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Lou Awad, PT, DPT, PhD

Associate Professor

Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College

Physical Therapy

PhD, University of Delaware
DPT, University of Delaware
BS, Rutgers University

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	Sargent Colege Faculty
	Neuromotor Recovery Laboratory
	Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital’s Stroke Recovery Institute
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ORCID : 0000-0002-0159-8011

Dr. Lou Awad is a movement scientist and physical therapist. He is the founding director of Boston University’s Neuromotor Recovery Laboratory—a cross-disciplinary research group that works to develop, study, and translate rehabilitation therapies and technologies for people living with walking-related disability, with focus on stroke. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Boston University, with affiliations in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Center for Neurophotonics. He is a founding faculty member of the Harvard Assistive Technology Initiative and is a research faculty member of the Stroke Wellness Institute at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Dr. Awad is Associate Editor for leading open access journals at the intersection of rehabilitation and technology, including Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, the IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology, and PLoS One. He is a member of the Stroke Rehabilitation Scientific Advisory Board for ReWalk Robotics and serves as Chief Science Advisor for MedRhythms.

Associate Professor
Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College
PhD Program in Rehabilitation Sciences

Director
Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College
Neuromotor Recovery Laboratory

Associate Faculty Member
Harvard University Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Bioinspired Robotics Platform

BU Research

NeuroTech Harbor: Our nation's first equitech ecosystem for neuromedical technologies
07/01/2023 - 06/30/2027 (Subcontract PI)
The Johns Hopkins University NIH NIBIB
5U54EB033664-02

Development and Evaluation of Music-Based Digital Therapeutics
09/28/2021 - 09/30/2026 (PI)
MedRhythms Inc.

Development, Evaluation and Translation of Robotic Apparel for Alleviating Low Back Pain
09/01/2021 - 08/31/2024 (Subcontract PI)
President and Fellows of Harvard College NIH NIAMS
4UH3AR076731-02

Connected software-hardware platform for enabling research, development, and translation of tele-rehabilation of soft robotic systems
09/15/2021 - 06/30/2024 (Subcontract PI)
President and Fellows of Harvard College Mass Tech Collab.

Billing Agreement for Lou Awad: reNeu Neuroprosthesis
07/01/2019 - 06/30/2024 (PI)
Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard

Amplifying physical activity through digital music therapeutic in Parkinson disease
06/01/2022 - 05/31/2024 (Multi-PI)
PI: Lou Awad, PT, DPT, PhD
Brandeis University NIH NIA
5P30AG048785-09

SCH: Multimodal, Task-Aware Movement Assessment and Control: Clinic to Home
09/30/2019 - 05/31/2024 (Multi-PI)
PI: Lou Awad, PT, DPT, PhD
NIH/National Institute on Aging
5R01AG067394-04

Non-Significant Risk (NSR) Device Determination - ReWalk 7 Usability study (CLN0043)
11/23/2022 - 11/23/2023 (PI)
ReWalk Robotics, Inc.

NRI: INT: Wearable Robots for the Community: Personalized Assistance using Human-in-the-loop Optimization
09/01/2019 - 08/31/2023 (Subcontract PI)
President and Fellows of Harvard College National Science Fdn
CMMI-1925085

From post-stroke assistance to rehabilitation: Neuromuscular adaptations to walking with a soft robotic exosuit
08/16/2021 - 08/15/2023 (Key Person / Mentor)
PI: Ashley Nicole Collimore, PhD
NIH/National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
5F31HD106777-02

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Hess A, Jacobs JV, Sullivan S, Roberts Williams DO, Awad LN, Dalton D, Walsh CJ, Quirk DA. Active back exosuits demonstrate positive usability perceptions that drive intention-to-use in the field among logistic warehouse workers. Appl Ergon. 2025 Jan; 122:104400. PMID: 39388886

Choe DK, Aiello AJ, Spangler JE, Walsh CJ, Awad LN. A Propulsion Neuroprosthesis Improves Overground Walking in Community-Dwelling Individuals After Stroke. IEEE Open J Eng Med Biol. 2024; 5:563-572. PMID: 39157060

Awad LN, Jayaraman A, Nolan KJ, Lewek MD, Bonato P, Newman M, Putrino D, Raghavan P, Pohlig RT, Harris BA, Parker DA, Taylor SR. Efficacy and safety of using auditory-motor entrainment to improve walking after stroke: a multi-site randomized controlled trial of InTandemTM. Nat Commun. 2024 Feb 08; 15(1):1081. PMID: 38332008; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-44791-5;

Spangler J, Mitjans M, Collimore A, Gomes-Pires A, Levine DM, Tron R, Awad LN. Automation of Functional Mobility Assessments at Home Using a Multimodal Sensor System Integrating Inertial Measurement Units and Computer Vision (IMU-Vision). Phys Ther. 2024 Feb 01; 104(2).View Related Profiles.

