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REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

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​REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

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  1. Akbas K., Hosseinalizadeh M., Petrillo K., Rufin A.J., La Placa T., Russo M., Toosizadeh N., (2025) Heart Rate Dynamics During Localized Upper-Extremity Function as a Novel Measure of Cardiac Autonomic Dysfunction: Investigation of Aging- and Disease-Related Alterations, Gerontology, In Press. 

  2. Petrillo K., Ehsani H., Akbas K., Dagar M., Toosizadeh N., (2025) Differences in Brain Function Entropy due to Cognitive Impairment: Application of Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy Measures during Dual-Tasking, International Journal of Psychophysiology, In Press. 

  3. Hu S., Ackun P., Zhang X., Cao S., Barton J.K., Hector M.G., Fain M., Toosizadeh N., (2025) mmWave Radar for Sit-to-Stand Analysis: A Comparative Study with Wearables and Kinect, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, In Press.

  4. Hosseinalizadeh M., Asghari M., Toosizadeh N., (2024) Sensor-based Frailty Assessment Using Fitbit, Sensors 24 (23), 7827.

  5. Asghari M., Elali K., Toosizadeh N., (2024) The Effect of Age on Ankle vs. Hip Proprioceptive Contribution in Balance Recovery: Application of Vibratory Stimulation for Altering Proprioceptive Performance, Biomedical Engineering Letters, 1-11. 

  6. Asghari M., Ehsani H., Toosizadeh N., (2024) Frailty Identification using a Sensor-based Upper-extremity Function Test: A Deep Learning Approach, Scientific Reports, In Press. 

  7. Asghari M., Rudy P., Peña M., Ruiz M., Parthasarathy S., Javed B., Toosizadeh N., (2024) A Novel Upper-extremity Sensor-based Approach to Predict COPD Adverse Outcomes in an Acute Setting, CHEST Pulmonary, 100065. 

  8. Arrué P., Laksari K., Russo M., La Placa T., Smith M., Toosizadeh N., (2024) Associating Frailty and Dynamic Dysregulation between Motor and Cardiac Autonomic Systems, Frontiers in Aging, 5, 1396636.

  9. Asghari M., Elali K., Sullivan A., LaFleur B., Madigan ML., Toosizadeh N., (2024) Assessing the role of ankle and hip joint proprioceptive information in balance recovery using vibratory stimulation, Heliyon, 10 (4). 

  10. Hu S., Cao S., Toosizadeh N., Barton J., Hector M., Fain M., (2023) mmPose-FK: A Forward Kinematics Approach to Dynamic Skeletal Pose Estimation Using mmWave Radars, IEEE Sensors Journal, In Press. 

  11. Hu S., Cao S., Toosizadeh N., Barton J., Hector M., Fain M., Poston P.E., (2023) A Survey on Radar-Based Fall Detection, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, In Press.

  12. Grijalva C., Mullins V.A., Michael B.R., Hale D., Wu L., Toosizadeh N., Chilton F.H., Laksari K., (2023) Neuroimaging, wearable sensors, and blood-based biomarkers reveal hyperacute changes in the brain after sub-concussive impacts, Brain Multiphysics, 5, 100086.

  13. Grijalva C., Hale D., Wu L., Toosizadeh N., Laksari K., (2023) Hyper-acute effects of sub-concussive soccer headers on brain function and hemodynamics, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 17, 1191284. 

  14. Petrillo K., Javeh B., Toosizadeh N., (2023) Association between Dual-Task Function and Neuropsychological Testing in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment, Experimental Gerontology, In Press.    

  15. Kumar D.P., Najafi B., Laksari K., Toosizadeh N., (2023) Sensor-based Assessment of Variability in Daily Physical Activity and Frailty, Gerontology, In Press. 

  16. Asghari M., Peña M., Ruiz M., Johnson H., Ehsani H., Toosizadeh N., (2023) A computational musculoskeletal arm model for assessing muscle dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, In Press. 

