
Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Position: Associate Professor
ORCID: 0000-0002-3156-6483
T +43 1 40400 19720
ursula.hofstoetter@meduniwien.ac.at
Keywords
Central Pattern Generators; Locomotion; Recovery of Function; Rehabilitation; Spinal Cord; Spinal Cord Injuries; Spinal Cord Stimulation
Research group(s)
- Human Motor Control and Neuromodulation
Head: Ursula Hofstötter
Research Area: Understanding human spinal motor control to conceive innovative neuromodulation strategies
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Research interests
I earned my PhD in Technical Mathematics from Vienna University of Technology in 2009. My research focuses on human motor control and locomotion as well as the development and application of neuromodulation techniques for individuals with spinal cord injury and other motor disorders.
Selected publications
- Minassian, K. et al. (2024) ‘Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation neuromodulates pre- and postsynaptic inhibition in the control of spinal spasticity’, Cell Reports Medicine, 5(11), p. 101805. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2024.101805.
- Minassian, K. et al. (2023) ‘Rare phenomena of central rhythm and pattern generation in a case of complete spinal cord injury’, Nature Communications, 14(1). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39034-y.
- Hofstoetter, U.S. et al. (2021) ‘Spinal motor mapping by epidural stimulation of lumbosacral posterior roots in humans’, iScience, 24(1), p. 101930. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101930.
- Hofstoetter, U.S. et al. (2020) ‘Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation Induces Temporary Attenuation of Spasticity in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury’, Journal of Neurotrauma, 37(3), pp. 481–493. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2019.6588.
- Danner, S.M. et al., 2015. Human spinal locomotor control is based on flexibly organized burst generators. Brain, 138(3), pp.577–588. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/awu372.