Roger Gassert

10.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
247 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

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Roger Gassert is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Rehabilitation and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Roger Gassert has authored 247 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 111 papers in Rehabilitation and 106 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Roger Gassert's work include Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (111 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (91 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (49 papers). Roger Gassert is often cited by papers focused on Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (111 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (91 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (49 papers). Roger Gassert collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and Singapore. Roger Gassert's co-authors include Olivier Lambercy, Etienne Burdet, Hannes Bleuler, D. Chapuis, Volker Dietz, Robert Riener, Olaf Blanke, Michael R. Tucker, Tobias Bützer and Ludovic Dovat and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Roger Gassert

235 papers receiving 7.1k citations

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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.

Control strategies for active lower extremity prosthetics and orthotics: a review

2015 776 citations Hannes Bleuler, Olivier Lambercy et al. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roger Gassert Switzerland	44	3.5k	2.6k	2.5k	870	813	247	7.3k
Paolo Bonato United States	49	5.4k 1.5×	2.1k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	1.9k 2.1×	1.4k 1.8×	246	11.1k
Silvestro Micera Italy	63	9.4k 2.7×	2.6k 1.0×	7.2k 2.9×	991 1.1×	907 1.1×	484	16.0k
Giancarlo Ferrigno Italy	49	3.3k 0.9×	782 0.3×	1.5k 0.6×	453 0.5×	497 0.6×	322	7.8k
Petrus H. Veltink Netherlands	50	6.3k 1.8×	1.2k 0.5×	1.9k 0.8×	649 0.7×	892 1.1×	349	11.0k
Etienne Burdet United Kingdom	54	6.2k 1.8×	2.1k 0.8×	5.4k 2.2×	807 0.9×	640 0.8×	335	11.6k
Raymond Kai‐Yu Tong Hong Kong	44	3.4k 1.0×	2.6k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	854 1.0×	749 0.9×	307	7.0k
Robert Riener Switzerland	61	9.4k 2.7×	6.9k 2.7×	3.6k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	1.5k 1.9×	428	14.9k
Tobias Nef Switzerland	38	2.2k 0.6×	2.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	911 1.0×	772 0.9×	189	5.8k
Olivier Lambercy Switzerland	33	2.5k 0.7×	2.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.4×	702 0.8×	497 0.6×	165	4.3k
David J. Reinkensmeyer United States	56	5.4k 1.5×	7.0k 2.7×	3.2k 1.3×	2.0k 2.3×	1.7k 2.1×	209	10.7k

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Ullrich, Johannes, et al.. (2025). Differentiable Biomechanics for Markerless Motion Capture in Upper Limb Stroke Rehabilitation: A Comparison With Optical Motion Capture. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics. 8(1). 90–97. 1 indexed citations

Pamplona, Gustavo Santo Pedro, et al.. (2025). Visibility manipulations affect the functional connectivity related to illusory body ownership. Cortex. 190. 198–215.

Kanzler, Christoph M., et al.. (2024). Influence of virtual reality and task complexity on digital health metrics assessing upper limb function. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 21(1). 125–125. 1 indexed citations

Stieglitz, Lennart, et al.. (2024). Continuous and Unconstrained Tremor Monitoring in Parkinson’s Disease Using Supervised Machine Learning and Wearable Sensors. Parkinson s Disease. 2024. 1–11. 3 indexed citations

Galati, Salvatore, et al.. (2024). Feasibility of Adjunct Therapy with a Robotic Hand Orthosis after Botulinum Toxin Injections in Persons with Spasticity: A Pilot Study. Toxins. 16(8). 346–346.

Pamplona, Gustavo Santo Pedro, et al.. (2024). Neuro-cognitive effects of degraded visibility on illusory body ownership. NeuroImage. 300. 120870–120870. 5 indexed citations

Hassa, Thomas, et al.. (2023). The locations of stroke lesions next to the posterior internal capsule may predict the recovery of the related proprioceptive deficits. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 17. 1248975–1248975. 2 indexed citations

Meyer, Jan T., et al.. (2023). Mixed methods usability evaluation of an assistive wearable robotic hand orthosis for people with spinal cord injury. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 20(1). 162–162. 10 indexed citations

Dinacci, Daria, et al.. (2023). Progressive Transition From Supervised to Unsupervised Robot-Assisted Therapy After Stroke: Protocol for a Single-Group, Interventional Feasibility Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 12. e48485–e48485. 3 indexed citations

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Gassert, Roger, et al.. (2023). A novel method to increase specificity of sleep-wake classifiers based on wrist-worn actigraphy. Chronobiology International. 40(5). 557–568. 2 indexed citations

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Popp, Werner, Olivier Lambercy, Camila Shirota, et al.. (2023). Effects of wrist posture and stabilization on precision grip force production and muscle activation patterns. Journal of Neurophysiology. 130(3). 596–607. 3 indexed citations

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Albrecht, M., et al.. (2023). Design, characterization and preliminary usability testing of a portable robot for unsupervised therapy of hand function. Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering. 8. 4 indexed citations

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Lambercy, Olivier, et al.. (2022). Clinical utility of a pediatric hand exoskeleton: identifying users, practicability, and acceptance, and recommendations for design improvement. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 19(1). 17–17. 18 indexed citations

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Lambercy, Olivier, et al.. (2022). Respiratory analysis during sleep using a chest-worn accelerometer: A machine learning approach. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. 78. 104014–104014. 15 indexed citations

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Woolley, Daniel G., et al.. (2020). Characterization and wearability evaluation of a fully portable wrist exoskeleton for unsupervised training after stroke. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 17(1). 132–132. 41 indexed citations

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Bützer, Tobias, Olivier Lambercy, Jumpei Arata, & Roger Gassert. (2020). Fully Wearable Actuated Soft Exoskeleton for Grasping Assistance in Everyday Activities. Soft Robotics. 8(2). 128–143. 158 indexed citations

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Cognolato, Matteo, et al.. (2018). Hand Gesture Classification in Transradial Amputees Using the Myo Armband Classifier* This work was partially supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation Sinergia project # 410160837 MeganePro.. 3 indexed citations

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Lambercy, Olivier, et al.. (2013). Design of a thumb exoskeleton for hand rehabilitation. 41. 16 indexed citations

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Arata, Jumpei, et al.. (2012). 1A1-O08 A hand exoskeleton robot for rehabilitation using a three-layered sliding spring mechanism(Rehabilitation Robotics and Mechatronics(1)). The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec). 2012(0). _1A1–O08_1. 1 indexed citations

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Gassert, Roger, Ludovic Dovat, Olivier Lambercy, et al.. (2006). A 2-DOF fMRI Compatible Haptic Interface to Interact with Arm Movements. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 3825–3831. 12 indexed citations

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