Collimore, Ashley
Awad, Louis

PMID: 38159106; DOI: 10.1093/ptj/pzad184;

Collimore AN, Alvarez JT, Sherman DA, Gerez LF, Barrow N, Choe DK, Binder-Macleod S, Walsh CJ, Awad LN. A Portable, Neurostimulation-Integrated, Force Measurement Platform for the Clinical Assessment of Plantarflexor Central Drive. Bioengineering (Basel). 2024 Jan 30; 11(2).View Related Profiles.

Collimore, Ashley
Sherman, David
Awad, Louis

PMID: 38391623; DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering11020137;

Porciuncula F, Arumukhom Revi D, Baker TC, Sloutsky R, Walsh CJ, Ellis TD, Awad LN. Effects of high-intensity gait training with and without soft robotic exosuits in people post-stroke: a development-of-concept pilot crossover trial. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2023 Nov 07; 20(1):148. PMID: 37936135; DOI: 10.1186/s12984-023-01267-9;

Smayda KE, Campellone T, Taylor SR, Harris B, Ellis TD, Awad LN. Editorial: Digital therapeutics: using software to treat, manage, and prevent disease. Front Digit Health. 2023; 5:1261124. PMID: 37818169; DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2023.1261124;

Cataldo AVR, Collimore AN, Spangler J, Ribeirinha-Braga L, Hutchinson K, Wang QM, Thompson L, Awad LN. Enhancing Neuroplasticity in the Chronic Phase After Stroke: Effects of a Soft Robotic Exosuit on Training Intensity and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor. IEEE Open J Eng Med Biol. 2023; 4:284-291.View Related Profiles.

Collimore, Ashley
Awad, Louis

PMID: 38196979; DOI: 10.1109/OJEMB.2023.3313396;

Sloot LH, Baker LM, Bae J, Porciuncula F, Clément BF, Siviy C, Nuckols RW, Baker T, Sloutsky R, Choe DK, O'Donnell K, Ellis TD, Awad LN, Walsh CJ. Effects of a soft robotic exosuit on the quality and speed of overground walking depends on walking ability after stroke. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2023 Sep 01; 20(1):113. PMID: 37658408; DOI: 10.1186/s12984-023-01231-7;

Quirk DA, Chung J, Schiller G, Cherin JM, Arens P, Sherman DA, Zeligson ER, Dalton DM, Awad LN, Walsh CJ. Reducing Back Exertion and Improving Confidence of Individuals with Low Back Pain with a Back Exosuit: A Feasibility Study for Use in BACPAC. Pain Med. 2023 Aug 04; 24(Suppl 1):S175-S186.View Related Profiles.

Sherman, David
Awad, Louis

PMID: 36794907; DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnad003;

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Quirk DA, Chung J, Applegate M, Cherin JM, Dalton DM, Awad LN, Walsh CJ. Evaluating adaptiveness of an active back exosuit for dynamic lifting and maximum range of motion. Ergonomics. 2024 May; 67(5):660-673. PMID: 37482538; DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2023.2240044;

Swaminathan K, Porciuncula F, Park S, Kannan H, Erard J, Wendel N, Baker T, Ellis TD, Awad LN, Walsh CJ. Ankle-targeted exosuit resistance increases paretic propulsion in people post-stroke. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2023 Jun 30; 20(1):85. PMID: 37391851; DOI: 10.1186/s12984-023-01204-w;

Collimore AN, Roto Cataldo AV, Aiello AJ, Sloutsky R, Hutchinson KJ, Harris B, Ellis T, Awad LN. Autonomous Control of Music to Retrain Walking After Stroke. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2023 May; 37(5):255-265.View Related Profiles.

