College of Education and Human Development

School of Kinesiology

Juergen Konczak

  • Professor, Biomechanics and Neuromotor Control; Director of Graduate Studies (DGS)

Juergen Konczak

Areas of interest

Movement neuroscience, biomechanics, clinical movement science, motor control

Degrees

1998 Habilitation, Psychology, Universität Düsseldorf, Germany 
1991 PhD, Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.A. 
1985 MS, Sport & Exercise Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, U.S.A. 
1984 BA, Philosophy, Sport Science, Universität Münster, Germany

Biography

Director, Human Sensorimotor Control Laboratory

Director, Center for Clinical Movement Science

Faculty, Center for Cognitive Sciences

Faculty, Graduate Program in Neuroscience

Adjunct Professor of Neurology

Appointments

Director, Human Sensorimotor Control Laboratory

Director, Center for Clinical Movement Science

Faculty, Center for Cognitive Sciences

Faculty, Graduate Program in Neuroscience

Adjunct Professor of Neurology

Teaching

Courses in biomechanics, movement neuroscience, motor control and motor learning.

Research interest

Sensorimotor dysfunction in neurological disease, robotic rehabiliation, mechanisms of motor learning, motor development in infancy and childhood.

Research activity

Dr. Konczak’s research focuses on the neurophysiology and biomechanics of human motor function in clinical and special populations. He has published extensively in the area of neuromotor control, motor development and motor dysfunction due to neurological diseases such as ataxia, Parkinson's disease and dystonia. His research has been funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the U.S. National Science Foundation, the German Science Foundation and the European Commission.

For details on his research output and his publications, visit:

Experts@Minnesota

Loop by Frontiers


 
Publications

For a full list of publications visit: hsc.umn.edu

Avanzino L., Cherif A., Crisafulli O., Carbone F., Zenzeri J., Morasso P., Abbruzzese G., Pelosin E., Konczak J. (2020). Tactile and proprioceptive dysfunction differentiates cervical dystonia with and without tremor. Neurology, doi: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000008916

Tseng Y., Holst-Wolf J., Tsai C., Chen F, Konczak J. (2019), Haptic perception is altered in children with developmental coordination disorder, Neuropsychologia, Volume 127,
2019, Pages 29-34, ISSN 0028-3932, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2019.02.004.

Cuppone AV, Semprini M, Konczak J. (2018). Consolidation of human somatosensory memory during motor learning. Behav Brain Res, 22018 Jul 16;347:184-192. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2018.03.013.

Cuppone AV., V Squeri, Semprini M., Masia L., Konczak J. (2016). Robot-assisted proprioceptive training with added vibro-tactile feedback enhances somatosensory and motor performance. PloS one 11 (10), e0164511.

Aman J.E., Elangovan E., Yeh I-L., Konczak J. (2015). The effectiveness of proprioceptive training for improving motor function: a systematic review. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.01075.