Publications

2023

Weissberger O, Orr E, Levy M, Kimel-Naor S, Plotnik M, Arbel T. (2023). Balancing new technology: Virtual reality for balance measurement case report. Medicine (Baltimore). 
Ben Yair N, Wilf M, Bahat Y, Plotnik M. (2023). Studying cognitive-motor interactions using a tablet-based application of the Color Trails Test. Exp Brain Res.
Cano Porras D, Heimler B, Jacobs JV, Naor SK, Inzelberg R, Zeilig G, Plotnik M. (2023). Upward perturbations trigger a stumbling effect. Hum Mov Sci.

2022

Koren, O., Bartsch, R. P., Katzir, Z., Rosenblum, U., Hassin-Baer, S., Inzelberg, R., & Plotnik, M. (2022). Dopaminergic medication reduces interhemispheric hyper-synchronization in Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 97, 39-46.‏

Wilf, M., Ben Yair, N., Wright, W. G., & Plotnik, M. (2022). The trail less traveled: Analytical approach for creating shortened versions for virtual reality-based color trails test. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 1-10.‏

Zadik, S., Benady, A., Gutwillig, S., Florentine, M. M., Solymani, R. E., & Plotnik, M. (2022). Age related changes in gait variability, asymmetry, and bilateral coordination–When does deterioration starts?. Gait & Posture, 96, 87-92.‏

Rosenblum, U., Melzer, I., Zeilig, G., & Plotnik, M. (2022). Muscle activation profile is modulated by unexpected balance loss in walking. Gait & Posture, 93, 64-72.‏

Rosenblum, U., Melzer, I., Friger, M., Zeilig, G., & Plotnik, M. (2022). Age and cognitive load affect muscle activation profiles in response to physical perturbations while walking. bioRxiv.‏

2021

Amiaz, R., Kimel Naor, S., Caspi, A., Czerniak, E., Noy, S., Pelc, T., ... & Plotnik, M. (2021). Responses to balance challenges in persons with panic disorder: A pilot study of computerized static and dynamic balance measurements. Brain and Behavior, e2411.

Asher, E. E., Plotnik, M., Günther, M., Moshel, S., Levy, O., Havlin, S., ... & Bartsch, R. P. (2021). Connectivity of EEG synchronization networks increases for Parkinson’s disease patients with freezing of gait. Communications biology, 4(1), 1-10.

Porras, D. C., Jacobs, J. V., Inzelberg, R., Bahat, Y., Zeilig, G., & Plotnik, M. (2021). Patterns of whole-body muscle activations following vertical perturbations during standing and walking. Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, 18(1), 1-18.‏

Benady, A., Zadik, S., Ben-Gal, O., Cano Porras, D., Wenkert, A., Gilaie-Dotan, S., & Plotnik, M. (2021). Vision Affects Gait Speed but not Patterns of Muscle Activation During Inclined Walking—A Virtual Reality Study. Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 9, 127

Kribus-Shmiel, L., Bahat, Y., & Plotnik, M. (2021). Adaptation of bilateral coordination of gait during split belt walking as reflected by the phase coordination index. Gait & Posture.‏

Plotnik, M., Ben-Gal, O., Doniger, G. M., Gottlieb, A., Bahat, Y., Cohen, M., ... & Beeri, M. S. (2021). Multimodal immersive trail making-virtual reality paradigm to study cognitive-motor interactions. Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, 18 (1), 1-16.‏

Gottlieb, A., Doniger, G. M., Hussein, Y., Noy, S., & Plotnik, M. (2021). The efficacy of a virtual reality exposure therapy treatment for fear of flying: A retrospective study. Frontiers in Psychology, 12.‏

Plotnik, M., Kimel-Naor, S., Yair, N. B., Lustig, A., Crottaz-Herbette, S., Wright, W. G., & Wilf, M. (2021). High time for high-level tests in VR: Development of Integrative VR cognitive assessments. Virtual Rehabilitation.‏

Benady, A., Zadik, S., Zeilig, G., Gilaie-Dotan, S., & Plotnik, M. (2021). Gait Speed Modulations Are Proportional to Grades of Virtual Visual Slopes—A Virtual Reality Study. Frontiers in neurology, 1366.‏

2020

Cano Porras D., Zeilig G., Doniger GM., Bahat Y., Inzelberg R., Plotnik M. Seeing Gravity: Gait Adaptations to Visual and Physical Inclines – A Virtual Reality Study. Front. Neurosci. 13:1308
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6992711/

Rosenblum, U., Kribus-Shmiel, L., Zeilig, G., Bahat, Y., Kimel-Naor, S., Melzer, I., & Plotnik, M. (2020). Novel methodology for assessing total recovery time in response to unexpected perturbations while walking. PloS one, 15(6), e0233510. 

