Education/Credentials

  • Ph.D: University of Cincinnati (Experimental Psychology)
  • B.A.: University of California, Northridge (Psychology)

Research Interests

I'm interested in understanding how the central nervous system controls movement in healthy young adults and in individuals recovering from neurological trauma. The goal is to understand basic principles of motor control in healthy individuals and to develop novel motor assessment tools and rehabilitation protocols to improve motor function. I primarily use behavioral manipulations coupled with detailed analyses of kinematic, kinetic, and surface electromyography using nonlinear time series analysis m...

Peer Reviewed Publications

Kodama, Kentaro; Yasuda, Kazuhiro; Akatsuka, Tomoki; Kuznetsov, Nikita A; Iwata, Hiroyasu 2022. The influence of a vibrotactile biofeedback system on postural dynamics during single-leg standing in healthy older adults. Neuroscience letters, 786 , 136807

Yamada, Masahiro; Kuznetsov, Nikita A; Diekfuss, Jed A; Raisbeck, Louisa D 2021. The effect of attentional focus on movement accuracy in an immersive and interactive virtual reality environment. Neuroscience letters, 752 , 135814

Raisbeck, L D; Yamada, M; Diekfuss, J A; Kuznetsov, N A 2020. The Effects of Attentional Focus Instructions and Task Difficulty in a Paced Fine Motor Skill. Journal of motor behavior, 52 3, 262-270

Song, A; Kuznetsov, N A; Winges, S A; MacLellan, M J 2020. Muscle synergy for upper limb damping behavior during object transport while walking in healthy young individuals. Experimental brain research, 238 5, 1203-1218

Dechenaud, Marcelline; Laidig, Daniel; Seel, Thomas; Gilbert, Hunter B; Kuznetsov, Nikita A 2019. Development of Adapted Guitar to Improve Motor Function After Stroke: Feasibility Study in Young Adults. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference, 2019 , 5488-5493

Kodama, Kentaro; Yasuda, Kazuhiro; Kuznetsov, Nikita A; Hayashi, Yuki; Iwata, Hiroyasu 2019. Balance Training With a Vibrotactile Biofeedback System Affects the Dynamical Structure of the Center of Pressure Trajectories in Chronic Stroke Patients. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 13 , 84

Kuznetsov, Nikita A; Robins, Rebecca K; Long, Benjamin; Jakiela, Jason T; Haran, F Jay; Ross, Scott E; Wright, W Geoffrey; Rhea, Christopher K 2018. Validity and reliability of smartphone orientation measurement to quantify dynamic balance function. Physiological measurement, 39 2, 02NT01

Kuznetsov, Nikita A; Rhea, Christopher K 2017. Power considerations for the application of detrended fluctuation analysis in gait variability studies. PloS one, 12 3, e0174144

Rhea, Christopher K; Kuznetsov, Nikita A 2017. Using visual stimuli to enhance gait control. Journal of vestibular research : equilibrium & orientation, 27 1, 7-16

Rhea, Christopher K; Kuznetsov, Nikita A; Ross, Scott E; Long, Benjamin; Jakiela, Jason T; Bailie, Jason M; Yanagi, Matthew A; Haran, F Jay; Wright, W Geoffrey; Robins, Rebecca K; Sargent, Paul D; Duckworth, Joshua L 2017. Development of a Portable Tool for Screening Neuromotor Sequelae From Repetitive Low-Level Blast Exposure. Military medicine, 182 S1, 147-154

Huber, Meghan E; Kuznetsov, Nikita; Sternad, Dagmar 2016. Persistence of reduced neuromotor noise in long-term motor skill learning. Journal of neurophysiology, 116 6, 2922-2935

Kuznetsov, Nikita A; Riley, Michael A 2015. The role of task constraints in relating laboratory and clinical measures of balance. Gait & posture, 42 3, 275-9

Sternad, Dagmar; Huber, Meghan E; Kuznetsov, Nikita 2014. Acquisition of novel and complex motor skills: stable solutions where intrinsic noise matters less. Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 826 , 101-24

Harrison, Steven J; Kuznetsov, Nikita; Breheim, Samuel 2013. Flexible kinesthetic distance perception: when do your arms tell you how far you have walked? Journal of motor behavior, 45 3, 239-47

Kuznetsov, Nikita; Bonnette, Scott; Gao, Jianbo; Riley, Michael A 2013. Adaptive fractal analysis reveals limits to fractal scaling in center of pressure trajectories. Annals of biomedical engineering, 41 8, 1646-60

Kuznetsov, Nikita A; Riley, Michael A 2012. Effects of breathing on multijoint control of center of mass position during upright stance. Journal of motor behavior, 44 4, 241-53

Riley, Michael A; Bonnette, Scott; Kuznetsov, Nikita; Wallot, Sebastian; Gao, Jianbo 2012. A tutorial introduction to adaptive fractal analysis. Frontiers in physiology, 3 , 371

Kuznetsov, Nikita A; Shockley, Kevin D; Richardson, Michael J; Riley, Michael A 2011. Effect of precision aiming on respiration and the postural-respiratory synergy. Neuroscience letters, 502 1, 13-7

Kuznetsov, Nikita A; Wallot, Sebastian 2011. Effects of accuracy feedback on fractal characteristics of time estimation. Frontiers in integrative neuroscience, 5 , 62

Kuznetsov, Nikita A; Riley, Michael A 2010. Spatial resolution of visual feedback affects variability and structure of isometric force. Neuroscience letters, 470 2, 121-5