Tibor Hortobágyi, Ph.D.
University of Groningen Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands
Contact Information:
Tibor Hortobágyi, PhD
Center for Human Movement Sciences
University Medical Center
A. Deusinglaan 1
Room 334, Building 3215
9700 AD Groningen
The Netherlands
Telephone: +3150.363.2645
Fax: +3150.363.3150
t.hortobagyi@umcg.nl
Lifelines Healthy Ageing Study
University of Groningen Movement Sciences
Degrees:
B.Sc. Exercise and Sport Science, University College, Budapest, Hungary, 1979
M.S. Biomechanics-Motor Control, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1988
Ph.D. Biomechanics-Motor Control, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1990
Research and Professional Activities:
Dr. Hortobágyi served as a distinguished faculty member from 1991-2011 before returning to Europe, taking a position at University of Groningen Medical Center as the professor of Movement and Healthy Aging. Dr. Hortobágyi’s research focuses on the neuromechanical properties of the human musculoskeletal system. Dr. Hortobágyi has published original and review papers concerning neuromechanical adaptations to exercise training using lengthening muscle contractions in young and old adults. Another area of research he has been pursuing is adaptations in the nervous system before, during, and after exercise using various EMG techniques, including transcranial magnetic brain stimulation and muscle-to-muscle EMG coherence analysis. He collaborated with researchers at the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute in Sydney, Australia, at the Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, London, England, and most recently at the Human Motor Control Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD, USA. He also intensively collaborates with Paul DeVita on locomotion biomechanics of obesity and osteoarthritis. He is an associate editor of the Journals of Gerontology and member of the Society of Neuroscience, International Society of Biomechanics, and a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine.
Selected Publications:
Benfield R.D., Hortobágyi T., Tanner C., Swanson M., Newton E.R. The effects of hydrotherapy on anxiety, pain, neuroendocrine responses, and contraction dynamics during labor. Biological Research for Nursing 12:28-36, 2010.
Kulas A., Hortobágyi T., DeVita P. Interaction between trunk load and trunk position adaptations modulate knee anterior shear and hamstring muscle forces in landing. Journal of Athletic Training 45:5-15, 2010.
Solnik S., Rider P., DeVita P., Hortobágyi T. Teager-Kaiser energy operator signal conditioning improves EMG onset detection. European Journal of Applied Physiology 110:489-498, 2010.
Uematsu A., Obata H., Endoh T., Kitamura T., Hortobágyi T., Nakazawa K., Suzuki S. Asymmetric modulation of corticospinal excitability in the contracting and resting contralateral wrist flexors during unilateral shortening, lengthening and isometric contractions. Experimental Brain Research, 206:59-69, 2010.
Hortobágyi T., Finch A., Rider P., DeVita P. Association between the age-related increase in muscle activation and metabolic cost of gait. Journal of Gerontology, 66A:541-547, 2011.
Hortobágyi T., Richardson S.P., Lomarev M., Shamim E., Munier S., Russman H., Dang, Hallett M. Interhemispheric plasticity in humans. Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise, 43:1188-1199, 2011.
Hortobágyi T., Maffiuletti NA. Neural adaptations to electrical stimulation strength training. European Journal of Applied Physiology, In press
Howatson G., Taylor MB, Rider P., Motawar BR, McNally MP, Solnik S, DeVita P, Hortobágyi T. Ipsilateral motor cortical responses to TMS during lengthening and shortening of the contralateral wrist flexors. European Journal of Neuroscience 33:978-90, 2011.
Uematsu A., Sekiguchi H., Kobayashi H., Hortobágyi T., Suzuki S. Contraction history produces task-specific variations in spinal excitability in intact human soleus muscle. Muscle and Nerve, 43:851-858, 2011.
Váczi M., Tihanyi J., Hortobágyi T., Rácz L., Csende Z., Costa A., Pucsok J. Mechanical, biochemical, and EMG adaptations to short-term eccentric-concentric exercise training in humans. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 25:922-932, 2011.
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