahul Soangra Effects of Sound on Static Postural Stability, 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics. Friday, August 10, 2018, Rochester, Minnesota at the Mayo Civic Center

Megan Cabrales, Becca Koppel, Samuel Cauble, Christopher Foster and Rahul Soangra How does touch influence postural stability of single leg stance? 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, Thursday, August 9, 2018, Rochester, Minnesota at the Mayo Civic Center

R. Soangra, S. Moon, T.E. Lockhart, “Lower Extremity Muscle Fatigue Influences Nonlinear Variability in Trunk Accelerations”, Biomed Sci Instrum, 2017 Mar-Apr; 53:47-54

R. Soangra, T.E. Lockhart, “Effects of lateral stepping gait and dual tasking during treadmill walking in healthy young and older adults”, Biomed Sci Instrum, 2017 Apr; 53:359-366

R. Soangra, T.E. Lockhart, “Overground Walking along with counting backward influences movement variability in healthy young and older adults.”, Biomed Sci Instrum, 2017 Apr; 53:134-141

R. Soangra, T.E. Lockhart, S. Moon, C. W. Frames, S. Rezvanian, V. Smith, M. Olson, A. Lieberman “Low and High-Frequency Fluctuations in Center of Pressure Signals can detect Postural Deficits in Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease Patients”, Biomed Sci Instrum, 2017 Apr; 53:359-366

R. Soangra and T. E. Lockhart, "Determination of stabilogram diffusion analysis coefficients and invariant density analysis parameters to understand postural stability associated with standing on anti-fatigue mats," Biomed Sci Instrum, vol. 48, pp. 415-22, 2012. PMID: 22846314

R. Soangra and T. E. Lockhart, "A comparative study for performance evaluation of sit-to-stand task with body worn sensor and existing laboratory methods," Biomed Sci Instrum, vol. 48, pp. 407-14, 2012. PMID: 22846313

E. Lockhart, H. T. Yeoh, R. Soangra, M. Jongprasithporn, J. Zhang, X. Wu, et al., "Non-invasive fall risk assessment in community dwelling elderly with wireless inertial measurement units," Biomed Sci Instrum, vol. 48, pp. 260-7, 2012. PMCID: PMC3716278

Frames, R. Soangra, and T. E. Lockhart, "Assessment of postural stability using inertial measurement unit on inclined surfaces in healthy adults - biomed 2013," Biomed Sci Instrum, vol. 49, pp. 234-42, 2013. PMID: 23686205

Soangraand T. E. Lockhart, "Comparison of intra individual physiological sway complexity from force plate and inertial measurement unit - biomed 2013," Biomed Sci Instrum, vol. 49, pp. 180-6, 2013. PMID: 23686198

T.E. Lockhart, R. Soangra, J. Zhang, and X. Wu, "Wavelet based automated postural event detection and activity classification with single imu - biomed 2013," Biomed Sci Instrum, vol. 49, pp. 224-33, 2013. PMID: 23686204

Lockhart, T. E., Soangra, R.., Chung, C., Frames, C., Fino, P., & Zhang, J. (2014). Development of automated gait assessment algorithm using three inertial sensors and its reliability. Biomed Sci Instrum, 50, 297-306. PMID: 25405437

Soangra, R. , & Lockhart, T. E. (2014). Agreement in gait speed from smartphone and stopwatch for five meter walk in laboratory and clinical environments. Biomed Sci Instrum, 50, 254-264. PMID: 25405433

Soangra, B. Jones, and T. E. Lockhart, "Effects of Anti-Fatigue Flooring on Gait Parameters," Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, vol. 54, pp. 2019-2022, 2010. doi: 10.1177/154193121005402324

Soangra, T. E. Lockhart, and N. Van de Berge, "An approach for identifying gait events using wavelet denoising technique and single wireless IMU," Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, vol. 55, pp. 1990-1994, 2011. doi: 10.1177/1071181311551415

Wu, H. T. Yeoh, R. Soangra, and T. E. Lockhart, "Investigation into the Functional Mobility Difference between Obese and Non-Obese Elderly," Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, vol. 56, pp. 1814-1816, 2012. doi: 10.1177/1071181312561365

Chung, C. C., Soangra, R., & Lockhart, T. E. (2014). Recurrence Quantitative Analysis of Postural Sway using Force Plate and Smartphone. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 58(1), 1271-1275. doi: 10.1177/1541931214581265

