Eric Earley, PhD

Research Interests

My research focuses on maximizing patient functionality through improvements to prosthetic control and sensory feedback, evaluating quality of life through at-home data collection of prosthesis use, and development and validation of new outcome measures. This requires a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach bringing together engineers, scientists, surgeons, clinicians, therapists, and patients to develop novel technologies.

Publications

• Earley EJ, Mastinu E, Ortiz-Catalan M. Cross-Channel Impedance Measurement for Monitoring Implanted Electrodes. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2022 Jul;2022:4880-4883. PubMed PMID: 36086091
• Musolf BM, Earley EJ, Munoz-Novoa M, Ortiz-Catalan M. Analysis and Design of a Bypass Socket for Transradial Amputations. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2021 Nov;2021:4611-4614. PubMed PMID: 34892241
• Earley EJ, Hargrove LJ. Modeling Expected Reaching Error and Behaviors for Motor Adaptation. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2019 Jul;2019:1534-1538. PubMed PMID: 31946186
• Earley EJ, Kaveny KJ, Johnson RE, Hargrove LJ, Sensinger JW. Joint-based velocity feedback to virtual limb dynamic perturbations. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2017 Jul;2017:1313-1318. PubMed PMID: 28814002
• Earley EJ, Adewuyi AA, Hargrove LJ. Optimizing pattern recognition-based control for partial-hand prosthesis application. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2014;2014:3574-7. PubMed PMID: 25570763
• Earley EJ, Zbinden J, Munoz-Novoa M, Mastinu E, Smiles A, Ortiz-Catalan M. Competitive motivation increased home use and improved prosthesis self-perception after Cybathlon 2020 for neuromusculoskeletal prosthesis user. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2022 May 16;19(1):47. PubMed PMID: 35578249
• Collu R, Earley EJ, Barbaro M, Ortiz-Catalan M. Non-rectangular neurostimulation waveforms elicit varied sensation quality and perceptive fields on the hand. Sci Rep. 2023 Jan 28;13(1):1588. PubMed PMID: 36709376
• Earley EJ, Johnson RE, Sensinger JW, Hargrove LJ. Wrist speed feedback improves elbow compensation and reaching accuracy for myoelectric transradial prosthesis users in hybrid virtual reaching task. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2023 Jan 19;20(1):9. PubMed PMID: 36658605
• Earley EJ, Berneving A, Zbinden J, Ortiz-Catalan M. Neurostimulation artifact removal for implantable sensors improves signal clarity and decoding of motor volition. Front Hum Neurosci. 2022;16:1030207. PubMed PMID: 36337856
• Lendaro E, Earley EJ, Ortiz-Catalan M. Statistical analysis plan for an international, double-blind, randomized controlled clinical trial on the use of phantom motor execution as a treatment for phantom limb pain. Trials. 2022 Feb 13;23(1):138. PubMed PMID: 35152915
• Ahkami B, Mastinu E, Earley EJ, Ortiz-Catalan M. Extra-neural signals from severed nerves enable intrinsic hand movements in transhumeral amputations. Sci Rep. 2022 Jun 17;12(1):10218. PubMed PMID: 35715459
• Earley EJ, Johnson RE, Sensinger JW, Hargrove LJ. Joint speed feedback improves myoelectric prosthesis adaptation after perturbed reaches in non amputees. Sci Rep. 2021 Mar 4;11(1):5158. PubMed PMID: 33664421
• Earley EJ, Johnson RE, Hargrove LJ, Sensinger JW. Joint Speed Discrimination and Augmentation For Prosthesis Feedback. Sci Rep. 2018 Dec 10;8(1):17752. PubMed PMID: 30531829
