Andrew Gordon
Professor of Movement Sciences and Movement Science Program Coordinator
212-678-3326
Office Location: 1056E Thorndike
Expertise
- Disabilities, Individuals with
- Movement Sciences
- Neurosciences
- Teacher Education/Professional Development
Andrew Gordon
Professional Background
Educational Background
B.A., Hampshire College
M.S., Pennsylvania State University
Ph.D., Karolinska Institute
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota.
Scholarly Interests
The use of sensory information during the learning and control of well-learned manual skills (sensorimotor control). The biological basis of hand impairments in populations with movement disorders that disrupt sensorimotor control (e.g., children with early brain damage and adults with diseases of the basal ganglia). Rehabilitation and cerebral palsy. Constraint-induced movement therapy and bimanual training.
Selected Publications
de Brito Brandão, MB, Gordon, AM, Mancini, MC, (2012) Functional impact of constraint therapy and bimanual training in children with cerebral palsy. American Journal of American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 66: 320-9.
Hung, Y-C, Casertano, L, Hillman, A, Gordon, AM (2011) The Effect of training specificity on bimanual coordination in children with hemiplegia. Research in Developmental Disabilities 32: 2724-2731.
Gordon, AM (2011) To constrain or not to constrain, and other stories of intensive upper extremity training for children with unilateral cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 53 (S4): 56-61.
Gordon, AM, Hung, YC, Brandao, M, Ferre, CL, Kuo, H-C, Friel, K, Petra, E, Chinnan, A, Charles, JR (2011) Bimanual Training and Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy in Children with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized Trial. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair 25: 692-702.
Zhang, W, Gordon, AM, Fu, Q, Santello, M (2010) Object rotation reveals independent sensorimotor memory representations of digit positions and forces for skilled manipulation. Journal of Neurophysiology 103: 2953–2964.
active professional organizations
Society for Neuroscience
International Brain Research Organization
Society for the Neural Control of Movement
American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
principal publications
Zhang, W, Gordon, AM, Fu, Q, Santello, M, Object rotation reveals independent sensorimotor
memory representations of digit positions
and forces for skilled manipulation. Journal
of
Neurophysiology (In Press).
Raghaven, P, Santello, M, Gordon, AM, Krakauer, J, Compensatory motor control After Stroke:
an alternative joint strategy for object-dependent
shaping of hand posture. Journal of
Neurophysiology (In Press).
Diermayr, G, Gordon, AM, Grasp control underlying manual dexterity in the elderly.
Gerontology (In Press).
Albert, F, Diermayr, GD, McIsaac, TL, Gordon, AM, Coordination of grasping and walking in
Parkinson's disease. Experimental Brain Research (In Press)
Nilsen, DM, Gillen, G, Gordon, AM. The use of mental practice to improve upper limb recovery
post-stroke: A systematic review. American Journal of Occupational Therapy. (In Press).
Rabin, E, Muratori, LM, Svokos, K, Gordon, A (2010) Tactile/proprioceptive integration
during arm localization is intact in individuals with Parkinson's disease. Neuroscience Letters
470: 38-42.
Hung, YC, Charles, J, Gordon, AM (2010) Influence of Accuracy Constraints on Bimanual
Coordination during a Goal-Directed Task in Children with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy.
Experimental Brain Research 201:421-428.
Albert, F, Santello, M, Gordon, AM, (2009) Sensorimotor Memory of Object Weight
Distribution during Multidigit. Neuroscience Letters 463: 188–193.
Steenbergen,B, Crajé, C, Nilsen, DM, Gordon, AM (2009) Motor imagery training in
hemiplegic cerebral palsy: A potentially useful therapeutic tool for rehabilitation
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 51: 690–696.
Montes, J, Gordon, AM, Pandya, S, De Vivo, DC, Kaufmann P (2009) Clinical Outcome
Measures in Spinal
Muscular Atrophy (SMA). Journal of Child
Neurology 24: 968-978.
McIsaac, TL, Johnston, JA, Santello, M, Zhang, W, Gordon, AM (2009) Task-specific
modulation of multi-digit forces to object texture. Experimental Brain Research 194: 79-90.
Gordon,
AM, Chinnan, A, Gill, S,
movement therapy and bimanual training lead to improved performance of upper extremity
function in children with hemiplegia. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
50: 957-958.
Gordon, AM, Steenbergen, B. (2008) Bimanual coordination in children with cerebral palsy: In: AC Eliasson and P. Burtner (Eds.) Improving Hand Function in Children with Cerebral Palsy:
Theory, evidence and intervention. Clinics in Developmental Medicine,
Press pp. 160-175.
Eliasson, AC, Gordon, AM. (2008) Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy for Children with
Hemiplegia. In: AC Eliasson and P. Burtner (Eds.) Improving Hand Function in Children with
Cerebral Palsy: Theory, evidence and intervention. Clinics in Developmental Medicine,
Gordon, AM, Chinnan, A, Gill, S,
movement therapy and bimanual training lead to improved performance of upper extremity
function in children with hemiplegia. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
50: 957-958.
Gysin, P, Kaminski, TR, Hass, CJ, Gordon AM (2008) Effects of gait variations on grip force
coordination during object transport. Journal of Neurophysiology 100: 2477-2485.
Diermayr, G, Gysin, P, Hass, CJ, Gordon AM (2008) Grip force control during gait initiation
with a hand-held object. Experimental Brain Research 190: 337-345.
Steenbergen, B, Charles, J, Gordon, AM (2008) Fingertip force control during bimanual object
lifting in hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Experimental Brain Research 186: 191-201.
Majsak, M, Kaminski, T, Gentile, AM, Gordon, AM (2008) Effects of a moving target versus a
temporal constraint on reach and grasp in patients with Parkinson’s disease Experimental
Neurology 210: 479-88.
