The Catholic University of America

Peter S. Lum, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
 202-319-5657 phone
202-319-4287 fax
lum@cua.edu

Education
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, George Washington University, 1987
M.S., Applied Mechanics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 1988
Ph.D., Bioengineering, University of California at Berkeley and San Francisco, 1993

Biography
Peter Lum's research interests involve understanding the principles that underlie human movement control, and applying these concepts to the development of novel rehabilitation treatments for restoration of motor function following neurologic injury. He is particularly interested in the use of robotics and technology for neuro-rehabilitation after stroke.

He has served on the program committee for the International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics since 1999, and currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago NIDDR RERC on "Machines Assisting Recovery from Stroke". He has served as Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, and regularly reviews for several peer-review journals.

Representative Publications
Taub E, Lum PS, Hardin P, Mark VW, Uswatte G. AutoCITE: automated delivery of CI therapy with reduced effort by therapists. Stroke. 2005;36(6):1301-1304.

Kim CM, Kothari DH, Lum PS, Patten C. Reliability of Dynamic Muscle Performance in the Hemiparetic Upper-Limb. Journal of Neurological Physical Therapy 2005;29(1):9-17.

Lum PS, Patten C, Kothari D, Yap R (2004) Effects of velocity on maximal torque production in poststroke hemiparesis. Muscle and Nerve 30(6):732-742.

Lum PS, Burgar CG, Shor P (2004) Evidence for improved muscle activation patterns after retraining of reaching movements with the MIME robotic system in subjects with post-stroke hemiparesis. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 12(2):186-194.

Lum PS, Taub E, Schwandt D, Postman M, Hardin P, Uswatte G (2004) Automated Constraint-Induced Therapy Extension (AutoCITE) For Movement Deficits After Stroke. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development 41(3A):249-258.

Patten C, Kothari D, Whitney J, Lexell J, Lum PS (2003) Reliability and Responsiveness of Elbow Trajectory-tracking in Chronic Post-stroke Hemiparesis. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development 40(6):487-500.

Lum PS, Burgar CG, Shor PC (2003) Evidence for strength imbalances as a significant contributor to abnormal synergies in hemiparetic subjects. Muscle Nerve 27(2):211-21.

Mahoney RM, Van der Loos HFM, Lum PS, Burgar CG (2003) Robotic Stroke Therapy Assistant. Robotica 21(1):33-44.

Reinkensmeyer DJ, Lum PS, Winters J (2002) Emerging Technologies for Improving Access to Movement Therapy Following Neurologic Injury, in Emerging and Accessible Telecommunications, Information and Healthcare Technologies: Engineering Challenges in Enabling Universal Access, (ed) Winters J, Robinson C, Simpson R., Vanderheiden G. (eds), IEEE Press.

Lum PS, Burgar CG, Shor PC, Majmundar M, Van der Loos M (2002) Robot-assisted movement training compared with conventional therapy techniques for the rehabilitation of upper-limb motor function after stroke. Archives of Physical Medicine Rehabilitation 83(7):952-9.

Lum PS, Reinkensmeyer DJ, Mahoney R, Rymer WZ, Burgar CG (2002) Robotic devices for movement therapy after stroke: current status and challenges to clinical acceptance. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation 8(4):40-53.

Reinkensmeyer DJ, Hogan N, Krebs HI, Lehman SL, Lum PS (2000) Rehabilitators, robots, and guides: new tools for neurological rehabilitation. In: Winters JM & Crago PE (editors), Biomechanics and Neural Control of Posture and Movement. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Burgar CG, Lum PS, Shor P, Van der Loos HFM (2000) Development of Robots for Rehabilitation Therapy: The Palo Alto VA/Stanford Experience. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development 37(6):663-673.

Lum PS, Burgar CG, Kenney D, Van der Loos HFM (1999) Quantification of force abnormalities during passive and active-assisted upper-limb reaching movements in post-stroke hemiparesis. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 46(6):652-662.

Lum PS, Lehman SL, Reinkensmeyer DJ (1995) The bimanual lifting rehabilitator: an adaptive machine for therapy of stroke patients. IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering 3(2):166-174.

Lum PS, Reinkensmeyer DJ, Lehman SL (1993) Robotic assist devices for bimanual physical therapy: preliminary experiments. IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering 1(3):185-191.

Reinkensmeyer DJ, Lum PS, Lehman SL (1992) Human control of a simple two-hand grasp. Biological Cybernetics 67(6):553-564.

Lum PS, Reinkensmeyer DJ, Lehman SL, Li PY, Stark LW (1992) Feedforward stabilization in a bimanual unloading task. Experimental Brain Research 89(1):172-180.

Website:
http://faculty.cua.edu/lum/