Papers
80
Total Citations
3,591
H-Index
32
About
Sean P. Dukelow is a leading clinical neuroscientist whose research sits at the intersection of stroke rehabilitation, sensorimotor neuroscience, and robotic assessment technology. Based primarily at the University of Calgary, Dukelow has made transformative contributions to how clinicians and researchers measure and understand sensory and motor deficits following stroke. His most influential work has centered on developing rigorous, quantitative robotic methods to assess proprioception, kinesthesia, and upper-limb motor function — capabilities that traditional clinical scales have long failed to capture with adequate precision. His 2009 study on limb position sense after stroke (380 citations) established a new standard for objective sensory assessment, while subsequent work demonstrated that position sense and visually guided reaching represent independent neural processes, fundamentally reshaping rehabilitation thinking. Dukelow's longitudinal research has illuminated how sensory and motor recovery diverge over the critical first months post-stroke, informing more personalized rehabilitation strategies. His neuroimaging and lesion-behavior analyses have further identified the distributed brain networks underlying proprioception. With over 1,500 citations across his most prominent publications, Dukelow's work has profoundly advanced the science of stroke recovery and established robotics as an indispensable tool in neurological assessment.
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Top Papers
- 1Quantitative Assessment of Limb Position Sense Following Stroke380 citations · 2009
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- 5Robotic Identification of Kinesthetic Deficits After Stroke172 citations · 2013
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- 8Systematic changes in position sense accompany normal aging across adulthood109 citations · 2014
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