The Evoked Potential Operation Conditioning (EPOC) Lab’s research related to spinal cord injury and motor control.
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.
Haug, W. B., Ramakrishnan, V., & Thompson, A. K. (2026). Lower leg EMG and H-reflex activity during double leg hopping and landing. Journal of Neurophysiology. Supplemental figures available here.
Lewis, A. F., Cao, Y., Dellenbach, B. H., Thompson, A. K., & Krause, J. S. (2026). 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, A. M., & Thompson, A. K. (2025).Spinal nociceptive and non-nociceptive processing of cutaneous afferent input in people with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 26170. PMID:40681568. PMCID:PMC12274452.
Damewood, B. A., Sinkjær, T., & Thompson, A. K. (2025). Generation and modification of human locomotor EMG activity when walking faster and carrying additional weight. Experimental Physiology, 110(9), 1316-1335. doi: 10.1113/EP092063
Seif, G., Phipps, A. M., Donnelly, J. M., Dellenbach, B. H., & Thompson, A. K. (2025).Neurophysiological effects of latent trigger point dry needling on spinal reflexes. Journal of Neurophysiology, 133(1), 288-298.
Brangaccio, J. A., Phipps, A. M., Gemoets, D. E., Sniffen, J. M., & Thompson, A. K. (2024).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. Experimental Brain Research, 242(3), 727-743. doi: 10.1007/s00221-024-06777-z.
Dutt-Mazumder, A., Segal, R. L., & Thompson, A. K. (2020). Effect of Ankle Angles on the Soleus H-Reflex Excitability During Standing. MMotor Control, 24(2), 189-203. doi: 10.1123/mc.2018-0118. PMID: 31899887
Thompson, A. K., Mrachacz-Kersting, N., Sinkjær, T., & Andersen, J. B. (2019). Modulation of soleus stretch reflexes during walking in people with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury. Experimental brain research, 237(10), 2461-2479. doi: 10.1007/s00221-019-05603-1. PMID: 31309252; PMCID: PMC6751142
Thompson, A. K., Carruth, H., Haywood, R., Hill, N. J., Sarnacki, W. A., McCane, L. M., … & McFarland, D. J. (2018). Effects of Sensorimotor Rhythm Modulation on the Human Flexor Carpi Radialis H-Reflex. Frontiers in neuroscience, 12, 505.