Collimore, Ashley
Awad, Louis

PMID: 37272500; DOI: 10.1177/15459683231174223;

Nuckols RW, Chang CK, Kim D, Eckert-Erdheim A, Orzel D, Baker L, Baker T, Wendel NC, Quinlivan B, Murphy P, Grupper J, Villalobos J, Awad LN, Ellis TD, Walsh CJ. Design and evaluation of an independent 4-week, exosuit-assisted, post-stroke community walking program. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2023 Jul; 1525(1):147-159. PMID: 37253679

Awad LN, Knarr BA, Kudzia P, Buchanan TS. The Interplay Between Walking Speed, Economy, and Stability After Stroke. J Neurol Phys Ther. 2023 Apr 01; 47(2):75-83. PMID: 36867550; DOI: 10.1097/NPT.0000000000000431;

Zajac JA, Porciuncula F, Cavanaugh JT, McGregor C, Harris BA, Smayda KE, Awad LN, Pantelyat A, Ellis TD. Feasibility and Proof-of-Concept of Delivering an Autonomous Music-Based Digital Walking Intervention to Persons with Parkinson's Disease in a Naturalistic Setting. J Parkinsons Dis. 2023; 13(7):1253-1265. PMID: 37840504; DOI: 10.3233/JPD-230169;

Siviy C, Baker LM, Quinlivan BT, Porciuncula F, Swaminathan K, Awad LN, Walsh CJ. Opportunities and challenges in the development of exoskeletons for locomotor assistance. Nat Biomed Eng. 2023 Apr; 7(4):456-472. PMID: 36550303; DOI: 10.1038/s41551-022-00984-1;

Swaminathan K, Tolkova I, Baker L, Arumukhom Revi D, Awad LN, Walsh CJ, Mahadevan L. A continuous statistical-geometric framework for normative and impaired gaits. J R Soc Interface. 2022 Nov; 19(196):20220402. PMID: 36321374; DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2022.0402;

Shin SY, Hohl K, Giffhorn M, Awad LN, Walsh CJ, Jayaraman A. Correction to: Soft robotic exosuit augmented high intensity gait training on stroke survivors: a pilot study. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2022 Sep 19; 19(1):100. PMID: 36123744; DOI: 10.1186/s12984-022-01080-w;

Shin SY, Hohl K, Giffhorn M, Awad LN, Walsh CJ, Jayaraman A. Soft robotic exosuit augmented high intensity gait training on stroke survivors: a pilot study. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2022 Jun 03; 19(1):51. PMID: 35655180; DOI: 10.1186/s12984-022-01034-2;

Swaminathan K, Park S, Raza F, Porciuncula F, Lee S, Nuckols RW, Awad LN, Walsh CJ. Ankle resistance with a unilateral soft exosuit increases plantarflexor effort during pushoff in unimpaired individuals. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2021 12 27; 18(1):182. PMID: 34961521; DOI: 10.1186/s12984-021-00966-5;

Arumukhom Revi D, De Rossi SMM, Walsh CJ, Awad LN. Estimation of Walking Speed and Its Spatiotemporal Determinants Using a Single Inertial Sensor Worn on the Thigh: From Healthy to Hemiparetic Walking. Sensors (Basel). 2021 Oct 21; 21(21). PMID: 34770283; DOI: 10.3390/s21216976;

Porciuncula F, Baker TC, Arumukhom Revi D, Bae J, Sloutsky R, Ellis TD, Walsh CJ, Awad LN. Targeting Paretic Propulsion and Walking Speed With a Soft Robotic Exosuit: A Consideration-of-Concept Trial. Front Neurorobot. 2021; 15:689577. PMID: 34393750; DOI: 10.3389/fnbot.2021.689577;

Collimore AN, Aiello AJ, Pohlig RT, Awad LN. The Dynamic Motor Control Index as a Marker of Age-Related Neuromuscular Impairment. Front Aging Neurosci. 2021; 13:678525.View Related Profiles.

Collimore, Ashley
Awad, Louis

PMID: 34366824; DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.678525;

Arens P, Siviy C, Bae J, Choe DK, Karavas N, Baker T, Ellis TD, Awad LN, Walsh CJ. Real-time gait metric estimation for everyday gait training with wearable devices in people poststroke. Wearable Technol. 2021; 2. PMID: 34396094; DOI: 10.1017/wtc.2020.11;

von Lühmann A, Zheng Y, Ortega-Martinez A, Kiran S, Somers DC, Cronin-Golomb A, Awad LN, Ellis TD, Boas DA, Yücel MA. Towards Neuroscience of the Everyday World (NEW) using functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. Curr Opin Biomed Eng. 2021 Jun; 18.View Related Profiles.