  17. Peña M., Petrillo K., Bosset M., Fain M., Chou YH., Rapcsak S., Toosizadeh N., (2022) Brain function complexity during dual‐tasking is associated with cognitive impairment and age, Journal of Neuroimaging, 32 (6), 1211-1223. 

  18. Deshpande A., Elliott j., Kari N., Jiang B., Michel P., Toosizadeh N., Fahadan PT., Kidwell C., Wintermark M., Laksari K., (2022) Novel imaging markers for altered cerebrovascular morphology in aging, stroke, and Alzheimer's disease, Journal of Neuroimaging, 32 (5), 956-967.

  19. Toosizadeh N., Eskandari M., Ehsani H., Parvaneh S., Asghari M., Sweitzer N., (2022) Frailty Assessment Using a Novel Approach Based on Combined Motor and Cardiac Functions: A Pilot Study, BMC Geriatrics, 22 (1), 1-10.

  20. Eskandari-Nojehdehi M., Parvaneh S., Ehsani H., Fain M., Toosizadeh N., (2022) Frailty Identification using Heart Rate Dynamics: A Deep Learning Approach, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 26 (7), 3409-3417.

  21. Ruberto K., Ehsani H., Parvaneh S., Mohler J., Fain M., Sweitzer N.K., Toosizadeh N., (2022) The association between heart rate behavior and gait performance: The moderating effect of frailty, Plos one, e0264013

  22. Ruiz M., Peña m., Cohen A., Ehsani H., Joseph B., Fain M., Mohler J., Toosizadeh N., (2021) Physical and Cognitive Function Assessment to Predict Postoperative Outcomes of Abdominal Surgery, Journal of Surgical Research, 267, 495-505.

  23. Asghari M., Ehsani H., Cohen A., Tax T., Mohler J., Toosizadeh N., (2021) Nonlinear Analysis of the Movement Variability Structure Can Detect Aging-Related Differences among Cognitively Healthy Individuals, Human Movement Science, 78, 102807.

  24. Grijalva C., Toozisadeh N., Sindorf J., Chou Y.H., Laksari K., (2021) Dual-task performance is associated with brain MRI morphometry in individuals with mild cognitive impairment, Journal of Neuroimaging, 31 (3), 588-601. 

  25. Toosizadeh N., Ehsani H., Parthasarathy S., Carpenter B., Ruberto K., Mohler J., Parvaneh S., (2020) Frailty and Heart Response to Physical Activity, Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 93, 104323.

  26. Follis S., Chen Z., Mishra S, Howe C.L., Toosizadeh N., Dohm M., (2020) Comparison of Wearable Sensor to Traditional Methods in Functional Outcome Measures: A Systematic Review, Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 39 (10), 2093-2102.

  27. Arrué P., Toosizadeh N., Babaee H., Laksari K., (2020) Low-rank representation of head impact kinematics: A data-driven emulator, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 8, 1049.

  28. Kumar D.P., Wendel C., Mohler J., Laksari K., Toosizadeh N., (2020) Between-day Repeatability of Sensor-based In-home Gait Assessment among Older Adults: Assessing the Effect of Frailty, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 33 (6), 1529-1537.

  29. Toosizadeh N., Wahlert G., Fain M., Mohler J., (2020) The Effect of Vibratory Stimulation on the Timed-up-and-go Mobility Test: A Pilot Study for Sensory-related Fall Risk Assessment, Physiological Research, 69 (4), 721-730.

  30. Kumar D.P., Toosizadeh N., Mohler J., Ehsani H., Mannier C., Laksari K., (2020) Sensor-based Characterization of Daily Walking: A New Paradigm in Pre-frailty/Frailty Assessment, BMC Geriatrics, BMC geriatrics 20, 1-11.

  31. Ehsani H., Parvaneh S., Mohler J., Wendel C., Zamrini E., O'Connor K., Toosizadeh N., (2020) Can motor function uncertainty and local instability within upper-extremity dual-tasking predict amnestic mild cognitive impairment and early-stage Alzheimer's disease? Computers in Biology and Medicine, 103705.

