People

Primary Faculty

Research Interests

• Motor control of normal and abnormal muscles
• Objective assessment of functional activities in humans
• Advanced technology for detecting and applying biosignals

Current Research

Dr. De Luca focuses on the application of engineering principles to the understanding of motor control and the development of objective patient treatment procedures. Specifically, his research addresses questions relating to: (a) control properties of human motor units during voluntary contractions, (b) muscle fatigue, (c) assessment of functional activities.

Selected Recent Publications

Nawab SH, Wotiz RP, and De Luca CJ "Decomposition of Indwelling EMG Signals" Journal of Applied Physiology 105: 700-710 (2008)

Sauvage C, Manto M, Adam A, Roark R, Jissendi P, and De Luca CJ "Ordered Motor Unit Firing Behavior in Acute Cerebellar Stroke" Journal of Neurophysiology 96: 2769-2774 (2006)

De Luca CJ, Adam A, Wotiz R, Gilmore LD, and Nawab SH "Decomposition of Surface EMG Signals" Journal of Neurophysiology 96: 1646-1657 (2006)

De Luca CJ, Buccafusco J, Roy SH, De Luca G, and Nawab SH "The EMG Signal as a Pre-Symptomatic Indicator of Organophosphates in the Body" Muscle & Nerve 33: 369-376 (2006)

Adam A and De Luca CJ "Firing Rates of Motor Units in Human Vastus Lateralis Muscle During Fatiguing Isometric Contractions" Journal of Applied Physiology 99: 268-280 (2005)

Adam A and De Luca CJ "Recruitment Order of Motor Units in Human Vastus Lateralis Muscle is Maintained During Fatiguing Contractions" Journal of Neurophysiology 90: 2919-2927 (2003)

De Luca CJ " The Use of Surface Electromyography in Biomechanics"  Journal of Applied Biomechanics 13: 135-163 (1997)