University of Toronto Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering

• J. Andrysek
• J. Audet
• B.L. Bardakjian
• E. Biddiss
• W. Chan
• T. Chau
• J.E. Davies
• A.C. Easty
• M. Eizenman
• R. Fernandez-Gonzalez
• G.R. Fernie
• P.M. Gilbert
• M.D. Grynpas
• R.A. Kandel
• D. Kilkenny
• O. Levi
• K. Masani
• A. McGuigan
• A. Mihailidis
• M.K. Nagai
• M.R. Popovic
• M. Radisic
• J. Rocheleau
• J.P. Santerre
• M.V. Sefton
• M.S. Shoichet
• C.A. Simmons
• E.D. Sone
• D.A. Steinman
• P. Trbovich
• K. Truong
• A. Wheeler
• W. Wong
• C.M. Yip
• P. Yoo
• L. You
• P. Zandstra
• J. Zariffa

M.R. Popovic

Professor

• Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
• Rehabilitation Technology Sciences Team Leader, Graduate Department of Rehabilitaiton Sciences
• Toronto Rehab Chair in Spinal Cord Injury Research, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
• Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Contact Information

Mining Building, Room 331
Email: milos.popovic at utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-978-6676
Fax: 416-978-4317 
Website: Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory 


Research Interests

Recent Publications

Knowledge translation in rehabilitation engineering research and development: A knowledge ecosystem framework. Chau T, Moghimi S, Popovic MR. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2013 Jan. 94(1 Suppl):S9-S19.

Effects of sensorimotor trunk impairments on trunk and upper limb joint kinematics and kinetics during sitting pivot transfers in individuals with a spinal cord injury. Desroches G, Gagnon D, Nadeau S, Popovic MR. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2012 Nov 29. pii: S0268-0033(12)00257-4.

Whole-Body Vibration During Passive Standing in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury: Effects of Plate Choice, Frequency, Amplitude, and Subject's Posture on Vibration Propagation. Alizadeh-Meghrazi M, Masani K, Popovic MR, Craven BC. PM R. 2012 Oct 23. pii: S1934-1482(12)00405-4.

A galvanotaxis assay for analysis of neural precursor cell migration kinetics in an externally applied direct current electric field. Babona-Pilipos R, Popovic MR, Morshead CM. J Vis Exp. 2012 Oct 13. (68). pii: 4193.

Visualization of trunk muscle synergies during sitting perturbations using Self-Organizing Maps (SOM). Milosevic M, Valter McConville KM, Sejdic E, Masani K, Kyan MJ, Popovic MR. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2012 Sep. 59(9):2516-23.

A comparison of closed-loop control algorithms for regulating electrically stimulated knee movements in individuals with spinal cord injury. Lynch CL, Popovic MR. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2012 Jul. 20(4):539-48.

Effects of upper limb positions and weight support roles on quasi-static seated postural stability in individuals with spinal cord injury. Grangeon M, Gagnon D, Gauthier C, Jacquemin G, Masani K, Popovic MR. Gait Posture. 2012 Jul. 36(3):572-9.