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Rachel I. Taitano

West Virginia UniversityORCID 0000-0002-9786-4985Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Research Focus:synaptic & neural circuits· 1

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Joint Angle Trajectories Are Robust to Segment Length Estimation Methods in Human Reaching

Rachel I. Taitano, Valeriya Gritsenko

This study shows that joint angle trajectories in human reaching are robust to different segment length estimation methods, with minor effects compared to within-subject variability.

PLoS ONE · Nov 21, 2025Peer-reviewedBioengineering

Neuromechanical Coupling is Reflected in the Spatial Organization of the Spinal Motoneuron Pools

Rachel I. Taitano, Sergiy Yakovenko, Valeriya Gritsenko

This study shows that the spatial organization of spinal motoneuron pools reflects the functional relationships between muscles they innervate, supporting neuromechanical tuning for upper limb movements.

bioRxiv · Jul 9, 2022 · PreprintNeuroscience