Members
Tanya Onushko, PhD
Assistant Chair & Lecturer
tanya.onushko@marquette.edu
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Academic Degrees
• 2005 BS in Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University
• 2007 MS in Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University (Thesis Title: “Reflex Response to Imposed Bilateral Hip Oscillations in Human Spinal Cord Injury”)
• 2011 PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University (Dissertation Title: “The Dominant Role of the Hip in Multijoint Reflex Responses in Human Spinal Cord Injury”)
• 2011-date Post-Doctorate, Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Florida, USA
Research Interests
Neurophysiology
Neurorehabilitation
Stroke
Spinal Cord Injury
Recent Publications
Onushko T, Boerger T, Van Dehy J, Schmit BD. Dynamic stability and stepping strategies of young healthy adults walking on an oscillating treadmill. PLoS ONE. 2019;14:2. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212207
Onushko T, Mahtani G, Brazg G, Hornby TG, Schmit BD. Exercise-induced alterations in sympathetic-somatomotor coupling in incomplete spinal cord injury. J Neurotrauma. 2019 Jan 30. doi: 10.1089/neu.2018.5719.
Walker ER, Hyngstrom AS, Onushko T, Schmit BD. Locomotor adaptations to prolonged step-by-step frontal plane trunk perturbations in young adults. PLoS One. 2018 Sep 20;13(9):e0203776. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203776. eCollection 2018.
Boerger T, Van Dehy J, Onushko T, Schmit B, Hyngstrom A. Step length and width variability while walking on a motion simulator mounted treadmill. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2016 Aug;2016:4577-4580. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2016.7591746.
Onushko T, Kim C, Christou EA. Reducing task difficulty during practice improves motor learning in older adults. Exp Gerontol. 2014 Jun 6;57C:168-174. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.06.006.
Onushko T, Baweja HS, Christou EA. Practice improves motor control in older adults by increasing the motor unit modulation from 13 to 30 Hz. J Neurophysiol. 2013 Nov;110(10):2393-401. doi: 10.1152/jn.00345.2013. Epub 2013 Aug 28.
Onushko T, Hyngstrom A, Schmit BD. Hip proprioceptors preferentially modulate reflexes of the leg in human spinal cord injury. J Neurophysiol. 2013 Jul;110(2):297-306. doi: 10.1152/jn.00261.2012. Epub 2013 Apr 24.