Title: Associate Professor
Department: Department of Physical Therapy
School/Center: School of Health Professions
Office Location: 6F Robinson Hall
Phone: 617-373-5274
Fax: 617-373-3161
Email: m.holden@neu.edu
Education: Ph.D., Brandeis University, Experimental Psychology
M.M.Sc., Emory University, Applied Neuroscience and Neurological Physical Therapy
B.S., Northeastern University, Physical Therapy
Certification: Licensed Physical Therapist
Specializations: Neurorehabilitation,motor control and moter learning, Virtual Environments for Rehabilitation after stroke and brain injury.
Research: Sensorimotor contributions to motor control and learning, especially applied to stroke or brain injury patients
Application of technology to assist neurorehabilitation
Public Service:
Courses:
Publications: Holden, M.K. (2005). Virtual environments for motor rehabilitation – A review. Cyberpsychology and Behavior,8(3), 187-211; discussion 212-9.
2. Holden, M.K., Dyar, T., Schwamm, L., & Bizzi, E. (2005). Virtual environment-based telerehabilitation in patients with stroke. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 14(2), 214-233.
3. Holden, M.K., Dyar, T., Schwamm, L., & Bizzi, E. (2003). Home-based Telerehabilitation using a virtual environment system. In Burdea GC, Thalmann D, & Lewis JA (Eds.): Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Virtual Rehabilitation, 4-12.
4. Holden, M.K. & Dyar, T. (2002). Virtual environment training: A new tool for Neurorehabilitation. Neurology Report, 26(2), 62-71.
5. Holden, M.K. & Todorov, E. (2002). Use of virtual environments in motor learning and rehabilitation. In Stanney, K. (Ed): Handbook of Virtual Environments: Design, Implementation, and Applications (pp. 999-1026). London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
6. Holden, M.K., Dettwiler, A., Dyar, T., Niemann, G., & Bizzi, E. (2001). Retraining movement in patients with acquired brain injury using a virtual environment. In Westwood, J.D., Hoffman, H.M., Mogel, G.T., Stredney, D., & Robb, R.A. (Eds.), Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (pp. 192-198). Amsterdam: IOS Press.
Web pages:
http://www.northeastern.edu/research/search/faculty/search_result.php?id=127
http://web.mit.edu/bcs/bizzilab/members/holden/index.html
