Eric Earley, PhD

Assistant Research Professor, Orthopedics


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Graduate Schools
  • MS, Northwestern University (2014)
  • PhD, Northwestern University (2020)
Undergraduate School
  • BS, Colorado School of Mines (CO) (2012)
Languages
English, Swedish
Department
Orthopedics

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.

Volunteer Activities
I am a member of the Advisory Committee for the Communicating Science Conference (ComSciCon), a non-profit organization that organizes science communication workshops for graduate students throughout the US and Canada.

Public Speaking
Yes