Ben-Gal, O., Benady, A., Zadik, S., Doniger, G. M., Beeri, M. S., & Plotnik, M. (2020). Using the loading response peak for defining gait cycle timing: A novel solution for the double-belt problem. Journal of Biomechanics, 110, 109963.

Plotnik, M., Wagner, J. M., Gautam, A., Amihai, G., & Naismith, R. T. (2020). Gait asymmetry, and bilateral coordination of gait during a six-minute walk test in persons with multiple sclerosis. Scientific Reports (Nature Publisher Group), 10(1).

Rosenblum, U., Kribus-Shmiel, L., Zeilig, G., Bahat, Y., Kimel-Naor, S., Melzer, I., & Plotnik, M. (2020). Novel methodology for assessing total recovery time in response to unexpected perturbations while walking. PloS one, 15(6), e0233510.‏

2019

Cano Porras D., Sharon H., Inzelberg R., Ziv-Ner Y., Zeilig G., Plotnik M. Advanced virtual reality-based rehabilitation of balance and gait in clinical practice, Ther Adv Chronic Dis. 2019, Vol. 10: 1–16 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6710712/

Gottlieb A., Plotnik M., Kizony R., Katsarou Z., Bostantjopoulou S., Zeilig G.
Identification of clinically related requirements of a novel assistive device for people with a high spinal cord injury
PLoS ONE 14(6):e0218393 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6599142/

Günther M., Bartsch R., Miron-Shahar Y., Hassin-Baer S., Inzelberg R., Kurths J., Plotnik M., Kantelhardt JW.
Coupling Between Leg Muscle Activation and EEG During Normal Walking, Intentional Stops, and Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s Disease Front. Physiol.10:870 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6639586/

Miron-Shahar Y., Kantelhardt JW., Grinberg A., Hassin-Baer S., Blatt I., Inzelberg R., Plotnik M.
Excessive phase synchronization in cortical activation during locomotion in persons with Parkinson's disease
Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2019 Aug;65:210-216 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Steinberg N, Gottlieb A, Siev-Ner I, Plotnik M.
Fall incidence and associated risk factors among people with a lower limb amputation during various stages of recovery - a systematic review
Disabil Rehabil. 2019 Jul;41(15):1778-1787 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

2018

Doniger GM, Beeri MS, Bahar-Fuchs A, Gottlieb A, Tkachov A, Kenan H, Livny A, Bahat Y, Sharon H, Ben-Gal O, Cohen M, Zeilig G, Plotnik M.  Virtual reality-based cognitive-motor training for middle-aged adults at high Alzheimer's disease risk: A randomized controlled trial                                                        
Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2018 4:118-129          
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6021455/

Arad E, Bartsch RP, Kantelhardt JW, Plotnik M.  Performance-based approach for movement artifact removal from electroencephalographic data recorded during locomotion     
PLoS One. 2018 16;13(5)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5955591/

Cano Porras D, Siemonsma P, Inzelberg R, Zeilig G, Plotnik M.
Advantages of virtual reality in the rehabilitation of balance and gait: Systematic review
Neurology. 2018 90(22):1017-1025  
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29720544/

Kribus-Shmiel L, Zeilig G, Sokolovski B, Plotnik M. How many strides are required for a reliable estimation of temporal gait parameters? Implementation of a new algorithm on the phase coordination index  
PLoS One. 2018 13(2): e0192049         
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5805232/

Gimmon Y, Rashad H, Kurz I, Plotnik M, Riemer R, Debi R, Shapiro A, Melzer I.
Gait Coordination Deteriorates in Independent Old-Old Adults
J Aging Phys Act. 2018 Jul 1;26(3):382-389
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 

2017

Bondi, M., Zeilig, G., Bloch, A., Fasano, A., & Plotnik, M.
Split-arm swinging: the effect of arm swinging manipulation on inter-limb coordination during walking
Journal of Neurophysiology, 2017. jn-0013,0 118(2):1021-1033
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5547262/