• Earley EJ, Hargrove LJ, Kuiken TA. Dual Window Pattern Recognition Classifier for Improved Partial-Hand Prosthesis Control. Front Neurosci. 2016;10:58. PubMed PMID: 26941599
• Earley EJ, Hargrove LJ. The Effect of Wrist Position and Hand-Grasp Pattern on Virtual Prosthesis Task Performance. IEEE Int Conf Bio Rob. 2016 Jun;2016:542-547.
• Zbinden J, Sassu P, Mastinu E, Earley EJ, Munoz-Novoa M, Brånemark R, Ortiz-Catalan M. Improved control of a prosthetic limb by surgically creating electro-neuromuscular constructs with implanted electrodes. Sci Transl Med. 2023 Jul 12;15(704):eabq3665. PubMed PMID: 37437016
• Ortiz-Catalan M, Zbinden J, Millenaar J, D'Accolti D, Controzzi M, Clemente F, Cappello L, Earley EJ, Mastinu E, Kolankowska J, Munoz-Novoa M, Jönsson S, Cipriani C, Sassu P, Brånemark R. A highly integrated bionic hand with neural control and feedback for use in daily life. Sci Robot. 2023 Oct 18;8(83):eadf7360. PubMed PMID: 37820004
• Earley EJ, Ortiz-Catalan M. Neurostimulation Perception Obeys Strength-Duration Curves and is Primarily Driven by Pulse Amplitude. Int IEEE EMBS Conf Neural Eng (NER). 2023.
• Earley EJ, Awad ME, Melton DH, Hoyt C, Christiansen C, Gaffney BMM, Stoneback JW. A Delphi Survey of OI Component Prescription Consensus. Global Collaborative Conference on Osseointegration. 2023.
• Earley EJ, Smiles A, Jiang N, Ortiz-Catalan M, Stoneback JW, Melton DH. Including Prosthetic Control and Sensory Feedback in Personalized Care for Persons with Upper-Limb Loss and Limb Difference. 5th Annual CU Orthopedic Research Symposium. 2023.
• Just F, Reho R, Earley EJ, Ortiz-Catalan M. Neurostimulation artifact removal algorithms to improve control of a tactile feedback prosthesis. DGBMT Annual Conference on Biomedical Engineering. 2023.
• Zbinden J, Earley EJ, Ortiz-Catalan M. Intuitive control of additional prosthetic joints via electro-neuromuscular constructs improves functional and disability outcomes during home use-a case study. J Neural Eng. 2024 May 21;21(3). PubMed PMID: 38489845
• Earley EJ, Zbinden J, Munoz-Novoa M, Just F, Vasan C, Holtz AS, Emadeldin M, Kolankowska J, Davidsson B, Thesleff A, Millenaar J, Jonsson S, Cipriani C, Granberg H, Sassu P, Branemark R, Ortiz-Catalan M. Cutting Edge Bionics in Highly Impaired Individuals: A Case of Challenges and Opportunities. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2024;32:1013-1022. PubMed PMID: 38363669
• Earley EJ, Sánchez Chan N, Naber AA, Truong MTN, Ortiz-Catalan M. Low-Cost, Wireless Bioelectric Signal Acquisition and Classification Platform. IEEE Access. 2024;12:69350-69358.
• Lendaro E, van der Sluis CK, Hermansson L, Bunketork-Käll L, Burger H, Keesom E, Widehammar C, Munoz-Novoaa M, McGuire BE, O'Reilly P, Earley EJ, Iqbal S, Kristoffersen MB, Stockselius A, Gudmundson L, Hill W, Diers M, Turner KL, Weiss T, Ortiz-Catalan M. Extended reality used in the treatment of phantom limb pain: a multicenter, double-blind, randomized controlled trial. Pain. 2024.
• Earley EJ, Piazza C, Turner KL. A Taxonomy for Commercially Available Myoelectric Terminal Devices. In: Myoelectric Controls Symposium. Aug 12-15; Fredericton, NB, USA. 2024.
• Turner KL, Hill W, Earley EJ, Munoz-Novoa M, Hermansson L, Lindner H. Refinement of New Items in the Assessment of Capacity for Myoelectric Control for Multi-Articulating Hands. In: Myoelectric Controls Symposium. Aug 12-15; Fredericton, NB, USA. 2024.