Motor Control Lab

Publications

Publications

Dr. James Thomas PubMed Research Page

Pending

• A Virtual Reality Game Suite for Graded Rehabilitation in Patients With Low Back Pain and a High Fear of Movement: Within-Subject Comparative Study (2022, JMIR Serious Games)
  • C. France, A. Peebles, P. Pidcoe, A. Stamenkovic, J. Thomas, S. van der Veen
• Assessing perceptions to a Virtual Reality intervention to improve trunk control in Parkinson's Disease: A preliminary study (2022, Virtual Reality)
  • M. Baron, L. Cloud, C. France, R. Hand, P. Pidcoe, A. Stamenkovic, J. Thomas, M. Underation, S. van der Veen
• Effects of Spinal Manipulation and Mobilization techniques on trunk compliance in chronic low back pain: A secondary analysis of the RELIEF Study (2022, European Spine Journal)
  • B. Clark, P. Pidcoe, R. Sabo, A. Stamenkovic, J. Thomas, S. van der Veen

2022

• The Use of Virtual Reality in Back Pain Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. (The Journal of Pain)
  • M. Bordeleau, A. Stamenkovic, P. Tardif, J. Thomas
• Patients with chronic non-specific low back pain have altered movement coordination during functional reaching tasks. (Gait & Posture)
  • A. Peebles, A. Stamenkovic, J. Thomas, S. van der Veen
• Skill-related adaptive modifications of gaze stabilization in elite and non-elite athletes. (Frontiers)
  • P. Pidcoe, A. Stamenkovic, J. Thomas, S. van der Veen

2021

• Cortical dynamics of movement-evoked pain in chronic low back pain. (The Journal of Physiology)
  • A. Antony, S. Coombes, B. Gatto, R. Ho, J. Thomas, M. Underation, S. van der Veen, W. Wang
• Multiple measures of muscle function influence Sorensen Test performance in individuals with recurrent low back pain. (Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilation)
  • S. Amano, B. Clark, T. Law, D. Russ, J. Thomas
• Distinguishing chronic low back pain in young adults with mild to moderate pain and disability using trunk compliance. (Scientific Reports)
  • B. Clark, C. France, P. Kinser, P. Pidcoe, D. Russ, A. Stamenkovic, J. Thomas, S. van der Veen
• Patients with chronic non-specific low back pain have altered movement coordination during functional reaching tasks. (Gait & Posture)
  • A. Peebles, A. Stamenkovic, J. Thomas, S. van der Veen
• The effect of head movement restriction on the kinematics of the spine during lifting and lowering tasks. (Ergonomics)
  • M. Nematimoez, J. Thomas
• A Pilot Study Quantifying Center of Mass Trajectory during Dynamic Balance Tasks Using an HTC Vive Tracker Fixed to the Pelvis. (Sensors)
  • J. Thomas, S. van der Veen

2020

• Effect of Spinal Manipulative and Mobilization Therapies in Young Adults With Mild to Moderate Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial. (JAMA Network Open)
  • B. Clark, D. Corcos, C. France, R. Ploutz-Snyder, RELIEF Study Investigators, D. Russ, J. Thomas
• Effects of Avatar Perspective on Joint Excursions Used to Play Virtual Dodgeball: Within-Subject Comparative Study. (JMIR Serious Games)
  • M. Applegate, C. France, S. Leitkam, A. Stamenkovic, J. Thomas, S. van der Veen
• Fear Priming: A Method for Examining Postural Strategies Associated With Fear of Falling. (Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience)
  • A. Stamenkovic, J. Thomas, S. van der Veen
• A Novel Method to Understand Neural Oscillations During Full-Body Reaching: A Combined EEG and 3D Virtual Reality Study. (IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilation Engineering)
  • A. Antony, S. Coombes, B. Gatto, R. Ho, J. Thomas, S. van der Veen, M. Underation, W. Wang

