Tanvi Pisolkar
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About
Tanvi Pisolkar is a pioneering researcher in neurorehabilitation, specializing in the restoration of postural control after spinal cord injury (SCI). Her work uniquely combines robotic assistive technology with spinal cord epidural stimulation (scES) to enable individuals with severe, motor-complete SCI to regain upright standing and sitting balance. Pisolkar’s major contributions include the development and clinical testing of the Robotic Upright Stand Trainer (RobUST), a device that delivers targeted postural perturbations or assistance-as-needed to the trunk, and the demonstration that robotic postural training paired with scES can facilitate lower-limb reactive responses and improve self-initiated postural control. Her pilot studies have shown that this integrated approach can recover upright postural function previously considered unattainable, with her most cited work (2022, 6 citations) establishing feasibility for this novel intervention. By systematically addressing both standing and sitting postural deficits, Pisolkar is advancing a paradigm shift from passive support to active, neuromodulation-driven recovery, offering new hope for functional independence in individuals with high-level SCI.
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