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Lou Awad, PT, DPT, PhD

Assistant Professor

Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College

Dept of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training

PhD, University of Delaware
DPT, University of Delaware

Websites

	Sargent Colege Faculty
	Neuromotor Recovery Laboratory
	Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
	Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital’s Stroke Recovery Institute
	Google Scholar
	ResearchGate
	LinkedIn
	Harvard Catalyst Profile
	ACRM Profile

ORCID : 0000-0002-0159-8011

Lou is an Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences in Boston University’s College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College. His research spans the translation continuum and includes studies focused on discovery and evaluation of novel interventions and wearable rehabilitative technology. He is director of Boston University’s Neuromotor Recovery Laboratory (NRL). Research in the NRL is focused on the development and testing of theory-inspired and hypothesis-driven rehabilitation interventions that are informed through multi-modal evaluations of physical functioning across the clinical, biomechanical, and physiological domains. A principal goal for the NRL is to leverage an integrated understanding of biomechanics, neuromotor control, and rehabilitation to develop next-generation interventions and technologies that better the science and art of rehabilitation.

Assistant 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

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

SCH: Multimodal, Task-Aware Movement Assessment and Control: Clinic to Home
09/30/2019 - 05/31/2023 (Multi-PI)
PI: Lou Awad, PT, DPT, PhD
NIH/National Institute on Aging
5R01AG067394-02

Development, Evaluation, and Translation of Robotic Apparel for Alleviating Low Back Pain
09/26/2019 - 08/31/2021 (Subcontract PI)
President and Fellows of Harvard College NIH NIAMS
1UH2AR076731-01

Robotic Exosuit Augmented Locomotion (REAL) training in the clinic and community
07/01/2020 - 06/30/2021 (PI)
American Heart Association

Robotic Exosuit Augmented Locomotion (REAL) training in the clinic and community
07/01/2019 - 06/30/2021 (Subcontract PI)
Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard American Heart Assoc

PS100: Post-stroke walking speed and community ambulation conversion, a Pivotal Study
06/25/2019 - 06/25/2021 (PI)
MedRhythms Inc.

Feasibility and preliminary effects on poststroke locomotion of a music-modulating wearable sensor system
08/15/2018 - 08/14/2020 (PI)
MedRhythms Inc.

Billing Agreement for Lou Awad: reNeu Neuroprosthesis
07/01/2019 - 06/30/2020 (PI)
Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard

Task-aware movement assessment: smart control of powered assistive technologies and automated diagnostic testing
07/01/2018 - 06/30/2020 (PI)
American Heart Association

Development of Stroke and MS Specific Soft Exosuits - Billing Agreement for Regina Sloutsky.
03/01/2018 - 06/30/2020 (Subcontract PI)
ReWalk Robotics, Inc. WyssInsBioEngHarvard

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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

PMID: 33709044; PMCID: PMC7943029; 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; PMCID: PMC7579929; 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. 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; PMCID: PMC7322880; 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; PMCID: PMC7301475; 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; PMCID: PMC7977627; 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; PMCID: PMC7971412; 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; PMCID: PMC7971105; 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; PMCID: PMC8049399; 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; PMCID: PMC7944922; DOI: 10.1097/NPT.0000000000000293;

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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. PMID: 30269807; PMCID: PMC6700726; 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. 2018 Jun 26. 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; PMCID: PMC5868931; 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; PMCID: PMC5858158; 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; PMCID: PMC7479995; 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; PMCID: PMC5035477; 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; PMCID: PMC5096644

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 27 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2020