2019

• Agreement Analysis between Vive and Vicon Systems to Monitor Lumbar Postural Changes (Sensors)
  • M. Bordeleau, C. France, P. Pidcoe, J. Thomas, S. van der Veen
• Sørensen test performance is driven by different physiological and psychological variables in participants with and without recurrent low back pain. (Journal of Electromyography and kinesiology)
  • M. Applegate, C. France, S. Leitkam, D. Russ, J. Thomas
• Blood Flow-restricted Exercise Does Not Induce a Cross-Transfer of Effect: A Randomized Controlled Trial (Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise)
  
  • S. Amano, K. Ampomah, B. Clark, R. Clift, T. Law, A. Ludin, T. Manini, D. Russ, J. Thomas, L. Volz, N. Wages
• Agreement Analysis between Vive and Vicon Systems to Monitor Lumbar Postural Changes. (Sensors)
  • M. Bordeleau, C. France, P. Pidcoe, J. Thomas, S. van der Veen

2018

• The Effects of Task Type on Time to Task Failure During Fatigue: A Modified Sørensen Test (Journal of Motor Behavior)
  • B. Clark, A. Ross, D. Russ, J. Thomas
• Virtual immersive gaming to optimize recovery (VIGOR) in low back pain: A phase II randomized controlled trial. (Contemporary Clinical Trials)
  • C. France, J. Thomas
• A randomized control trial to determine the effectiveness and physiological effects of spinal manipulation and spinal mobilization compared to each other and a sham condition in patients with chronic low back pain: Study protocol for The RELIEF Study. (Contemporary Clinical Trials)
  • M. Applegate, B. Clark, D. Corcos, C. France, S. Hain, T. Law, N. Mahato, M. Nakazawa, J. Odenthal, R. Ploutz-Snyder, D. Russ, B. Sindelar, J. Thomas, S. Walkowski
• Determining Physiological and Psychological Predictors of Time to Task Failure on a Virtual Reality Sørensen Test in Participants With and Without Recurrent Low Back Pain: Exploratory Study. (JMIR Serious Games)
  • M. Applegate, C. France, S. Leitkam, D. Russ, J. Thomas

2017

• Knee contact forces and lower extremity support moments during running in young individuals post-partial meniscectomy (Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy)
  • M. Bigelow, A. Kolesar, J. Thomas, J. Willson, R. Willy

2016

• Effects of Real-World Versus Virtual Environments on Joint Excursions in Full-Body Reaching Tasks (IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine)
  • M. Applegate, C. France, S. Leitkam, P. Pidcoe, J. Thomas, S. Walkowski
• Feasibility and Safety of a Virtual Reality Dodgeball Intervention for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial (Journal of Pain)
  • M. Applegate, C. France, S. Leitkam, J. Thomas, S. Walkowski
• Effects of Visual Display on Joint Excursions Used to Play Virtual Dodgeball (Journal of Medical Internet Research Serious Games)
  
  • M. Applegate, C. France, S. Leitkam, P. Pidcoe, J. Thomas, S. Walkowski
• Effectiveness of blood flow restricted exercise compared with standard exercise in patients with recurrent low back pain: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (Trials)
  • S. Amano, B. Clark, R. Clift, T. Law, A. Ludin, T. Manini, M. Nakazawa, L. Rush, D. Russ, J. Thomas

2014

• The power of the mind: the cortex as a critical determinant of muscle strength/weakness (Journal of Neurophysiology)
  • B. Clark, T. Law, N. Mahato, M. Nakazawa, J. Thomas

2013

• Effects of persistent Mal de debarquement syndrome on balance, psychological traits, and motor cortex exctiability (Journal of Clinical Neuroscience)
  • B. Clark, S. Clark, R. Hoffman, A LePorte, A. Quick, J. Thomas, T. Wilson

