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Dr. Drogos earned his masters and doctorate in physical therapy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a board-certified clinical specialist in neurologic physical therapy and practices at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (formerly the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC)). He began training as a research physical therapist in the Sensory Motor Performance Program housed in the former RIC, working closely with Drs. Randy Trumbower and Mehdi Mirbagheri. He became a research physical therapist at Northwestern University in the Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences in the lab of Dr. Jules Dewald and later added teaching within the DPT curriculum to his list of responsibilities before receiving a faculty appointment. He also teaches in the Northwestern University Prosthetics and Orthotics Center in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Aside from his professional life, he is active in the Chicago improv community and has performed and taught improv comedy across the country.
Dr. Drogos' work focuses on the study of the mechanisms underlying sensory and motor dysfunction in individuals with stroke, with a focus on upper extremity impairment within the chronic stroke population. He works closely with Dr. Netta Gurari to study proprioception with the goal of a) understanding the link between proprioceptive dysfunction and functional limitations in individuals with stroke, and b) creating a targeted intervention, device, or protocols to improve those limitations. Dr. Drogos also collaborates with Drs. Jun Yao, Jane Sullivan, and Carolina Carmona on current R21 and R01 grants to study the feasibility and impact of a novel therapeutic prosthesis (the ReInHand) on improving hand function and reducing functional limitations in the severe chronic stroke population.
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Neurologic Clinical Specialist |
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Education/Academic qualification
Physical Therapy, DPT, University of North Carolina
… → 2008
Physical Therapy, MPT, University of North Carolina
… → 2007
Research interests
- Neuroscience
- Rehabilitation/Therapy
- Stroke
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Assessment of the Usage of Indirect Motor Pathways in Hemiparetic Stroke
Yang, Y., Drogos, J. & Dewald, J. P. A.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
1/1/19 → 12/31/19
Project: Research project
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Effect of Neural Constraints on Movement in Stroke
Dewald, J. P. A., Acosta, A., Ellis, M. D., Prabhakaran, S., Yao, J., Carmona, C. & Drogos, J.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
6/1/16 → 5/31/19
Project: Research project
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Effect of Neural Constraints on Movement in Stroke
Dewald, J. P. A., Acosta, A., Ellis, M. D., Prabhakaran, S., Yao, J., Carmona, C. & Drogos, J.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
8/1/13 → 5/31/16
Project: Research project
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Impact of Voluntary Muscle Activation on Stretch Reflex Excitability in Individuals With Hemiparetic Stroke
Patterson, J. R., Dewald, J. P. A., Drogos, J. M. & Gurari, N., Mar 8 2022, In: Frontiers in Neurology. 13, 764650.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Investigation of how accurately individuals with hemiparetic stroke can mirror their forearm positions
Gurari, N., Drogos, J. M. & Dewald, J. P. A., Apr 2021, In: PloS one. 16, 4 April, e0250868.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Quantifying Altered Neural Connectivity of the Stretch Reflex in Chronic Hemiparetic Stroke
Yang, Y., Sinha, N., Tian, R., Gurari, N., Drogos, J. M. & Dewald, J. P. A., Jun 2020, In: IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 28, 6, p. 1436-1441 6 p., 9058690.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Accuracy of individuals post-hemiparetic stroke in matching torques between arms depends on the arm referenced
Gurari, N., van der Helm, N. A., Drogos, J. M. & Dewald, J. P. A., 2019, In: Frontiers in Neurology. 10, AUG, 921.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access5 Scopus citations -
Corrigendum: Improving hand function of severely impaired chronic hemiparetic stroke individuals using task-specific training with the rein-hand system: A case series (Front. Neurol. (2018), 9, 923, 10.3389/fneur.2018.00923)
Carmona, C., Wilkins, K. B., Drogos, J., Sullivan, J. E., Dewald, J. P. A. & Yao, J., 2019, In: Frontiers in Neurology. 10, OCT, 1104.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations