Publications

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Articles in Refereed Journals, Transactions or Archives

Weinberg, M. S., Wall, C., Robertsson, J., O'Neil, E., Sienko, K., Fields, R. (2006). Tilt determination in MEMS inertial vestibular prosthesis. Journal of Biomedical Engineering; Dec; 128(6):943-56.

Sienko, K. H., Wall, C., Kentala, E. L. (2004). A human performance crossover model for balance control with vibrotactile feedback.  Journal of Vestibular Research; 14(2-3), 250-51.

Wall, C. W. III, Oddsson, L. I., Patronik, N., Sienko, K., & Kentala, E. (2002-2003). Recovery trajectories of vestibulopathic subjects after perturbations during locomotion. Journal of Vestibular Research; 12(5-6): 239-53.

Young, L. R., Sienko, K. H., Lyne, L. E., Hecht, H., & Natapoff, A. (2003). Adaptation of the vestibulo-ocular reflex, subjective tilt, and motion sickness to head movements during short-radius centrifugation. Journal of Vestibular Research;13(2-3):65-77.

Young, L. R., Hecht, H., Lyne, L., Sienko, K., Cheung, C., & Kavelaars, J. (2001). Artificial gravity: Head movements during short-radius centrifugation. Acta Astronautica; Aug-Nov; 49(3-10): 215-26.

Shorter Communications, Letters, Notes or Briefs in Refereed Publications

Sienko, K. H. Statler, K. D., Oddson, L. I. E., Wall, C. (submitted). Providing cues of verticality for a balance-compromised patient using vibrotactile sensory substitution.

Invited Presentations

Sienko, K., “Educating Technologists for Global Health,” American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, February 14-18, 2008, Boston, MA.

Refereed Conference or Symposium Presentations

Sienko, K. H., Balkwill, M. D., Oddsson, L. I. E., Wall, C., “Recovery Trajectories from Surface Perturbations during Locomotion,” 16th Congress European Society of Biomechanics, July 6-9, 2008, Lucerne, Switzerland.

Sienko, K. H., Balkwill, M. D., Oddsson, L. I. E., Piro, D. J., Wall, C., "Multi-directional Vibrotactile Feedback during Support Surface Perturbations," XXV Bárány Society Meeting, March 31-April 3, 2008, Kyoto, Japan.

Sienko, K. H., Wall, C., Kentala, E. L., “A human performance crossover model for balance control with vibrotactile feedback,” Bárány Society XXIII International Congress, July 7-9, 2004, Paris, France.

Wall, C. III, Oddsson, L., Sienko, K., Kubert, H., “Vibrotactile display of body tilt: progression from standing to walking experiments,” XVth Congress of the International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology, June 18-21, 2004, Boston, MA.

Oddsson, L., Patronik, N., Sienko, K., Wall, C. III, “Association between heelstrike and kinematic parameters of gait – An indirect detection method without foot switches,” XVth Congress of the International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology, June 18-21, 2004, Boston, MA.

Sienko, K., Wall, C., Oddsson, L., “Mediolateral stability of vestibulopathic and healthy individuals,” Association for Research in Otolaryngology Midwinter Meeting, February 22-26, 2004, Daytona, FL.

Kunin, M., Wall, C., Oddsson, L., Sienko, K. Patronik, N., Raphan, T., “Head fixation point during normal and perturbed locomotion: A countermeasure assessment criteria,” Neuroscience, November, 2003, New Orleans, LA.

Sienko, K., Wall, C. Oddsson, L., “Mediolateral stability of vestibulopathic and healthy individuals during paced and non-paced gait,” Posture Symposium, 2003, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Wall, C., Kentala, E., Oddsson, L., Sienko, K., “Vibrotactile display of body tilt using body mounted micromechanical sensors,” Posture Symposium, 2003, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Young, L., Hecht, H., Sienko, K., Lyne, L., Cheung, C., Kavelaars, J., “Artificial gravity as a countermeasure to prolonged weightlessness,” International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) 13th Humans In Space Symposium, May 20-25, 2000, Santorini, Greece.

Vaughn, W.L., Ransome, P.O., Sienko, K.,  “Characterization of carbon-carbon composites for the Solar Probe spacecraft,” 21st Annual Conference on Composites, Materials, & Structures, January 27-30, 1997, Cocoa Beach, FL.

Other Conference or Symposium Presentations

Sienko, K. H., Lee, H., Robertsson, J., Schori, B. “Balico: A business plan for a sensory substitution medical device for the balance impaired,” Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club Technology Venture Conference, June 14, 2005, London. 

Wall, C. III, Oddsson, L.I.E., Sienko, K., Kubert, H., “Advanced techniques for assessment of postural and locomotor ataxia, spatial orientation and gaze stability,” Bioastronautics Investigators’ Workshop, January 10-12, 2005, Galveston, TX.

Sienko, K. H., Wall, C., Oddsson, L., Kubert, H., “Development of quantitative measures for clinical vestibular diagnosis and post-space flight sensorimotor evaluation: Mediolateral stability of healthy and vestibulopathic individuals during perturbed gait,” Harvard-MIT Health Sciences & Technology Forum, March 2003, Cambridge, MA.

Hecht, H., Young, L. R., Sienko, K., Lyne, L., Kavelaars, J. “Context-specific adaptation to artificial gravity,” Annual Meeting of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, March 2000, Del Lago, TX.

Sienko, K. H., “Artificial gravity: adaptation of the vestibulo-ocular reflex and subjective sensations to head movements during short-radius centrifugation,” Harvard-MIT Health Sciences & Technology Forum, March 2000, Cambridge, MA.