  32. Taylor-Piliae R.E., Hsu C.H., Dolan H., Toosizadeh N., Mohler J., (2019) A Novel Dual-Task Balance Challenge to Prevent Falls in Older Adults: A Randomized Pilot Study, Journal of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, 16 (1), 16.

  33. Jansen C.P., Toosizadeh N., Mohler J., Najafi B., Wendel C., Schwenk M., (2019) The Association Between Motor Capacity and Mobility Performance: Frailty as a Moderator, European Review of Aging and Physical Activity, In Press.

  34. Yanquez F.J., Peterson A., Weinkauf C., Goshima K.R., Zhou W., Mohler J., Ehsani H., Toosizadeh N., (2019) Sensor-based Upper-extremity Frailty Assessment for the Vascular Surgery Risk Stratification, Journal of Surgical Research, 246, 403-410.

  35. Toosizadeh N., Ehsani H., Wendel C., Zamrini E., O'Connor K., Mohler J., (2019) Screening older adults for amnestic mild cognitive impairment and early-stage Alzheimer's disease using upper-extremity dual-tasking, Scientific Reports, 9(1), 10911.

  36. Ehsani H., Mohler J., O’Connord K., Zamrini E., Tirambulob C., Toosizadeh N., (2019) The association between cognition and dual-tasking among older adults: The effect of motor function type and cognition task difficulty, Clinical Investigation in Aging, 14, 659-669.

  37. Ehsani H., Mohler J., Golden T., Toosizadeh N., (2019) Upper-extremity function prospectively predicts adverse discharge and all-cause COPD readmission: A pilot study, International Journal of COPD, 14, 39.

  38. Yen T.C ., Mohler J., Dohm M., Laksari K., Najafi B., Toosizadeh N., (2018) The Effect of Pain Relief on Daily Physical Activity: in-Home Objective Physical Activity Assessment in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients after Paravertebral Spinal Block, Sensors, 18 (9), 3048.

  39. Taleban S., Toosizadeh N., Junna S., Golden T., Ghazala S., Wadeea R., Tirambulo C., Mohler J., (2018) Frailty Assessment Predicts Acute Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Screening Colonoscopy, Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 1-9.

  40. Mousavi-Khatir R., Talebian S., Toosizadeh N., Olyaei GR, Maroufi N., (2018) Disturbance of neck proprioception and feed-forward motor control following static neck flexion in healthy young adults, Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 41, 160-167.

  41. Toosizadeh N., Ehsani H., Miramonte M., Mohler J., (2018) Proprioceptive Impairments in High Fall Risk Older Adults: The Effect of Mechanical Calf Vibration on Postural Balance, BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 17 (1), 51.

  42. Toosizadeh N., Mohler J., Marlinski V., (2018) Low intensity vibration of ankle muscles improves balance in elderly persons at high risk of falling, PLOS ONE, 13(3): e0194720.

  43. Mousavi-Khatir R., Talebian S., Toosizadeh N., Olyaei GR., Maroufi N., (2018) The effect of static neck flexion on mechanical and neuromuscular behaviors of the cervical spine, Journal of Biomechanics, 72, 152-158.

  44. Ehsani H., Mohler J., Marlinski V., Rashedi E., Toosizadeh N., (2018) The influence of mechanical vibration on local and central balance control, Journal of Biomechanics, 71, 59-66.

  45. Toosizadeh N., Wendel C., Hsu CH., Zamrini E., Mohler J., (2017) Frailty Assessment in Older Adults using Upper-extremity Function: Index Development, BMC Geriatrics, 17 (1), 117.

  46. Toosizadeh N., Berry C., Najafi B., Kraft M., Mohler J., (2017) Assessing upper-extremity motion: an innovative method to quantify functional capacity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, PLOS ONE, 12 (2), e0172766.

  47. Parvaneh S., Mohler J., Toosizadeh N., Grewal G., Najafi B., (2017) Postural transitions during activities of daily living could identify frailty status – Application of wearable technology to identify frailty during unsupervised condition, Gerontology, 63 (5), 479-487.

  48. Joseph B., Toosizadeh N., Jokar T.O., Heusser M.R., Mohler J., Najafi B., (2016) Upper-Extremity Function Predicts Adverse Health Outcomes among Older Adults Hospitalized for Ground-Level Falls, Gerontology, 63 (4), 299-307.

  49. Toosizadeh N., Harati H., Yen TC., Fastje C., Mohler J., Najafi B., Dohm M., (2016) Paravertebral spinal injection for the treatment of patients with degenerative facet osteoarthropathy: Evidence of motor performance improvements based on objective assessments, Clinical Biomechanics, 39, 100-108.

  50. Toosizadeh N., Stocker H., Thiede R., Mohler J., Mills J.L., Najafi B., (2016) Alterations in gait parameters with peripheral artery disease: The importance of pre-frailty as a confounding variable, Vascular Medicine, 21 (6), 520-527.

  51. Toosizadeh N., Najafi B., Reiman E.R., Mager R.M., Veldhuizen J.K., O’Connor K., Zamrini E., Mohler J., (2016) Upper-extremity dual-task function: an innovative method to assess cognitive impairment in older adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 8, 167.

  52. Lei H., Toosizadeh N., Schwenk M., Sherman S., Karp S., Sternberg E., Najafi B. (2016) A pilot clinical trial of objectively assess the efficacy of electroacupuncture on gait in patients with Parkinson’s disease using body worn sensors. PLoS ONE, 11 (5), e0155613.

  53. Gill S.V., Walsh M.K., Pratt J.A., Toosizadeh N., Najafi B., Travison T.G. (2016) Changes in spatio-temporal gait patterns during flat ground walking and obstacle crossing one year after bariatric surgery, Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 12 (5), 1080-1085.

  54. Toosizadeh N., Joseph B., Heusser M.H., Jokar T.O., Mohler J., Phelan H.R., Najafi B. (2016) Assessing Upper-extremity Motion: An Innovative, Objective Method to Identify Frailty in Older Bedbound Trauma Patients, Journal of American College of Surgeons, 223 (2), 240–248.   

  55. Mohler J., Wendel C., Taylor-Piliae R, Toosizadeh N., Najafi B. (2015) Motor performance predicts prospective falls in frail or pre-frail, community-dwelling, older adults: Application of wearable technology to assess fall risk. Gerontology, 62 (6), 654-664. 

  56. Yen TC, Toosizadeh N., Howe C, Dohm M, Mohler J, Najafi B. (2015) Postural Balance Parameters as Objective Surgical Assessments in Low Back Disorders: A Systematic Review, Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 32 (3), 316-323.

  57. Thiede R., Toosizadeh N., Mills JL., Zaky M, Mohler J , Najafi B. (2015) Gait and balance assessments as early indicators of frailty in patients with known peripheral artery disease, Clinical Biomechanics, 32, 1-7.

  58. Parvaneh S., Howe C., Toosizadeh N., Honarvar B., Fain M., Najafi B., Mohler J., (2015) Regulation of Cardiac Autonomic Nervous System Control across Frailty Status: A Systematic Review, Gerontology,62 (1), 3-15.

  59. Toosizadeh, N., Mohler, J., Armstrong, D.G., Talal, T.K., Najafi, B., (2015) The Influence of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy on Local Postural Muscle and Central Sensory Feedback Balance Control, PLoS ONE, 10 (8): e0135255.

  60. Toosizadeh, N., Chuan Yen, T., Howe C., Dohm M., Mohler J., Najafi B., (2015) Gait Behaviors as an Objective Surgical Outcome in Low Back Disorders: A Systematic Review, Clinical Biomechanics 30, 528-536.

  61. Toosizadeh, N., Mohler J., Lei H., Parvaneh S., Sherman S., and Najafi B. (2015) Physical Performance Assessment in Parkinson’s Disease: Association between Objective In-clinic, Objective In-home, and Subjective/Semi-objective Measures, PLoS ONE, 10(4): e0124763.

  62. Toosizadeh, N., Mohler, J., Wendel, C., Najafi, B., (2015) Influences of Frailty Syndrome on Open-loop and Closed-loop Postural Control Strategy. Gerontology 61(1), 51-60.

  63. Toosizadeh, N., Mohler, J., Najafi, B., (2015) Assessing Upper Extremity Motion: An Innovative Method to Identify Frailty. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 63 (6), 1181-1186.

  64. Toosizadeh, N., Lei, H., Schwenk, M., Sherman S.J., Sternberg, E. Mohler, J., and Najafi, B., (2015) Does Integrative Medicine Enhance Balance in Aging Adults? – Proof of Concept for Benefit of Electro-acupuncture Therapy in Parkinson’s Disease. Gerontology 61(1), 3-14

  65. Toosizadeh, N., Nussbaum, M.A. (2014) Trunk Tissue Creep can Increase Spine Forces during a Subsequent Lifting Task. IIE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors 2(2), 71-82

  66. Toosizadeh, N., Nussbaum, M.A. (2013) Prolonged Trunk Flexion can Increase Spine Loads During a Subsequent Lifting Task:  An Investigation of the Effects of Trunk Flexion Duration and Angle Using a Sagittally-Symmetric, Viscoelastic Spine Model. Journal of Musculoskeletal Research 16 (4), 1350022

  67. Toosizadeh, N., Bunting, M., Howel, C., Mohler, J., Sprinkle, J., Najafi, B., (2013) Motorized mobility scooters – The use of training/intervention and technology for improving driving skills in aging adults. Gerontology 60 (4), 357-365.

  68. Hendershot, B., Toosizadeh, N., Muslim, K., Madigan, M.L., and Nussbaum, M.A.  (2013)  Evidence for an  Exposure-Response Relationship between Trunk Flexion and Impairments in Trunk Postural Control. Journal of Biomechanics 46 (14), 2554-2557.

  69. Toosizadeh, N., Nussbaum, M.A. (2013) Creep Deformation of the Human Trunk in Response to Prolonged and Repetitive Flexion: Measuring and Modeling the Effect of External Moment and Flexion Rate  Annals of Biomedical Engineering 41(6): 1150-1161

  70. Toosizadeh, N., Nussbaum, M.A. (2013) Disturbance and Recovery of Trunk Mechanical and Neuromuscular Behaviors Following Repetitive Lifting: Influences of Flexion Angle and Lift Rate on Creep-Induced Effects. Ergonomics 56 (6): 954-963.

  71. Muslim, K., Bazrgari, B., Hendershot, B., Toosizadeh, N., Nussbaum, M.A., and Madigan, M.L. (2012) Disturbance and Recovery of Trunk Mechanical and Neuromuscular Behaviors Following Repeated Static Trunk Flexion: Influences of Duration and Duty Cycle on Creep-Induced Effects. Applied Ergonomics 44(4): 643-651.

  72. Toosizadeh, N., Nussbaum, M.A., Bazrgari, B., and Madigan, M.L. (2013) Load-relaxation Properties of the Human Trunk in Response to Prolonged Flexion: Measuring and Modeling the Effect of Flexion Angle. PLoS ONE 7(11): e48625.

  73. Toosizadeh, N., and Haghpanahi, M. (2011) Generating a Finite Element Model of the CervicalSpine: Estimating Muscle Forces and Internal Loads. Scientia Iranica 18(6): 1237-1247.

  74. Bazrgari, B., Hendershot, B., Muslim, K., Toosizadeh, N., Nussbaum, M.A., and Madigan, M.L. (2011) Disturbance and Recovery of Trunk Mechanical and Neuromuscular Behaviors Following Prolonged Trunk Flexion: Influences of Duration and External Load on Creep-Induced Effects. Ergonomics 54(11): 1043-1052.

  75. Hendershot, B., Bazrgari, B., Muslim, K., Toosizadeh, N., Nussbaum, M.A., and Madigan, M.L. (2011) Disturbance and Recovery of Trunk Stiffness and Reflexive Muscle Responses Following Prolonged Trunk Flexion: Influence of Flexion Angle and Duration. Clinical Biomechanics 26(3): 250-256.

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