Kimel-Naor, S., Gottlieb, A., & Plotnik, M.
The effect of uphill and downhill walking on gait parameters: A self-paced treadmill study 
Journal of Biomechanics,‏ 2017
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Ketko I, Plotnik M, Yanovich R, Gefen A, Heled Y.
Wheeled assistive device for load carriage - the effects on human gait and biomechanics Ergonomics. 2017 Oct;60(10):1415-1424
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Nikolopoulos S, Petrantonakis PC, Georgiadis K, Kalaganis F, Liaros G, Lazarou I, Adam K, Papazoglou-Chalikias A, Chatzilari E, Oikonomou VP, Kumar C, Menges R, Staab S, Müller D, Sengupta K, Bostantjopoulou S, Katsarou Z, Zeilig G, Plotnik M, Gotlieb A, Kizoni R, Fountoukidou S, Ham J, Athanasiou D, Mariakaki A, Comanducci D, Sabatini E, Nistico W, Plank M, Kompatsiaris I. A multimodal dataset for authoring and editing multimedia content: The MAMEM project
Data Brief. 2017 Dec;15:1048-1056
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5709300/

2016

Czerniak, E., Caspi, A., Litvin, M., Amiaz, R., Bahat, Y., Baransi, H., Sharon H., Noy S. & Plotnik, M.
A novel treatment of fear of flying using a large virtual reality system 
Aerospace medicine and human performance, 2016. 87(4), 411-416
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Blumrosen, G., Miron, Y., Intrator, N., & Plotnik, M.
A Real-Time Kinect Signature-Based Patient Home Monitoring System
Sensors, 2016. 16(11), 1965
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5134624/

Inzelberg, R., Plotnik, M., Harpaz, N. K., & Flash, T.
Micrographia, much beyond the writer's hand
Parkinsonism & related disorders, 2016. 26, 1-9
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Fasano, A., Schlenstedt, C., Herzog, J., Plotnik, M., Rose, F. E., Volkmann, J., & Deuschl, G.
Split-belt locomotion in Parkinson's disease links asymmetry, dyscoordination and sequence effect 
Gait & posture, 2016. 48, 6-12
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov‏
 

2015

Ketko, I., Yanovich, R., Plotnik, M., Gefen, A., & Heled, Y.
Physiological Evaluation of a Wheeled Assistive Device for Load Carriage
The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, 2015. 29, S139-S143
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Mirelman, A., Bernad-Elazari, H., Nobel, T., Thaler, A., Peruzzi, A., Plotnik, M., ... & Hausdorff, J. M. Effects of aging on arm swing during gait: the role of gait speed and dual tasking 
PloS one, 2015. 10(8), e0136043
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4549059/

Plotnik, M., Azrad, T., Bondi, M., Bahat, Y., Gimmon, Y., Zeilig, G., Inzelberg  I & Siev-Ner, I.
Self-selected gait speed-over ground versus self-paced treadmill walking, a solution for a paradox 
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, 2015. 12(1), 20
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4374285/

Ricciardi, L., Ricciardi, D., Lena, F., Plotnik M., Petracca, M., Barricella, S., Bentivoglio AR., Modugno N., Bernabei R. & Fasano, A. Working on asymmetry in Parkinson’s disease: randomized, controlled pilot study  
Neurological Sciences, 2015. 36(8), 1337-1343 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

2014

Plotnik, M., Shema, S., Dorfman, M., Gazit, E., Brozgol, M., Giladi, N., Hausdorff, JM.
A motor learning-based intervention to ameliorate freezing of gait in subjects with Parkinson's disease
Journal of Neurology, 2014. 261(7), 1329–1339
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

2013

Plotnik, M., Bartsch, RP., Zeev, A., Giladi, N., Hausdorff, JM.
Effects of walking speed on asymmetry and bilateral coordination of gait
Gait & Posture, 2013. 38(4), 864-869
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4047486/

2012

Peterson, DS., Plotnik, M., Hausdorff, JM., Earhart, GM.
Evidence for a relationship between bilateral coordination during complex gait tasks and freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease
Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 2012. 18(9), 1022-1026
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3587964/

Fasano, A., Plotnik, M., Bove, F., Berardelli, A. The neurobiology of falls 
Neurological Sciences, 2012.  33(6), 1215–1223 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov