Kayne Park

Queen's University, University of Ottawa

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Kayne Park is a rising researcher in neurorehabilitation and human motor control, whose work bridges robotics and clinical assessment to understand how the brain guides movement after injury. Park’s primary research areas include stroke rehabilitation, sensorimotor integration, and the kinematic analysis of upper limb function. In their landmark 2023 paper, “A robot-based interception task to quantify upper limb impairments in proprioceptive and visual feedback after stroke,” Park introduced a novel robotic paradigm that measures rapid feedback processing—a skill often impaired in stroke survivors but overlooked by standard clinical tools. This work has already garnered 12 citations, highlighting its impact on advancing quantitative assessment in neurorehabilitation. Building on this foundation, Park’s 2025 study, “A novel robotic reaching task to advance the assessment of approach-avoidance tendencies through kinematic analysis,” extends their methodological innovation to emotional and motivational aspects of movement, capturing hand speed and direction with unprecedented precision. By replacing traditional reaction-time metrics with rich kinematic data, Park is reshaping how researchers evaluate both motor and affective dimensions of behavior. Their contributions promise to deepen our understanding of recovery mechanisms and pave the way for more personalized, robot-assisted therapies.