Mary Jo Demers
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2
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664
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About
Mary Jo Demers is a leading researcher in neurorehabilitation, with a focus on understanding and quantifying sensorimotor impairments after stroke. Her work centers on the assessment of upper-limb function, particularly the often-overlooked deficits in proprioception and position sense. Demers’s seminal 2009 paper, “Quantitative Assessment of Limb Position Sense Following Stroke” (380 citations), established a novel, objective method for measuring this critical sensory modality, moving beyond subjective clinical scales. She further advanced the field with her 2010 study, “Assessment of Upper-Limb Sensorimotor Function of Subacute Stroke Patients Using Visually Guided Reaching” (284 citations), which demonstrated how robotic technology can precisely characterize motor control deficits in a large cohort of patients. By developing sensitive, quantitative tools, Demers has provided clinicians and researchers with the means to detect subtle impairments, track recovery with greater accuracy, and design more targeted rehabilitation interventions. Her work is foundational for anyone studying post-stroke motor recovery, bridging the gap between clinical observation and rigorous biomechanical measurement.
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- 1Quantitative Assessment of Limb Position Sense Following Stroke380 citations · 2009
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