Kathleen O’Donnell

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 862 citations indexed

About

Kathleen O’Donnell is a scholar working on Rehabilitation, Biomedical Engineering and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathleen O’Donnell has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 862 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Rehabilitation, 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 4 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Kathleen O’Donnell's work include Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (9 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (4 papers) and Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (4 papers). Kathleen O’Donnell is often cited by papers focused on Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (9 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (4 papers) and Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (4 papers). Kathleen O’Donnell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Netherlands. Kathleen O’Donnell's co-authors include Louis N. Awad, Terry D. Ellis, Conor J. Walsh, Jaehyun Bae, Kenneth G. Holt, Pawel Kudzia, Kathryn Hendron, Lizeth H. Sloot, Stefano Rossi and Stephen P. Allen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science Translational Medicine, Journal of Experimental Biology and Gait & Posture.

In The Last Decade

Kathleen O’Donnell

11 papers receiving 845 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A soft robotic exosuit improves walking in patients after stroke

2017 460 citations Louis N. Awad, Jaehyun Bae et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kathleen O’Donnell United States	9	671	374	181	98	93	11	862
Pawel Kudzia United States	5	598 0.9×	347 0.9×	137 0.8×	83 0.8×	94 1.0×	9	714
Brendan Quinlivan Ireland	12	968 1.4×	324 0.9×	71 0.4×	90 0.9×	93 1.0×	27	1.1k
Nikos Karavas United States	11	1.1k 1.6×	405 1.1×	75 0.4×	82 0.8×	123 1.3×	15	1.2k
Kathryn Hendron United States	9	563 0.8×	483 1.3×	310 1.7×	159 1.6×	206 2.2×	10	1.0k
Stephen P. Allen United States	6	434 0.6×	207 0.6×	89 0.5×	50 0.5×	80 0.9×	11	565
Freygardur Thorsteinsson Iceland	10	480 0.7×	220 0.6×	44 0.2×	85 0.9×	66 0.7×	17	708
Michele Xiloyannis Switzerland	23	1.1k 1.7×	579 1.5×	42 0.2×	105 1.1×	43 0.5×	47	1.3k
Shigeki Kubota Japan	15	272 0.4×	302 0.8×	116 0.6×	240 2.4×	39 0.4×	55	639
Denise Martineli Rossi Brazil	13	388 0.6×	123 0.3×	74 0.4×	45 0.5×	95 1.0×	30	601
Kai Schmidt Switzerland	10	691 1.0×	221 0.6×	67 0.4×	97 1.0×	87 0.9×	26	814

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kathleen O’Donnell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kathleen O’Donnell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kathleen O’Donnell based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kathleen O’Donnell. Kathleen O’Donnell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Sloot, Lizeth H., Jaehyun Bae, Franchino Porciuncula, et al.. (2023). Effects of a soft robotic exosuit on the quality and speed of overground walking depends on walking ability after stroke. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 20(1). 113–113. 12 indexed citations

Bae, Jaehyun, Louis N. Awad, Andrew Long, et al.. (2018). Biomechanical mechanisms underlying exosuit-induced improvements in walking economy after stroke. Journal of Experimental Biology. 221(Pt 5). 44 indexed citations

Sloot, Lizeth H., Jinyoung Bae, Lenox D. Baker, et al.. (2018). O 089 - A soft robotic exosuit assisting the paretic ankle in patients post-stroke: Effect on muscle activation during overground walking. Gait & Posture. 95. 217–218. 8 indexed citations

Bae, Jaehyun, Christopher Siviy, Nicolas Menard, et al.. (2018). A Lightweight and Efficient Portable Soft Exosuit for Paretic Ankle Assistance in Walking After Stroke. 2820–2827. 111 indexed citations

Awad, Louis N., Jaehyun Bae, Kathleen O’Donnell, et al.. (2017). A soft robotic exosuit improves walking in patients after stroke. Science Translational Medicine. 9(400). 460 indexed citations breakdown →

Awad, Louis N., Jaehyun Bae, Pawel Kudzia, et al.. (2017). Reducing Circumduction and Hip Hiking During Hemiparetic Walking Through Targeted Assistance of the Paretic Limb Using a Soft Robotic Exosuit. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 96(10). S157–S164. 51 indexed citations

Awad, Louis N., Jaehyun Bae, Kathleen O’Donnell, et al.. (2017). Soft exosuits increase walking speed and distance after stroke. 1–2. 3 indexed citations

Bae, Jaehyun, Louis N. Awad, Nicolas Menard, et al.. (2017). Exosuit-induced improvements in walking after stroke: Comprehensive analysis on gait energetics and biomechanics. 1–1. 3 indexed citations

Bae, Jaehyun, Stefano Rossi, Kathleen O’Donnell, et al.. (2015). A soft exosuit for patients with stroke: Feasibility study with a mobile off-board actuation unit. 131–138. 72 indexed citations

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López‐Noriega, Adolfo, Conn L. Hastings, Kathleen O’Donnell, et al.. (2014). Hyperthermia‐Induced Drug Delivery from Thermosensitive Liposomes Encapsulated in an Injectable Hydrogel for Local Chemotherapy. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 3(6). 854–859. 61 indexed citations

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Goforth, Harold W., Lukasz M. Konopka, Margaret Primeau, et al.. (2004). Quantitative Electroencephalography in Frontotemporal Dementia with Methylphenidate Response: A Case Study. Clinical EEG and Neuroscience. 35(2). 108–111. 37 indexed citations

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