Hang Jin Jo

PT, PhD

Hang Jin Jo.

Hang Jin Jo

PT, PhD

Hang Jin Jo

PT, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Science
School of Public Health and Health Professions

Research Topics

Neural mechanisms of motor control; modulation in cortical and spinal circuits; neuroplasticity

Overview Scholarship

Selected publications

  • Jo HJ, Kizziar E, Sangari S, Chen D, Kessler A, Kim K, Anschel A, Heinemann AW, Mensh BD, Lieber RL, Oudega M, Perez MA (2021) Inducing Hebbian plasticity at multiple spinal cord levels restores grasping and walking in humans with tetraplegia: A prospective study. Nature Communications, Under review.
  • Jo HJ, Richardson M, Oudega M, Perez MA (2021) Paired corticospinal-motoneuronal stimulation and exercise after spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med, In press.
  • Jo HJ, Perez MA (2020) Corticospinal-motoneuronal plasticity further promotes exercise-mediated recovery in humans with spinal cord injury. Brain, 143(5): 1368-1382.
  • Jo HJ, Richardson M, Oudega M, Perez MA (2020) The potential of corticospinal-motoneuronal plasticity for recovery after spinal cord injury. Curr Phys Med Rehabil Rep, 8: 293–298.
  • Benavides FD, Jo HJ, Lundell H, Edgerton VR, Gerasimenko YP, Perez MA (2020) Cortical and subcortical effects of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation in humans with tetraplegia. J Neurosci, 40(13):2633-2643.
  • Jo HJ, Perez MA (2019) Changes in motor-evoked potential latency during grasping after tetraplegia. J Neurophysiol, 122(4):1675-1684.
  • Jo HJ, Di Lazzaro V, Perez MA (2018) Effect of coil orientation on motor evoked potentials in humans with tetraplegia. J Physiol, 596(20):4909-4921.
  • Falaki A, Jo HJ, Lewis MM, O’Connell B, De Jesus S, Huang X, Latash ML (2018) Systemic effects of deep brain stimulation on synergic control in Parkinson’s disease. Clin Neurophysiol, 129(6):1320-1332.
  • Jo HJ, Mattos D, Lucassen EB, Huang X, Latash ML (2017) Changes in multi-finger synergies and their feed-forward adjustments in multiple sclerosis. J Motor Behav 49(2):218-228
  • Jo HJ, Maenza C, Good DC, Huang X, Park J, Sainburg RL, Latash ML (2016) Effects of unilateral stroke on multi-finger synergies and their feedforward adjustments. Neuroscience, 319:194-205.
  • Jo HJ, Ambike S, Lewis MM, Huang X, Latash ML (2016) Finger force changes in the absence of visual feedback in patients with Parkinson's disease. Clin Neurophysiol 127(1): 684-92.
  • Lewis MM, Lee EY, Jo HJ, Du G, Park J, Flynn MR, Kong L, Latash ML, Huang X (2016) Synergy as a new and sensitive marker of basal ganglia dysfunction: A study of asymptomatic welders. Neurotoxicology, 56:76-85.
  • Jo HJ, Park J, Lewis MM, Huang X, Latash ML (2015) Prehension synergies and hand function in early-stage Parkinson’s disease. Exp Brain Res 233(2): 425-40.
  • Park J, Jo HJ, Lewis MM, Huang X, Latash ML (2013) Effects of Parkinson's disease on optimization and structure of variance in multi-finger tasks. Exp Brain Res 231(1): 51-63.
  • Song AY, Jo HJ, Kim YH, Sung P (2011) A three dimensional kinematic analysis of pelvic and lower extremity differences during trunk rotation in subjects with chronic low back pain, Physiotherapy 98: 160-6.
  • Jo HJ, Song AY, Lee KJ, Lee DC, Kim YH, Sung P (2011) A kinematic analysis of relative stability of the lower extremities between subjects with and without chronic low back pain, Eur Spine J 20(8):1297-303.