Cronin-Golomb, Alice
Boas, David
Awad, Louis
Yucel, Meryem

PMID: 33709044; DOI: 10.1016/j.cobme.2021.100272;

Awad LN, Lewek MD, Kesar TM, Franz JR, Bowden MG. These legs were made for propulsion: advancing the diagnosis and treatment of post-stroke propulsion deficits. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2020 10 21; 17(1):139. PMID: 33087137; DOI: 10.1186/s12984-020-00747-6;

Hutchinson K, Sloutsky R, Collimore A, Adams B, Harris B, Ellis TD, Awad LN. A Music-Based Digital Therapeutic: Proof-of-Concept Automation of a Progressive and Individualized Rhythm-Based Walking Training Program After Stroke. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2020 11; 34(11):986-996.View Related Profiles.

Collimore, Ashley
Awad, Louis

PMID: 33040685

Revi DA, Alvarez AM, Walsh CJ, De Rossi SMM, Awad LN. Indirect measurement of anterior-posterior ground reaction forces using a minimal set of wearable inertial sensors: from healthy to hemiparetic walking. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2020 06 29; 17(1):82. PMID: 32600348; DOI: 10.1186/s12984-020-00700-7;

Awad LN, Esquenazi A, Francisco GE, Nolan KJ, Jayaraman A. The ReWalk ReStore™ soft robotic exosuit: a multi-site clinical trial of the safety, reliability, and feasibility of exosuit-augmented post-stroke gait rehabilitation. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2020 06 18; 17(1):80. PMID: 32552775; DOI: 10.1186/s12984-020-00702-5;

Park EJ, Akbas T, Eckert-Erdheim A, Sloot LH, Nuckols RW, Orzel D, Schumm L, Ellis TD, Awad LN, Walsh CJ. A hinge-free, non-restrictive, lightweight tethered exosuit for knee extension assistance during walking. IEEE Trans Med Robot Bionics. 2020; 2(2):165-175. PMID: 33748694; DOI: 10.1109/tmrb.2020.2989321;

Awad LN, Kudzia P, Revi DA, Ellis TD, Walsh CJ. Walking faster and farther with a soft robotic exosuit: Implications for post-stroke gait assistance and rehabilitation. IEEE Open J Eng Med Biol. 2020; 1:108-115. PMID: 33748765; DOI: 10.1109/ojemb.2020.2984429;

Siviy C, Bae J, Baker L, Porciuncula F, Baker T, Ellis TD, Awad LN, Walsh CJ. Offline assistance optimization of a soft exosuit for augmenting ankle power of stroke survivors during walking. IEEE Robot Autom Lett. 2020; 5(2):828-835. PMID: 33748413; DOI: 10.1109/lra.2020.2965072;

Awad LN, Hsiao H, Binder-Macleod SA. Central Drive to the Paretic Ankle Plantarflexors Affects the Relationship Between Propulsion and Walking Speed After Stroke. J Neurol Phys Ther. 2020 01; 44(1):42-48. PMID: 31834220; DOI: 10.1097/NPT.0000000000000299;

Awad L, Reisman D, Binder-Macleod S. Distance-Induced Changes in Walking Speed After Stroke: Relationship to Community Walking Activity. J Neurol Phys Ther. 2019 10; 43(4):220-223. PMID: 31449180; DOI: 10.1097/NPT.0000000000000293;

Porciuncula F, Roto AV, Kumar D, Davis I, Roy S, Walsh CJ, Awad LN. Wearable Movement Sensors for Rehabilitation: A Focused Review of Technological and Clinical Advances. PM R. 2018 09; 10(9 Suppl 2):S220-S232.View Related Profiles.

Kumar, Deepak
Awad, Louis

PMID: 30269807; DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2018.06.013;

Sloot L, Bae J, Baker L, O'Donnell K, Menard N, Porciuncula F, Choe D, Ellis T, Awad L, Walsh C. O 089 - A soft robotic exosuit assisting the paretic ankle in patients post-stroke: Effect on muscle activation during overground walking. Gait Posture. 2022 Jun; 95:217-218. PMID: 29983296

Bae J, Awad LN, Long A, O'Donnell K, Hendron K, Holt KG, Ellis TD, Walsh CJ. Biomechanical mechanisms underlying exosuit-induced improvements in walking economy after stroke. J Exp Biol. 2018 03 07; 221(Pt 5). PMID: 29361587; DOI: 10.1242/jeb.168815;

Kempski K, Awad LN, Buchanan TS, Higginson JS, Knarr BA. Dynamic structure of lower limb joint angles during walking post-stroke. J Biomech. 2018 02 08; 68:1-5. PMID: 29325901; DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2017.12.019;

