Research in the News
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To Help Recover Balance, Robotic Exoskeletons Have to be Faster Than Human Reflexes February 15, 2023
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Lena Ting Elevated to New Appointment February 20,2020
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Lena Ting on Creative Thinking and Bridging Disciplines to Study Movement Disorders March 9, 2020
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An Improved Understanding of Spasticity Using the Pendulum Test, September 5, 2019
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Engineering Training Helps Emory-Georgia Tech Researcher Treat Movement Disorders, Spring 2018
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Lena Ting Receives $2.6 Million NIH Grant to Identify Balance Impairment Mechanisms for those with Parkinson's Disease, Fall 2017
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Using Dance to Make Better Rehab Robots, The Conversation, Summer 2017
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GTNeuro researchers on the cutting edge are exploring the frontier between our ears, Spring 2017
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New Georgia Tech and Emory NSF training grant in Healthcare Robotics, Fall 2017
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NIH grants support research on balance in Parkinson's and other diseases, EMORY News Center, Fall 2016
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Research shows Adapted Tango program alters balance control in Parkinson's disease patient, EMORY News Center, Fall 2016
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Lena Ting inducted as a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers, EMORY News Center, Spring 2016
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Ballet training improves coordination of daily activities, EMORY News Center, Fall 2015
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Modular control of movement informs rehabilitation Neuron Perspective, Spring 2015
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Launch of Georgia Tech Neural Engineering Center, Fall 2014
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Letting the robot lead EMORY Health, Spring 2012
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I, Helper EMORY Magazine, Winter 2012
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A Summer of Monks, Neuroscience The Whistle@GaTech, September 4, 2012
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Robots as rehab assistants? EMORY Report, September 30, 2011
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Staying in balance EMORY Magazine, Autumn 2007
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See How They Run DISCOVER Vol. 15 No. 09, September 1994
Can you stand on one leg and sleep? Check out Dr. Ting's work on how flamingos can do this.
Paper:
Mechanical Evidence that flamingos can support their body on one leg with little active muscular force
News:
How a flamingo balances on one leg - ScienceNews
Scientists pinpoint how a flamingo balances on one leg - NPR
Why flamingos are more stable on one leg than two - The Atlantic
Neuromechanics of flamingos’ amazing feats of balance - The Conversation
Podcasts:
Let's Flamingle! - Wow In The World, NPR
Inventing Energy-Recycling Assistive Stairs
Paper:
Stair Negotiation Made Easier Using Novel Interactive Energy-Recycling Assistive Stairs
News:
These stairs recycle your energy so they’re easier to climb - PBS
Stairs that give you a leg up! - The Naked Scientists
New Assistive Stairs Put a Spring in Your Step Read - Smithsonian.com