Muratori, L, McIsaac, T, Gordon, AM, Santello, M (2008), Impaired Anticipatory Control of
Force Sharing Patterns during Whole-Hand grasping in Parkinson Disease Experimental Brain
Research 185: 41-52.
Gordon, AM, Charles, J, Schneider, JA, Chinnan, A, (2007) Efficacy of a Hand-Arm bimanual
intensive therapy (HABIT) for Children with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized
Control Trial. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 49: 830-838.
Charles, JC, Gordon, AM (2007) A repeated course of constraint-induced movement therapy
results in further improvement.. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 49:770-773.
Gordon, AM, Steenbergen, B, Charles, J (2006) Movement planning is disrupted by impaired sensorimotor integration in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Pediatric Research 60: 587-91.
Steenbergen, B, Gordon, AM (2006) Activity limitation in Cerebral Palsy: Evidence for disorders in motor planning Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 48: 780-783.
Charles, J, Gordon, AM (2006) Development of Hand-Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy (HABIT) for Improving Bimanual Coordination in Children with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 48:931-936.
Eliasson, AC, Forssberg, H, Hung, YC, Gordon, AM (2006) Development of Hand Function and Precision Grip Control in Individuals with Cerebral Palsy: A 13-Year Follow Up Study. Pediatrics 118:e1226-236.
Muratori, L, Depaul, G, Gordon, AM (2006) Effect of Object Transport on Grasp Coordination in Multiple System Atrophy. Movement Disorders 21:555-63.
Charles, J, Wolf, SL, Schneider, JA, Gordon, AM (2006) Efficacy of a Child-Friendly Form of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy in Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized Control Trial. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 48:635-642.
Gordon, AM, Charles, J, Wolf, SL (2006) Efficacy of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy on Involved-Upper Extremity Use in Children with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy is not Age-Dependent. Pediatrics 117:e363-373.
Rabin, E, Gordon, AM (2006) Tactile and muscle spindle cues are interpreted based on joint-specific feedback from prior experience and current movement goals" Experimental Brain Research 169:407-16.
Raghaven, P, Krakauer, JW, Gordon, AM (2006) Impaired anticipatory control of fingertip forces in patients with a pure motor or sensorimotor lacunar syndrome. Brain 129:1415-1425.
Raghaven, P,
Charles, J, Gordon, AM, (2005) A critical review of constraint-induced movement therapy and forced-use in children with hemiplegia. Neural Plasticity 12: 245-261.
Lamberg, E, Mateika, JM, Gordon, AM (2005) Visual properties of objects affect manipulative forces and respiration differently. Brain Research 1066:158-63.
Gordon, AM, Charles, J, Wolf, SL (2005) Methods of Constraint-induced Movement Therapy for Children with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy: Development of a Child-friendly Intervention for Improving Upper Extremity Function. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
86:837-44.
honors and awards
NIH National Research Service Award
Dissertation Fellowship, Karolinska Institute
grants
National Science Foundation (2008-2011)
Principle Investigator, “Dexterous Control of Multi-Digit Grasping”
National Institutes of Health (2009-2014)
Sponsor (K01 Trainee: Kathleen Friel)
National Institutes of Health (2008-2009)
Sponsor (K12 Trainee: Kathleen Friel)
Thrasher Foundation (2007-2010)
Principle Investigator, “A Randomized Control Trial of Hand-Arm Intensive Bimanual”
National Science Foundation (2006-2009)
Principle Investigator, “Coordination of multi-digit forces during grasping”
National Institutes of Health, K23 (2006-2011)
United Cerebral Palsy Research and Education Foundation (2005-2008)
Principal Investigator. “Rehabilitative strategies for improving unimanual and bimanual hand function in children with hemiplegic CP”
useful web sites
BBSR 4050: Biomechanical analysis of human movement
Permission required. Covers the principles and techniques required to analyze human movement, which can be used to develop practical research questions. Quantitative and qualitative techniques for analysis of movement are discussed in relation to the study of learning, motor control, motor development, and motor impairments. Lab fee: $50.
BBSR 5057: Movement disorders
Study of the pathophysiology of various movement disorders and the resulting motor impairments.
BBS 5068: Brain and behavior I: Communication in the nervous system
An introduction to communication within the nervous system and functional brain neuroanatomy. Examination of chemical circuits in the brain and associated pathologies, such as Parkinsons disease, Tourettes, schizophrenia, depression, and anxiety.
BBSR 5504: Research training in motor learning
Permission required. A competency-based approach to the preparation of researchers in the areas of neuromotor control and perceptual-motor processes. Several learning experiences are offered each semester, involving lectures, laboratory practica, seminars and individual research advisement.
BBSR 6563: Neuromotor processes seminar
Offered in conjunction with review and analysis of research related to conference topic.
BBSR 6564: Advanced topics in neuromotor processes
Topic changes annually.
Documents & Papers
Video clip describing current research project on Constraint-induced therapy in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy.
Download: Contraint-induced therapy overview
Video clip describing the Constraint-induced therapy intervention in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy.
Download: Contraint-induced therapy intervention
Vita as of 4/13/2010
Download: Curriculum Vita [PDF]
Centers and Projects
Website: http://www.tc.edu/centers/cit
The Center for Cerebral Palsy Research focuses on elucidating the neural mechanisms underlying hand impairment in children with CP, as well as development and testing of new treatments aimed at ameliorating these impairments. Presently we are examining efficacy of constraint-induced movement therapy and Hand-Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy (HABIT).
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The Movement Science laboratories were recently upgraded to cutting edge technology for the study of movement with support from a National Science Foundation Major Instrumentation Grant.