2011

• Neurophysiologic effects of spinal manipulation in patients with chronic low back pain (BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders)
  • B. Clark, D. Goss, R. Hoffman, A. Ross, J. Thomas, S. Walkowski
• Time to task failure of trunk extensor muscles differs with load type (Journal of Motor Behavior)
  • B. Clark, A. Ross, D. Russ, J. Thomas
• Novel methods for quantifying neurophysiologic properties of the human lumbar paraspinal muscles (Journal of Neuroscience Methods)
  • B. Clark, D. Goss, J. Thomas

2010

• Effect of hamstring flexibility on hip and lumbar spine joint excursions during forward-reaching tasks in participants with and without low back pain (Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
  • E. Johnson, J. Thomas
• Cast immobilization increases long-interval intracortical inhibition (Muscle & Nerve)
  • B. Clark, D. Dearth, R. Hoffman, J. Taylor, J. Thomas
• Older adults exhibit more intracortical inhibition and less intracortical facilitation than young adults (Experimental Gerontology)
  • B. Clark, R. Hoffman, M. McGinley, D. Russ, J. Thomas
• Mechanical energy expenditures and movement efficiency in full body reaching movements (Journal of Applied Biomechanics)
  • C. France, D. Sha, J. Thomas

2009

• Kinetic analyses of maximal effort soccer kicks in female collegiate athletes (Sports Biomechanics)
  • S. Clagg, J. Thomas, A. Warnock
• Central activation and force-frequency responses of the lumbar extensor muscles (Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise)
  • R. Ruggeri, D. Russ, J. Thomas
• Examination of the photograph series of daily activities (PHODA) scale in chronic low back pain patients with high and low kinesiophobia (Pain)
  • C. France, J. Thomas, Z. Trost

2008

• The influence of pain-related fear on peak muscle activity and force generation during maximal isometric trunk exertions (Spine)
  • C. France, D. Sha, J. Thomas, N Vander Wiele
• Effects of fear of movement on spine velocity and acceleration after recovery from low back pain (Spine)
  
  • C. France, M. Johnson, S. Lavender, J. Thomas
• The relationship between pain-related fear and lumbar flexion during natural recovery from low back (European Spine Journal)
  • C. France, J. Thomas
• Exposure to movement in chronic back pain: evidence of successful generalization across a reaching task (Pain)
  • C. France, J. Thomas, Z. Trost

2007

• The effect of chronic low back pain on trunk muscle activations in target reaching movements with various loads (Spine)
  • C. France, S. Moenter, D. Sha, K. Swank, J. Thomas, N. Vander Wiele
• Pain-related fear is associated with avoidance of spinal motion during recovery from low back pain (Spine)
  
  • C. France, J. Thomas

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Presentations

Research in the Motor Control Lab is presented at conferences around the globe including The Society for Neuroscience meeting, Society for the Neural Control of Movement, APTA Combined Sections Meeting, and the International Association for the Study of Pain

• Effect of Kinesophobia
• Linear Synergy
• Effect of Chronic Low Back Pain on Joint
• Time to Task Failure
• Effect of Initial Posture
• Effect of Hip Position
• Effect of Load and Target Height
• Effect of Gender, Speed, and Target
• Effect of Chronic Low Back Pain on Spine
• Muscle Reflex Latencies
• Effect of Pelvic Constraint

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Press

• Strength in Numbers: Millions of Americans suffer pain and weakness from injury, aging, and disuse. Two dozen Ohio University scientists explore the secrets behind our muscles, brain, and nervous system to provide relief.
• A Game for the Pain - Virtual reality could help back aches: Perspectives
• OU Researchers Conducting Long-Term Study on Lower Back Pain: Researchers at Ohio University are trying to help millions of Americans who experience lower back pain find relief.
• Virtual Reality in Rehabilitation: Science Cafe presented Dr. James Thomas in Baker Center Front Room.
• Study looks in to powers of virtual reality as remedy for chronic pain: The POST
• Ohio researchers receive NIH grant to study treatments for lower back pain: Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine