Ajay Seth

6.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
52 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Ajay Seth is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Cognitive Neuroscience and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Ajay Seth has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 11 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 10 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Ajay Seth's work include Muscle activation and electromyography studies (36 papers), Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (14 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (11 papers). Ajay Seth is often cited by papers focused on Muscle activation and electromyography studies (36 papers), Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (14 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (11 papers). Ajay Seth collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Ajay Seth's co-authors include Scott L. Delp, Thomas K. Uchida, Samuel R. Hamner, Jennifer L. Hicks, Michael Sherman, Matthew Millard, Apoorva Rajagopal, Jeffrey A. Reinbolt, Michael Schwartz and Christopher L. Dembia and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Ajay Seth

49 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

OpenSim: Simulating musculoskeletal dynamics and neuromuscular control to study human and animal movement

2018 653 citations Ajay Seth, Jennifer L. Hicks et al. PLoS Computational Biology profile →
Muscle contributions to propulsion and support during running

2010 583 citations Samuel R. Hamner, Ajay Seth et al. Journal of Biomechanics profile →
Is My Model Good Enough? Best Practices for Verification and Validation of Musculoskeletal Models and Simulations of Movement

2014 509 citations Jennifer L. Hicks, Thomas K. Uchida et al. profile →
Flexing Computational Muscle: Modeling and Simulation of Musculotendon Dynamics

2013 430 citations Matthew Millard, Thomas K. Uchida et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ajay Seth United States	23	3.1k	1.0k	869	662	561	52	4.1k
Eran Guendelman United States	9	2.5k 0.8×	784 0.8×	851 1.0×	530 0.8×	395 0.7×	11	4.1k
Peter Loan United States	4	2.5k 0.8×	788 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	533 0.8×	396 0.7×	6	3.6k
Todd C. Pataky Japan	33	2.7k 0.9×	2.1k 2.1×	1.1k 1.2×	418 0.6×	658 1.2×	111	4.8k
Allison S. Arnold United States	26	3.9k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	1.5k 1.7×	739 1.1×	717 1.3×	39	5.7k
Christopher L. Vaughan South Africa	37	2.2k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	803 0.9×	569 0.9×	899 1.6×	135	4.7k
C. Frigo Italy	29	2.4k 0.8×	588 0.6×	589 0.7×	864 1.3×	1.2k 2.2×	111	4.0k
Friedl De Groote Belgium	32	2.0k 0.7×	519 0.5×	543 0.6×	390 0.6×	576 1.0×	119	2.8k
F.C.T. van der Helm Netherlands	33	2.0k 0.7×	448 0.4×	868 1.0×	1.1k 1.7×	532 0.9×	103	3.7k
Graham E. Caldwell United States	33	2.6k 0.8×	1.7k 1.7×	862 1.0×	649 1.0×	616 1.1×	78	4.0k
Laurence Chèze France	32	1.7k 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	1.5k 1.8×	247 0.4×	571 1.0×	188	3.5k

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Waterval, Niels, Marjolein M. van der Krogt, Merel‐Anne Brehm, et al.. (2024). Minimization of metabolic cost of transport predicts changes in gait mechanics over a range of ankle-foot orthosis stiffnesses in individuals with bilateral plantar flexor weakness. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 12. 1369507–1369507. 3 indexed citations

Wing, L. M. H., Edwin J.R. van Beek, John T. Murchison, et al.. (2024). AI-assisted detection for chest X-rays (AID-CXR): a multi-reader multi-case study protocol. BMJ Open. 14(12). e080554–e080554.

Lin, Zhiyi, et al.. (2024). 3D Kinematics Estimation from Video with a Biomechanical Model and Synthetic Training Data. 1441–1450. 1 indexed citations

Hoozemans, Marco J.M., et al.. (2024). Effects of bench press technique variations on musculoskeletal shoulder loads and potential injury risk. Frontiers in Physiology. 15. 1393235–1393235. 2 indexed citations

Krogt, Marjolein M. van der, et al.. (2023). The effect of varus foot deformities on muscle moment arms in children with cerebral palsy. Gait & Posture. 106. S212–S213. 1 indexed citations

Fang, Cheng, Luka Peternel, Ajay Seth, et al.. (2023). Human Modeling in Physical Human-Robot Interaction: A Brief Survey. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 8(9). 5799–5806. 12 indexed citations

Santina, Cosimo Della, et al.. (2023). Does enforcing glenohumeral joint stability matter? A new rapid muscle redundancy solver highlights the importance of non-superficial shoulder muscles. PLoS ONE. 18(11). e0295003–e0295003. 5 indexed citations

Sonobe, Shinya, Tetsuo Ishikawa, Kuniyasu Niizuma, et al.. (2022). Development and validation of machine learning prediction model for post-rehabilitation functional outcome after intracerebral hemorrhage. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery. 29. 101560–101560. 5 indexed citations

Uhlrich, Scott D., et al.. (2022). Muscle coordination retraining inspired by musculoskeletal simulations reduces knee contact force. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 9842–9842. 53 indexed citations

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Seth, Ajay, et al.. (2022). Minimalistic Soft Exosuit for Assisting the Shoulder via Biomechanics-Aware Optimization. elib (German Aerospace Center). 667–673. 4 indexed citations

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Borno, Mazen Al, Johanna O’Day, James J. Dunne, et al.. (2022). OpenSense: An open-source toolbox for inertial-measurement-unit-based measurement of lower extremity kinematics over long durations. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 19(1). 22–22. 94 indexed citations

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Dunne, James J., Thomas K. Uchida, Thor F. Besier, Scott L. Delp, & Ajay Seth. (2021). A marker registration method to improve joint angles computed by constrained inverse kinematics. PLoS ONE. 16(5). e0252425–e0252425. 10 indexed citations

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Seth, Ajay, Jennifer L. Hicks, Thomas K. Uchida, et al.. (2018). OpenSim: Simulating musculoskeletal dynamics and neuromuscular control to study human and animal movement. PLoS Computational Biology. 14(7). e1006223–e1006223. 653 indexed citations breakdown →

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Seth, Ajay, Ricardo Matias, António Veloso, & Scott L. Delp. (2016). A Biomechanical Model of the Scapulothoracic Joint to Accurately Capture Scapular Kinematics during Shoulder Movements. PLoS ONE. 11(1). e0141028–e0141028. 108 indexed citations

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Seth, Ajay, et al.. (2015). Rectus femoris transfer surgery affects balance recovery in children with cerebral palsy: A computer simulation study. Gait & Posture. 43. 24–30. 22 indexed citations

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Valente, Giordano, Lorenzo Pitto, Debora Testi, et al.. (2014). Are Subject-Specific Musculoskeletal Models Robust to the Uncertainties in Parameter Identification?. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e112625–e112625. 132 indexed citations

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Steele, Katherine M., Ajay Seth, Jennifer L. Hicks, Michael Schwartz, & Scott L. Delp. (2012). Muscle contributions to vertical and fore-aft accelerations are altered in subjects with crouch gait. Gait & Posture. 38(1). 86–91. 57 indexed citations

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Hamner, Samuel R., Ajay Seth, & Scott L. Delp. (2010). Muscle contributions to propulsion and support during running. Journal of Biomechanics. 43(14). 2709–2716. 583 indexed citations breakdown →

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Seth, Ajay & Marcus G. Pandy. (2005). A nonlinear tracking method of computing net joint torques for human movement. PubMed. 4. 4633–4636. 2 indexed citations

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Seth, Ajay, John McPhee, & Marcus G. Pandy. (2003). Multi-joint coordination of vertical arm movement. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 45–56. 5 indexed citations

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