The major goals of C-MOST are to prepare new generations of highly qualified scientists and to facilitate cutting-edge research focused on understanding human motor control and coordination, deficits in motor function, and recovery of function in patients with neurological and orthopedic impairment. The Center for Movement Science and Technology (CMOST) is focused on facilitating interdisciplinary and translational research across the disciplines that address movement science and clinical motor disorders and conditions. We are particularly interested in facilitating bidirectional translation, involving exploiting clinical conditions to understand basic motor control and coordination processes, and exploiting basic science to inform clinical understanding and help to design clinical interventions.
Center for Movement Science and Technology
Integration of the neural, biomechanical, cognitive, and clinical sciences for the study of action
News
Robert Sainburg named Huck Chair in Kinesiology and Neurology
Robert “Bob” Sainburg, professor of kinesiology and of neurology and director of the Huck Institutes’ Center for Movement Science and Technology, has been named Huck Distinguished Chair in Kinesiology and Neurology.
Assistant professor intends to bridge gap between humans and robots
Katie Fitzsimons will join the Penn State College of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) as an assistant professor in January 2021. Through her research, Fitzsimons plans to advance robotics, powered by a greater understanding of human motion and behavior.
The Other Hand
When it comes to therapy for stroke patients, sometimes treating the wrong hand is exactly right.
News
Robert Sainburg named Huck Chair in Kinesiology and Neurology
Robert “Bob” Sainburg, professor of kinesiology and of neurology and director of the Huck Institutes’ Center for Movement Science and Technology, has been named Huck Distinguished Chair in Kinesiology and Neurology.
Assistant professor intends to bridge gap between humans and robots
Katie Fitzsimons will join the Penn State College of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) as an assistant professor in January 2021. Through her research, Fitzsimons plans to advance robotics, powered by a greater understanding of human motion and behavior.
The Other Hand
When it comes to therapy for stroke patients, sometimes treating the wrong hand is exactly right.
High school students learn about biomechanics
In honor of National Biomechanics Day on April 7, the Department of Kinesiology hosted 60 State College Area High School students in the Biomechanics Laboratory in Rec Hall to showcase its research and facilities, in such areas as muscle movement and motion analysis.