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Carolin Curtze, Ph.D.

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Carolin Curtze, PhD

  • Biomechanics, Assistant Professor
email:
ccurtze@unomaha.edu
office:
BRB  236
Google Scholar:
Carolin Curtze
ORCID:
0000-0001-5394-4628
personal website:
ResearchGate

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Dr. Curtze's research focuses on improving functional mobility and reducing falls in people with neurological dysfunction. The emphasis of her work is on concepts of dynamic stability and how Parkinson’s disease and antiparkinsonian medication affects postural control and dynamic stability during walking and turning. She develops new ways to quantify dynamic balance continuously during daily life using inertial sensors to reveal instability and fluctuations in sensorimotor control. Her goal is to improve rehabilitation approaches and optimize individualized patient care.

Teaching Interests

Advanced Biomechanics II, MATLAB

Research Interests

neuromechanics | gait | balance | turning | dynamic stability | inertial sensors | aging | Parkinson

Education

Ph D, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, Medical Sciences, 2012

MS, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, Sport Science , Psychology and German Studies , 2005

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Selected Publications

Curtze, Carolin, Nutt, J, Carlson-Kuhta, P, Mancini, M, Horak, F. 2015. Levodopa Is a Double-Edged Sword for Balance and Gait in People With Parkinson's Disease., Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society, 30, 10, 1361-70.

Fino, P, Horak, F, Curtze, Carolin. 2020. Inertial Sensor-Based Centripetal Acceleration as a Correlate for Lateral Margin of Stability During Walking and Turning., IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 28, 3, 629-636.

Shah, V, McNames, J, Mancini, M, Carlson-Kuhta, P, Nutt, J, El-Gohary, M, Lapidus, J, Horak, F, Curtze, Carolin. 2020. Digital Biomarkers of Mobility in Parkinson's Disease During Daily Living., Journal of Parkinson's disease, 10, 3, 1099-1111.

Hafer, J, Vitali, R, Gurchiek, R, Curtze, Carolin, Shull, P, Cain, S. 2023. Challenges and advances in the use of wearable sensors for lower extremity biomechanics., Journal of biomechanics, 157, 111714.

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Nature Scientific Reports, Editorial Review Board Member, 03/07/2022 - present

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