Papers
16
Total Citations
1,011
H-Index
12
About
Larry W. Forrester is a leading rehabilitation scientist whose work sits at the intersection of neurorehabilitation, robotics, and stroke recovery. Based primarily at the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Forrester has dedicated his career to developing and validating innovative robotic interventions that restore motor function in individuals living with chronic hemiparesis following stroke. His most influential contribution centers on the clinical application of the Anklebot, a novel robotic device developed in collaboration with MIT, which has become a cornerstone technology for ankle-focused gait rehabilitation. His landmark 2009 paper introducing the ankle robot has garnered over 335 citations, underscoring its foundational importance to the field. Subsequent studies demonstrated that targeted ankle robotics training meaningfully improves hemiparetic gait velocity and motor control, with research also revealing how reward-based feedback can enhance cortical efficiency and accelerate motor learning during robotic therapy. Forrester's work spans both fundamental measurement science—including rigorous characterization of passive ankle stiffness in stroke survivors—and pragmatic clinical trials comparing task-specific locomotor training approaches. With a cumulative body of highly cited research exceeding 900 citations, his contributions have significantly shaped evidence-based protocols for post-stroke rehabilitation and helped establish lower-extremity robotics as a credible therapeutic frontier.
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Top Papers
- 1Robot-Aided Neurorehabilitation: A Novel Robot for Ankle Rehabilitation335 citations · 2009
- 2Ankle Training With a Robotic Device Improves Hemiparetic Gait After a Stroke122 citations · 2010
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- 4Measurement of Human Ankle Stiffness Using the Anklebot79 citations · 2007
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- 9Modular Ankle Robotics Training in Early Subacute Stroke46 citations · 2014
- 10Clinical application of a modular ankle robot for stroke rehabilitation40 citations · 2013