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James Patton
Research Assistant Professor,
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Affiliate, Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering

Associate Director & Research Scientist
Sensory Motor Performance Program
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
345 E. Superior, Suite 1406
Chicago, IL 60611

TEL: 312-238-1277
FAX: 312-238-2208

j-patton@northwestern.edu

link to research site

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan (1989)
B.S. Engineering Science (Bioengineering), University of Michigan (1989)
M.S. Theoretical Mechanics, Michigan State University (1993)
PhD. Biomedical Enginering, Northwestern University (1998)

Honors and Awards

  • Vice-chair of the RESNA special interest group on rehabilitation robotics for 2003-2005.

Research:

  • Robotics for therapeutic neuro-rehabilitation
  • Robotic teaching
  • Control of human movement
  • Haptics
  • Human-machine interfaces

In the classroom:

  • Biomedical Engineering 495: Biomedical Robotics

Selected publications

Patton J.L., Dawe G., Scharver C., Mussa-Ivaldi F. A., Kenyon R., (2006) "Robotics and Virtual Reality: A Perfect Marriage for Motor Control Research and Rehabilitation," Assistive Technology, 18 (2) 181-195

Harwin, W.S.; Patton, J.L.; Edgerton, V.R. (2006) "Challenges and Opportunities for Robot-Mediated Neurorehabilitation", Proceedings of the IEEE, Volume 94,  Issue 9,  Sept. 2006 Page(s):1717 - 1726

Patton, J. L., Kovic, M., Mussa-Ivaldi, F.A. (2006) "Custom-designed haptic training for restoring reaching ability to individuals with stroke" Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development 43(5)643-656.

Reed K., Peshkin M., Hartman M. J., Grabowwecky M., Patton J., Vishton P. (2006) "Haptically linked dyads: are two motor control systems better than one?" Psychological Science, 19(5) 365-366.

Patton, J. L., Stoykov, M. E., Kovic, M. & Mussa-Ivaldi, F. A. (2006) valuation of robotic training forces that either enhance or reduce error in chronic hemiparetic stroke survivors. Experimental Brain Research 168 368-383

Chib, V., Patton, J.L. Lynch, K., Mussa-Ivaldi, F.A., (2006) "Haptic Discrimination of Fields and Surfaces," Journal of Neurophysiology, 95 (2) 1068-1077.

Hitchens J, Patton JL (2006) Generalization of Motor Adaptation Skills from Bimanual-Grasp to Individual Limbs. In: IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC), New York, p FrB14.17

Patton J, Hilliard M, Martinez K, Mille M, Rogers M (2006) A Simple Model of Stability Limits Applied to Sidestepping in Young, Elderly and Elderly Fallers. In: IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC), New York, p FrC11.15

Sulzer J, Peshkin M, Patton J (2006) Catastrophe and Stability Analysis of a Cable-Driven Actuator. In: IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC). IEEE, New York, p FrA16.15

Patton and Mussa-Ivaldi (2004) Robot-Assisted Adaptive Training: Custom Force Fields for Teaching Movement Patterns, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 51(4) 636-646.

Patton, J L, Mussa-Ivaldi, FA, “Linear combinations of nonlinear models for predicting human-machine interface forces" Biological Cybernetics, 86 (1) 73-87, 2002.