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Total Citations
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About
Woosang Cho is a leading researcher in neurorehabilitation engineering, specializing in brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) for stroke recovery. His work focuses on restoring motor function in severely paralyzed chronic stroke patients by decoding neural and residual muscle activity to drive therapeutic technologies. Cho’s most impactful contribution is a landmark randomized trial demonstrating that BMI training combined with physiotherapy produces significant, lasting functional improvements, with benefits persisting six months post-intervention (116 citations). He has also pioneered methods to decode upper limb residual muscle activity in severe stroke (49 citations) and revealed how BMI training primes paretic forearm muscles by reshaping abnormal upper arm-forearm synergies (40 citations). His research integrates functional electrical stimulation, robotics, and cortical processing analysis, including work on sensorimotor rhythm modulation during rehabilitation (21 citations). Cho’s findings challenge assumptions about recovery ceilings in chronic stroke, showing that even severely paralyzed patients can achieve meaningful gains. His work bridges neuroscience and clinical application, offering new hope for motor rehabilitation through closed-loop BMI systems that harness the brain’s plasticity.
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Top Papers
- 1Brain-Machine Interface in Chronic Stroke: Randomized Trial Long-Term Follow-up116 citations · 2019
- 2Decoding upper limb residual muscle activity in severe chronic stroke49 citations · 2014
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- 5Cortical processing during robot and functional electrical stimulation7 citations · 2023