Curriculum Vitae
Xiaogang Hu
Xiaogang Hu, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Sensory Motor Performance Program
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
345 E Superior Street Suite 1406
Chicago, IL 60611
Cell: 814-232-1395
Office: 312-238-7199
Email: xiaogang.hu@northwestern.edu
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Northwestern University
EDUCATION/TRAINING
Postdoctoral
Fellow
2014
Neuromuscular Disorder
and Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Ph.D.
2011
Kinesiology
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Ph.D. Minor
2011
Computational Science
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
M. S.
2008
Kinesiology
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
B.E.
2006
Mechanical Engineering
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE
Neural Engineering, Neurorehabilitation, Motor disorder
Biomechanics, Neurophysiology, Motor control, Computational science
POSITIONS
2014 – Current, Research Scientist, Sensory Motor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
2014 – Current, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
Northwestern University
2011 – 2014, Postdoctoral Fellow, Neural Disorder and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago,
supervised by William Zev Rymer and Nina L. Suresh
2008 – 2011, Research Assistant, Department of Kinesiology, The Pennsylvania State University, supervised by
Karl M. Newell
PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
1.
Hu, X., Suresh, N. L., & Rymer, W. Z. (2014) Estimating the time course of population excitatory
postsynaptic potentials in motoneurons of spastic stroke survivors. Journal of Neurophysiology [In Press]
2.
Hu, X., Suresh, N. L., Chardon, M. K., & Rymer, W. Z. (2014) Contributions of motoneuron
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hyperexcitability to clinical spasticity in hemispheric stroke survivors. Clinical Neurophysiology [In Press].
3.
Hu, X., Rymer, W. Z., & Suresh, N. L. (2014) Control of motor unit firing during step-like increases in
voluntary force. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 8:721.
4.
Suresh, A. K., Hu, X., Powers, R. K., Suresh, N. L., Heckman, C. J., & Rymer, W. Z. (2014). Changes in
motoneuron afterhyperpolarization duration in stroke survivors. Journal of Neurophysiology 112(6),
1447-1456.
5.
Jahanmiri-Nezhad, F., Hu, X., Suresh, N. L., Rymer, W. Z., & Zhou, P. (2014). EMG-force relation in the
first dorsal interosseous muscle of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. NeuroRehabilitation 35(2),
307-314.
6.
Hu, X., Rymer, W. Z., & Suresh, N. L. (2014). Motor unit firing rate patterns during voluntary muscle force
generation: a simulation study. Journal of Neural Engineering 11(2), 026015.
7.
Hu, X., Rymer, W. Z., & Suresh, N. L. (2014). Accuracy assessment of a surface electromyogram
decomposition system in human first dorsal interosseous muscle. Journal of Neural Engineering 11(2),
026007.
8.
Hu, X., Rymer, W. Z., & Suresh, N. L. (2013). Assessment of validity of the high-yield surface
electromyogram decomposition. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 10: 99.
9.
Hu, X., Rymer, W. Z., & Suresh, N. L. (2013). Reliability of spike triggered averaging of the surface
electromyogram for motor unit action potential estimation. Muscle & Nerve, 48(4), 557-570.
10.
Hu, X., Rymer, W. Z., & Suresh, N. L. (2013). Motor unit pool organization examined via spike triggered
averaging of the surface electromyogram. Journal of Neurophysiology, 110(5), 1205-1220.
11.
Hu, X., & Newell, K. M. (2012). Force and time gain interact to nonlinearly scale adaptive visual-motor
isometric force control. Experimental Brain Research, 221(2), 191-203.
12.
Hu, X., & Newell, K. M. (2012). Asymmetrical interference associated with force amplitude and hand
dominance in bimanual constant isometric force. Motor Control, 16(3), 297-316.
13.
Hu, X., Mazich, M. M., & Newell, K. M. (2012). Time gain influences adaptive visual-motor isometric
force control. Experimental Brain Research, 218(1), 73-80.
14.
Hu, X., & Newell, K. M. (2011). Aging, visual information, and adaptability to task asymmetry in bimanual
force coordination. Journal of Applied Physiology, 111(6), 1671-1680.
15.
Hu, X., & Newell, K. M. (2011). Modeling constraints to redundancy in bimanual force coordination.
Journal of Neurophysiology, 105(5), 2169-2180.
16.
Hu, X., & Newell, K. M. (2011). Visual information gain and task asymmetry interact in bimanual force
coordination and control. Experimental Brain Research, 212(4), 497-504.
17.
Hu, X., & Newell, K. M. (2011). Motor-unit pool model of continuous and discrete force variability. Motor
Control, 15(4), 439-455.
18.
Hu, X., Loncharich, M., & Newell, K. M. (2011). Visual information interacts with neuromuscular factors
in the coordination of bimanual isometric force. Experimental Brain Research, 209(1), 129-138.
19.
