Biomedical Engineering

Matthew Tresch

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Education

Ph.D. Neuroscience, MIT, Cambridge, MA

B.A. Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

Research Interests

Neuro-physiological substrates of motor coordination; synchronization in spinal cord function; causation of behaviors through the combination of muscle synergies

Selected Publications

• M. M. Wu, D. K. Pai, M. C. Tresch and T. G. Sandercock, “Passive elastic properties of the rat ankle”, Journal of Biomechanics, (2012)
• T. G. Sandercock, S. H. Yeo, D. K. Pai and M. C. Tresch, “Transducer and base compliance alter the in situ 6 dof force measured from muscle during an isometric contraction in a multi-joint limb”, Journal of Biomechanics, (2012)
• Lynch, K. M.; Schearer, E. M.; Liao, Y. W.; Perreault, E. J.; Tresch, M. C., “System identification for 3D force control of a human arm neuroprosthesis using functional electrical stimulation”, Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2012 IEEE International Conference on, (2012)
• SH Yeo;CH Mullens;TG Sandercock;DK Pai;MC Tresch, “Estimation of musculoskeletal models from in situ measurements of muscle action in the rat hindlimb”, Journal of Experimental Biology, (2011)
• Matthew C Tresch;David A Klein;Sang Hoon Yeo;Christopher Mullens;Thomas Sandercock;Dinesh K Pai, “Understanding complex muscles in the rat hindlimb: Activations and actions”, Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, (2010)
• DA Klein;A Patino;MC Tresch, “Flexibility of Motor Pattern Generation Across Stimulation Conditions by the Neonatal Rat Spinal Cord (vol 103, pg 1580, 2010)”, Journal of Neurophysiology, (2010)
• DA KLEIN;A PATINO;MC TRESCH, “Flexibility of Motor Pattern Generation Across Stimulation Conditions by the Neonatal Rat Spinal Cord”, Journal of Neurophysiology, (2010)
• DA Klein, MC Tresch, “Specificity of intramuscular activation during rhythms produced by spinal patterning systems in the in vitro neonatal rat with hindlimb attached preparation”, Journal of Neurophysiology, (2010)