Awad LN, Bae J, Kudzia P, Long A, Hendron K, Holt KG, O'Donnell K, Ellis TD, Walsh CJ. Reducing Circumduction and Hip Hiking During Hemiparetic Walking Through Targeted Assistance of the Paretic Limb Using a Soft Robotic Exosuit. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2017 Oct; 96(10 Suppl 1):S157-S164. PMID: 28777105; DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000800;

Awad LN, Bae J, O'Donnell K, De Rossi SMM, Hendron K, Sloot LH, Kudzia P, Allen S, Holt KG, Ellis TD, Walsh CJ. A soft robotic exosuit improves walking in patients after stroke. Sci Transl Med. 2017 Jul 26; 9(400). PMID: 28747517

Awad LN, Reisman DS, Pohlig RT, Binder-Macleod SA. Identifying candidates for targeted gait rehabilitation after stroke: better prediction through biomechanics-informed characterization. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2016 Sep 23; 13(1):84. PMID: 27663199; DOI: 10.1186/s12984-016-0188-8;

Hsiao H, Awad LN, Palmer JA, Higginson JS, Binder-Macleod SA. Contribution of Paretic and Nonparetic Limb Peak Propulsive Forces to Changes in Walking Speed in Individuals Poststroke. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2016 Sep; 30(8):743-52. PMID: 26721869; PMCID: PMC4930429; DOI: 10.1177/1545968315624780;

Kesar TM, Reisman DS, Higginson JS, Awad LN, Binder-Macleod SA. Changes in Post-Stroke Gait Biomechanics Induced by One Session of Gait Training. Phys Med Rehabil Int. 2015; 2(10). PMID: 27819067

Palmer JA, Hsiao H, Awad LN, Binder-Macleod SA. Symmetry of corticomotor input to plantarflexors influences the propulsive strategy used to increase walking speed post-stroke. Clin Neurophysiol. 2016 Mar; 127(3):1837-44. PMID: 26724913; PMCID: PMC4753089; DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2015.12.003;

Awad LN, Reisman DS, Pohlig RT, Binder-Macleod SA. Reducing The Cost of Transport and Increasing Walking Distance After Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial on Fast Locomotor Training Combined With Functional Electrical Stimulation. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2016 Aug; 30(7):661-70. PMID: 26621366; PMCID: PMC4885807; DOI: 10.1177/1545968315619696;

Awad LN, Binder-Macleod SA, Pohlig RT, Reisman DS. Paretic Propulsion and Trailing Limb Angle Are Key Determinants of Long-Distance Walking Function After Stroke. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2015 Jul; 29(6):499-508. PMID: 25385764; PMCID: PMC4426250; DOI: 10.1177/1545968314554625;

Awad LN, Reisman DS, Wright TR, Roos MA, Binder-Macleod SA. Maximum walking speed is a key determinant of long distance walking function after stroke. Top Stroke Rehabil. 2014 Nov-Dec; 21(6):502-9. PMID: 25467398; PMCID: PMC4382083; DOI: 10.1310/tsr2106-502;

Awad LN, Palmer JA, Pohlig RT, Binder-Macleod SA, Reisman DS. Walking speed and step length asymmetry modify the energy cost of walking after stroke. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2015 Jun; 29(5):416-23. PMID: 25288581; PMCID: PMC4385745; DOI: 10.1177/1545968314552528;

Awad LN, Reisman DS, Binder-Macleod SA. Do improvements in balance relate to improvements in long-distance walking function after stroke? Stroke Res Treat. 2014; 2014:646230. PMID: 25120939; PMCID: PMC4121191; DOI: 10.1155/2014/646230;

Awad LN, Reisman DS, Kesar TM, Binder-Macleod SA. Targeting paretic propulsion to improve poststroke walking function: a preliminary study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 May; 95(5):840-8. PMID: 24378803; PMCID: PMC4160043; DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.12.012;

Awad LN, Kesar TM, Reisman D, Binder-Macleod SA. Effects of repeated treadmill testing and electrical stimulation on post-stroke gait kinematics. Gait Posture. 2013 Jan; 37(1):67-71. PMID: 22796242; PMCID: PMC3488355; DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.06.001;

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Bar chart showing 52 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2023

Bar chart showing 52 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2023

Year	Publications
2012	1
2013	1
2014	4
2015	4
2016	1
2017	3
2018	3
2019	1
2020	8
2021	6
2022	4
2023	11
2024	5

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