Sternad, D., Abe, M. O., Hu, X., & Müller, H. (2011) Neuromotor noise, error tolerance and
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velocity-dependent costs in skilled performance. PLoS Computational Biology, 7(9), e1002159.
20.
Hu, X., & Newell, K. M. (2011). Adaptation to bimanual asymmetric weights in isometric force
coordination. Neuroscience Letters, 490(2), 121-125.
21.
Hu, X., & Newell, K. M. (2011). Dependence of asymmetrical interference on task demands and hand
dominance in bimanual isometric force tasks. Experimental Brain Research, 208(4), 533-541.
22.
Hu, X., & Newell, K. M. (2010). Adaptation to selective visual scaling of short time scale processes in
isometric force. Neuroscience Letters, 469(1), 131-134.
23.
Hu, X., Wang, R., Jia, X., Zhu, L., & Wang, A. (2009). Surface EMG biofeedback therapy system
development and application. Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 24(3), 252-254.
Peer Reviewed Proceedings
24.
Hu, X., Suresh, N. L., Jeon, B., Shin, H., & Rymer, W. Z. (2014). Statistics of inter-spike intervals as a
routine measure of accuracy in automatic decomposition of surface electromyogram. Proceedings of IEEE
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 3541-3544.
25.
Jeon, B., Suresh, N. L., Suresh, A. K., Rymer, W. Z., & Hu, X. (2013). Motor unit structural change post
stroke examined via surface electromyography: a preliminary report. Proceedings of IEEE EMBS
Conference on Neural Engineering, 1234-1237.
26.
Srivatsan, S., Hu, X., Suresh, A. K., Rymer, W. Z., & Suresh, N. L. (2013). Power spectral analysis of
surface EMG in stroke: a preliminary study. Proceedings of IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural
Engineering, 1606-1609.
27.
Suresh, A. K., Hu, X., Powers, R., & Rymer, W. Z. (2012). Examination of afterhyperpolarization duration
changes in motoneurons innervating paretic muscles in stroke survivors. Proceedings of IEEE Engineering
in Medicine and Biology Society, 3580-3583.
28.
Hu, X., Suresh, A. K., Li, X., Rymer, W. Z., & Suresh, N. L. (2012). Impaired motor unit control in paretic
muscle post stroke assessed using surface electromyography: A preliminary report. Proceedings of IEEE
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 4116-4119.
Book Chapters
29.
Newell, K. M., Studenka, B. E., & Hu, X. (2014). Visual information in the coordination and control of
isometric force. In Szalma, J., Scerbo, M., Hancock, P., Parasuraman, R. & Hoffman, R. (Eds.), Cambridge
Handbook of Applied Perception Research, Cambridge University Press, p366-385.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Podium Presentations
1.
Hu, X., Suresh, N. L., Rymer, W. Z. An examination of motor unit pool organization through analysis of
the surface electromyogram. International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology (ISEK)
Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 2012
2.
Hu, X., Rymer, W. Z., Suresh, N. L. Extracting single motor unit parameters using spike triggered
averaging of the surface electromyogram. International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology
(ISEK) Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 2012
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3.
Hu, X., & Newell, K. M. Motor-unit pool properties contribute to continuous and discrete force variability.
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, Providence, 2010
4.
Hu, X., & Newell, K. M. Adaptation to visual scaling of short time scale processes in isometric force.
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, State College, 2009
Poster Presentations
5.
Hu, X., Suresh, N. L., Jeon, B., Rymer, W. Z. Estimating the time course of excitatory postsynaptic
potential in human motoneuron. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC, 2014
6.
Hu, X., Suresh, N. L., Chardon, M. K., Rymer, W. Z. Evidence of hyperexcitable motoneurons in spastic
muscle of stroke survivors. World Congress of Biomechanics, Boston, 2014
7.
Hu, X., Suresh, N. L., Chardon, M. K., Rymer, W. Z. Modulation of motoneuron EPSP rise time through
tendon taps of human biceps muscle. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, 2013
8.
Hu, X., Suresh, A. K., Rymer, W. Z., Suresh, N. L. Impaired motor unit control in paretic muscle post
stroke assessed using surface electromyography. International Motoneuron Meeting, Sydney, Australia,
2012
9.
Hu, X., Shin, H., Suresh, A. K., Rymer, W. Z., Suresh, N. L. Task specific relation between recruitment and
firing rate of motor unit examined via the surface electromyogram. Annual Meeting of the Society for
Neuroscience, New Orleans, 2012
10.
Suresh, N. L., Suresh, A. K., Hu, X., Rymer, W. Z., Estimates of neural drive using motor unit action
potential analysis. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, 2012
11.
Hu, X., & Newell, K. M. Asymmetrical interference on task demand and hand dominance in bimanual
isometric force. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, 2010
12.
Hu, X., & Newell, K. M. Adaptation to selective visual scaling in isometric force. Annual Meeting of the
Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, 2009
MEMBERSHIPS
Society for Neuroscience
American Society of Biomechanics
International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
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