Soangra, R., Lockhart, T. E., Frames, C. W., Zhang, J., Moon, S. H., & Park, J. (2014). Potential for using Smartphone Accelerometers in Non-laboratory Environments. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 58(1), 1672-1675. doi: 10.1177/1541931214581349

T. E. Lockhart, A. T. Barth, X. Zhang, R. Soangra, E. Abdel-Rahman, and J. Lach, "Portable, Non-Invasive Fall Risk Assessment in End Stage Renal Disease Patients on Hemodialysis," ACM Trans Comput Hum Interact, pp. 84-93, 2010. PMID:22124286

 Lockhart, T., Frame, C., Soangra, R., & Lach, J. Sensing & Measurement Fall risk prediction using wearable wireless sensors. doi: 10.1117/2.1201405.005437

 

ABSTRACT PUBLISHED IN CONFERENCES

Effects of Orthotics on Dynamic Stability in the Elderly T. E. Lockhart, H. Yeoh, R. Soangra, C. Haynes, and P. G. Brolinson, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, VA PS – Fri – A – 187 BMES 2011 Thursday, October 13, 2011

“An Objective Assessment Device For Quantifying Ankle Plantarflexion Muscle Performance During Dialysis” R. Soangra, and T. E. Lockhart Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA BMES 2010

An Approach for Identifying Posturo-Locomotion-Manual Events Using Wavelet Denoising Technique and Three Wireless IMU R. Soangra, and T. E. Lockhart Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA PS–Fri–A–94, Thursday, October 13, 2011

Sit-to-stand evaluation in young and older adults using body worn sensors, Rahul Soangra, Thurmon Lockhart, BMES 2012 Saturday, October 27, 2012

Wavelet based automated postural event detection and activity classification with single IMU, Rahul Soangra and Thurmon E. Lockhart, 10th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, May 12, 2011 Virginia Tech- Wake Forest University

Effects of hemodialysis therapy on sit-to-walk characteristics in ESRD patients, Rahul Soangra and Thurmon E. Lockhart, 11th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, May 10, 2012 Virginia Tech- Wake Forest University

Effects Of Electromyogram Signal Filtering On Muscle Activation Time American Society of Biomechanics Omaha 2013, Rahul Soangra; Thurmon Lockhart; Jian Zhang

Ankle Fatigue Classification Using Support Vector Machines American Society of Biomechanics Omaha 2013 Jian Zhang; Thurmon Lockhart; Rahul Soangra

NSF iCORPS (Technical Presentation)
NSF iCORPS (Lesson Learned)

Poster FR-P0747 “A Novel Assessmnet of Fall Risk in Hemodialysis Patients: Preliminary Findings” at American Society of Nephrology, Kidney week 2012 Annual Meeting, San Diego, California Friday, November 2, 2012, Emaad Abdel Rahman, Thurmon Lockhat, Rahul Soangra, John Lach

Balance Measurements Using A Smartphone At The Upper Arm Compared To The Balance Error Scoring System, Peter Fino, Matthew Weirath, Rahul Soangra, Thurmon Lockhart, Per Gunnar Brolinson, Virginia Tech American Society of Biomechanics, August 8th 2015

Effects of Plantarflexor Muscle Fatigue on Gait Characteristics, Ehsan Rashedi, Rahul Soangra, Thurmon Lockhart and Maury Nussbaum, 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, At Raleigh, NC, August 2016

P-Fri-468 “Smartphone Based Fall Risk Assessment Using Dynamic Stability in Healthy Individuals” Seong Moon, Rahul Soangra, Saba Rezvanian, Victoria Smith, Chris Frames, Markey Olson, and Thurmon Lockhart, Biomedical Engineering Society 5-8 October 2016

P-Fri-469 “Can Inertial Sensors Measure movement variability in Young and Older Subjects” ,Rahul Soangra and Thurmon Lockhart, Biomedical Engineering Society 5-8 October 2016

P-Sat-269 “Determining Static and Dynamic Movement Between both Gender with Inertial Measurment Unit” Ryan Bridges, Sydney Connor, Seong Moon, Victoria Smith, Rahul Soangra and Thurmon Lockhart, Biomedical Engineering Society 5-8 October 2016