Expertise
Engineering & Materials Science
# Extended Kalman Filters
# Units Of Measurement
Agriculture & Biology
# Gait
# Stroke
Medicine & Life Sciences
# Biomechanical Phenomena
# Gait
# Hand Strength
# Stroke
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Research
I currently work as a postdoctoral researcher in the SOPHIA project with Massimo Sartori. We explore how injury likelihood could be measured at the workplace and prevented using protective exo-suits.
Publications
Recent
Mahdian, Z. S., Wang, H.
, Refai, M. I.
, Durandau, G. V.
, Sartori, M., & MacLean, R. (Accepted/In press).
Tapping into skeletal muscle biomechanics for design and control of lower-limb exoskeletons: A narrative review.
Journal of applied biomechanics,
39(5).
Mohamed Refai, M. I.
, van Beijnum, B. J. F.
, Buurke, J. H., Shull, P. B.
, & Veltink, P. H. (2023).
Editorial: Wearable sensing of movement quality after neurological disorders.
Frontiers in Physiology,
14, [1156520].
https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1156520
Niehaus, S., Ajoudani, A., Bianchi, M.
, Durandau, G., Fritzsche, L., Gaertner, C.
, Refai, M. I.
, Sartori, M., Wang, H., & Wischniewski, S. (2022).
Human-centred design of robotic systems and exoskeletons using digital human models within the research project SOPHIA.
Zeitschrift für Arbeitswissenschaft,
76(4), 450–458.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41449-022-00335-5
Refai, M. I. M.
, Van Beijnum, B. J. F.
, Buurke, J. H.
, & Veltink, P. H. (2022).
Centroidal Moment Pivot for ambulatory estimation of relative feet and CoM movement post stroke: Portable Gait Lab. In
2022 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2022 (IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics; Vol. 2022-July). IEEE.
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICORR55369.2022.9896526
Mohamed Refai, M. I., Wang, H.
, Moya Esteban, A.
, & Sartori, M. (2022).
Fatigue analysis using electromyography driven musculoskeletal trunk models. Abstract from 27th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, ESB 2022, Porto, Portugal.
Saes, M.
, Mohamed Refai, M. I.
, van Beijnum, B-J. F., Bussmann, J. B. J., Jansma, E. P.
, Veltink, P. H.
, Buurke, J. H., van Wegen, E. E. H., Meskers, C. G. M., Krakauer, J., & Kwakkel, G. (2022).
Quantifying Quality of Reaching Movements Longitudinally Post-Stroke: A Systematic Review.
Neurorehabilitation and neural repair,
36(3), 183-207.
https://doi.org/10.1177/15459683211062890
Saes, M.
, Mohamed Refai, M. I., van Kordelaar, J., Scheltinga, B. L.
, van Beijnum, B-J. F., Bussmann, H. B. J.
, Buurke, J. H.
, Veltink, P. H., Meskers, C. G. M., van Wegen, E. E. H., & Kwakkel, G. (2021).
Smoothness metric during reach-to-grasp after stroke: Part 2. longitudinal association with motor impairment.
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation,
18, [144].
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-021-00937-w
Mohamed Refai, M. I., Saes, M., Scheltinga, B. L., van Kordelaar, J., Bussmann, H. B. J.
, Veltink, P. H.
, Buurke, J. H., Meskers, C. G. M., van Wegen, E. E. H., Kwakkel, G.
, & van Beijnum, B-J. F. (2021).
Smoothness metrics for reaching performance after stroke: Part 1: which one to choose?
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation,
18, [154].
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-021-00949-6
Mohamed Refai, M. I. (2021).
Moving On: Measuring Movement Remotely after Stroke. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente.
https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036551700
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University of Twente
Faculty of Engineering Technology
Horst Complex
(building no. 20), room Z134
De Horst 2
7522LW Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Engineering Technology
Horst Complex
Z134
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands