{"689580":{"#nid":"689580","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Defense Announcement - Matthew Lamsey","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETitle: Robot-led Rehabilitative Exercise for People with Parkinson\u0027s Disease\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDate: Tuesday, April 14th, 2026\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETime: 3PM - 5PM ET\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELocation: 57 Executive Park S, room 108\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVirtual link: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgatech.zoom.us%2Fj%2F94672782852\u0026amp;data=05%7C02%7Ctm186%40gtvault.onmicrosoft.com%7Caac5c5413f15481eab3208de95a53e15%7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083%7C1%7C0%7C639112734139296130%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C\u0026amp;sdata=IsxCA%2FAyfyrP69WRL3JaR2INvjJAk9DDDhNMskdrr%2FA%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/94672782852\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/94672782852\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommittee:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Madeleine E. Hackney (Advisor) - School of Medicine, Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Emory University \u0026amp; Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology \u0026amp; Research Health Scientist, Atlanta VA Health Care System\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Lena Ting - Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University \u0026amp; Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Gregory Sawicki - George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Hyeokhyen Kwon - School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Charles C. Kemp - Chief Technology Officer, Hello Robot Inc.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERegular exercise is a key component of rehabilitative treatment for Parkinson\u2019s disease (PD), yet people with PD (PWP) often struggle to adhere to prescribed exercise protocols outside of supervised clinical settings. Technology-based interventions have been proposed to address this gap, but existing systems do not fully replicate the guidance and support provided during in-person therapy. This dissertation presents the design of the Zesty Exercise System for Therapeutic Engagement (ZEST-E), a robot-led rehabilitative exercise system designed to guide PWP through repetitive, large-amplitude stretching exercises. Through two user studies involving PWP and exercise specialists, i.e., physical therapists, this work demonstrates the feasibility of robot-led rehabilitative exercise and identifies key facilitators and barriers to deploying such systems beyond the clinic. In addition, this dissertation characterizes how PWP perform exercises with ZEST-E with a focus on adherence to prescribed movement form. These data are used to develop an automated human activity recognition pipeline that classifies exercise form correctness using IMU-derived features. Together, these contributions support the feasibility of robot-led rehabilitative stretching exercise for PWP and provide initial methods for assessing exercise performance in this context.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERobot-led Rehabilitative Exercise for People with Parkinson\u0027s Disease\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Robot-led Rehabilitative Exercise for People with Parkinson\u0027s Disease"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2026-04-08 19:50:50","changed_gmt":"2026-04-08 19:51:21","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-04-14T15:00:08-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-04-14T17:00:08-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-04-14T17:00:08-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-04-14 19:00:08","gmt_time_end":"2026-04-14 21:00:08","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-04-14 21:00:08","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"57 Executive Park S, room 108","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100811","name":"Phd Defense"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}