Robot-Assisted Locomotor Training after Spinal Cord Injury

Sep 22, 2026 · 1 min read

Postdoctoral Research Fellow @ Klab4Recovery Research Program (PI: Maria Knikou, PT, PhD), Department of Physical Therapy, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, 2021–2024.

Mount Sinai SCI (YouTube), illustrating transspinal stimulation in people with spinal cord injury.

Funded Research Projects – Participation

  • 2021–2024 Priming with High-Frequency Transspinal Stimulation to Augment Locomotor Training Benefits in Spinal Cord Injury. Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow Principal Investigators: Maria Knikou, PT, PhDNoam Y. Harel, MD, PhD National Institutes of Health / Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), R01HD100544. Total award to the project: $3,412,105. My participation: August 2021 – July 2024. College of Staten Island, City University of New York; James J. Peters VA Medical Center (Bronx); Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04807764
  • 2021–2023 Function of Spinal Locomotor Centers during Transspinal Stimulation in Spinal Cord Injury. Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow Principal Investigator: Maria Knikou, PT, PhD New York State Department of Health, Spinal Cord Injury Research Board (NYSDOH/SCIRB), DOH01-PART4. Total award to the project: $359,003. My participation: November 2021 – October 2023. College of Staten Island, City University of New York, USA.

Publications

Andreas Skiadopoulos
Corresponding author
, Maria Knikou (2025). Optimal sigmoid function models for analysis of transspinal evoked potential recruitment curves recorded from different muscles. PLOS ONE. IF: 2.8 (Q2)
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Abdullah M. Sayed Ahmad, Andreas Skiadopoulos, Maria Knikou (2024). Interactions between arm and leg neuronal circuits following paired cervical and lumbosacral transspinal stimulation in healthy humans. Experimental Brain Research. IF: 2.1 (Q3)
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Abdullah M. Sayed Ahmad, Meghan Raphael, Jessy Feng Han, Yoseph Ahmed, Mohamed Moustafa, Shammah K. Solomon, Andreas Skiadopoulos, Maria Knikou (2024). Soleus H-reflex amplitude modulation during walking remains physiological during transspinal stimulation in humans. Experimental Brain Research. IF: 2.1 (Q3)
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Andreas Skiadopoulos, Maria Knikou (2024). Tapping into the human spinal locomotor centres with transspinal stimulation. Scientific Reports. IF: 4.9 (Q1)
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Andreas Skiadopoulos, Grace O. Famodimu, Shammah K. Solomon, Parul Agarwal, Noam Y. Harel, Maria Knikou (2023). Priming locomotor training with transspinal stimulation in people with spinal cord injury: study protocol of a randomized clinical trial. Trials. IF: 2.1 (Q3)
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Andreas Skiadopoulos, Timothy S. Pulverenti, Maria Knikou (2022). Physiological effects of cathodal electrode configuration for transspinal stimulation in humans. Journal of Neurophysiology. IF: 2.3 (Q3)
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Talks and Conference Presentations

Rehabilitation Evidence-Based Program Development Spinal Cord Injury Neuromodulation
Andreas Skiadopoulos
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Andreas Skiadopoulos
Adapted Physical Activity Scientist