The Evoked Potential Operation Conditioning (EPOC) Lab’s research related to spinal cord injury and motor control.
Haug W., Ramakrishnan V, Thompson AK. Lower leg EMG and H-reflex activity during double leg hopping and landing. J Neurophysiol. In press. Supplemental figures available here.
Dellenbach BHS, Lewis AF, Cote RK, Phipps AM, Thompson AK. Operant conditioning of the motor evoked potential in forearm extensors of individuals with chronic incomplete cervical spinal cord injury: case studies. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation. In Press.
Lewis AF, Cao Y, Dellenbach BHS, Thompson AK, Krause JS. Associations between self-reported upper limb motor ability, life satisfaction, and life problems in people with cervical spinal cord injury from the community in the United States: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2026;16:e100890. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2025-100890
Phipps AM, Thompson AK. Spinal nociceptive and non-nociceptive processing of cutaneous afferent input in people with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury. Sci Rep 2025;15:26170, PMID:40681568. PMCID:PMC12274452.
Damewood BAP, Sinkjær T, Thompson AK. Generation and modification of human locomotor EMG activity when walking faster and carrying additional weight. Exp Physiol 2025. doi: 10.1113/EP092063
Seif G, Phipps AM, Donnelly JM, Dellenbach BHS, Thompson AK. Neurophysiological effects of latent trigger point dry needling on spinal reflexes. J Neurophysiol 2025, 133: 288-298.
Brangaccio JA, Phipps AM, Gemoets DE, Sniffen JM, Thompson AK. Variability of corticospinal and spinal reflex excitability for the ankle dorsiflexor tibialis anterior across repeated measurements in people with and without incomplete spinal cord injury. Exp Brain Res 2024. 242:3:727-743. doi: 10.1007/s00221-024-06777-z.
Dutt-Mazumder A, Segal RL, Thompson AK. Effect of Ankle Angles on the Soleus H-Reflex Excitability During Standing. Motor Control. 2020 Jan 2:1-15. doi: 10.1123/mc.2018-0118. PMID: 31899887
Thompson AK, Mrachacz-Kersting N, Sinkjær T, Andersen JB. Modulation of soleus stretch reflexes during walking in people with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury. Exp Brain Res. 2019 237:2461-2479. doi: 10.1007/s00221-019-05603-1. PMID: 31309252; PMCID: PMC6751142
Thompson AK, Carruth H, Haywood R, Hill NJ, Sarnacki WA, McCane LM, Wolpaw JR, McFarland DJ. Effects of Sensorimotor Rhythm Modulation on the Human Flexor Carpi Radialis H-Reflex. Front Neurosci 12:505, 2018.