Priya Patel, PhD

Priya Patel, PhD

Assistant Professor in Kinesiology (Motor Behavior and Biomechanics)

Publications

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Refereed Publications

  1. Lee, S., Ahn, S., Patel, P., & Myers, N. D. (2025). A meta-analysis of eHealth interventions to promote physical activity in young, middle-aged, and late middle-aged adults with obesity or overweight. Obesity Reviews. e13898. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13898

  2. Patel, P., Pandya, H., Ranganathan, R., & Lee, M-H. (2024). Automated classification of manual exploratory behaviors seen during early childhood using machine learning. Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 12(2), 386-411. https://doi.org/10.1123/jmld.2023-0045

  3. Lee, S., Patel, P., Myers, N. D., Pfeiffer, K. A., Smith, A. L., & Kelly, K. S. (2023). A Systematic Review of eHealth Interventions to Promote Physical Activity in Adults with Obesity or Overweight. Behavioral Medicine, 49(3), 213-230. https://doi.org/10.1080/08964289.2022.2065239

  4. Lee, M. H., Patel, P., & Ranganathan, R. (2022). Children are suboptimal in adapting motor exploration to task dimensionality during motor learning. Neuroscience Letters, 770, 136355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2021.136355

  5. Patel, P., Lee, S., Myers, N.D., & Lee, M-H. (2021). Missing Data Reporting and Analysis in Motor Learning and Development: A Systematic Review of Past and Present Practices. Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 9(1), 109-128. https://doi.org/10.1123/jmld.2020-0018 ⭐ Excellence in Research Award Winner

  6. Ranganathan, R., Tomlinson, A. D., Lokesh, R., Lin, T. H., & Patel, P. (2020). A tale of too many tasks: task fragmentation in motor learning and a call for model task paradigms. Experimental Brain Research, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-020-05908-6

  7. Aspelund, S., Patel, P., Lee, M-H., Kagerer, F.A., Ranganathan, R., & Mukherjee, R. (2020). Controlling a robotic arm for functional tasks using a wireless head-joystick: A case study of a child with congenital absence of upper and lower limbs. PLoS ONE 15(8): e0226052. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226052

  8. Patel, P., Shi, Y., Hajiaghajani, F., Biswas, S., & Lee, M-H. (2019). A novel two-body sensor system to study spontaneous movements in infants during caregiver physical contact. Infant Behavior and Development, 57, 101383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2019.101383

  9. Patel, P., & Gabbard, C. (2017). Adaptation and Preliminary Testing of the Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (DCDQ) for Children in India. Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 37(2), 170-182. https://doi.org/10.3109/01942638.2016.1150383

Conference Presentations

  1. Lee, DK., & Patel, P. (June 2025). Transition from spontaneous movements to walking onset through behavioral and movement analysis. North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA), Tahoe, USA.

  2. Patel, P., Pandya, H., & Lee, DK. (June 2025). Automating infant posture detection using deep neural network-based classification. North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA), Tahoe, USA.

  3. Galdamez, B., Santonil, F., Ramos, Jocelyn., & Patel, P. (April 2025). Socioeconomic Status and Its Effect on Language Development: A Systematic Review. National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR-2025), Pittsburgh, USA.

  4. Galdamez, B., Santonil, F., Ramos, Jocelyn., & Patel, P. (November 2024). Socioeconomic Status and Its Effect on Language Development: A Systematic Review. Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR-2024), San Bernandino, USA.

  5. Patel, P., Razo-Castaneda, A., Rodriguez, B., & Deiro, G. (June 2024). Environmental and individual influences on infant motor development: a systematic review. International Motor Development Research Consortium meeting (I-MDRC), Ghent, Belgium.

  6. Patel, P., & Lee, DK. (June 2024). A longitudinal case study: transition from spontaneous movements to motor milestones through behavioral and movement analysis. International Motor Development Research Consortium meeting (I-MDRC), Ghent, Belgium.

  7. Razo-Castaneda, A., Rodriguez, B., Deiro, G., & Patel, P. (April 2024). GROWTH: Global Review of Factors in Whole-child Motor Development. National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR-2024), Long Beach, USA.

  8. Razo-Castaneda, A., Rodriguez, B., Deiro, G., & Patel, P. (November 2023). GROWTH: Global Review of Factors in Whole-child Motor Development. Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR-2023), Fullerton, USA.

  9. Patel, P., Pandya, H., & Lee, M-H. (May 2022). Effect of Age on the Kinematic Characteristics of Commonly Observed Manual Exploratory Behaviors in Preschoolers. North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA), Hawaii, USA. (Verbal)

  10. Lee, S., Patel, P., Myers, N. D., Pfeiffer, K. A., Smith, A. L., & Kelly, K. S. (May 2022). A Systematic Review of eHealth Interventions to Promote Physical Activity in Adults with Obesity or Overweight. North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA), Hawaii, USA. (Poster)

  11. Patel, P., & Lee, M-H. (September 2021). Qualitative characterization of manual exploratory behaviors in early childhood as a function of object properties. International Motor Development Research Consortium meeting (I-MDRC). (Virtual Verbal Presentation, Oral Presentation Student Award)

  12. Patel, P., Pandya, H., Ranganathan, R., & Lee, M-H. (June 2021). Automated classification of manual exploratory behaviors seen during early childhood using machine learning. North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA). (Virtual Verbal Presentation)

  13. Lee, M-H., Patel, P., & Ranganathan, R. (May 2021). Children Show Differences in Motor Exploration When Learning to Control Body-Machine Interfaces Even When Task Dimensionality Is Reduced. 10th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER). (Minisymposium- Virtual Lecture Presentation)

  14. Patel, P., & Lee, M-H. (June 2020). Quantitative and Qualitative assessment of manual exploratory behaviors in early childhood as a function of object properties. North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA). (Virtual Verbal Presentation)

  15. Patel, P., Shi, Y., Hajiaghajani, F., Biswas, S., & Lee, M-H. (October 2019). A novel two-body sensor system to study spontaneous movements in infants during caregiver physical contact. Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Chicago, USA. (Poster)

  16. Patel, P., Myers, N. D., Lee, M-H. & Lee, S. (June 2019). Missing Data Practices: A Systematic Review in Motor Learning and Development. North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA), Baltimore, USA. (Poster)

  17. Patel, P., Hajiaghajani, F., Biswas, S., & Lee, M-H. (June 2018). Effect of caregiver physical interaction on characteristics of spontaneous movements in infants. North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA), Denver, USA. (Verbal)

  18. Patel, P. & Lee, M-H. (April 2018). Motor exploration in children and adults when learning a novel motor task. Neural Control of Movement (NCM), Santa Fe, USA. (Poster)

  19. Patel, P., Padmanabhan, M., Hajiaghajani, F., Biswas, S., & Lee, M-H. (June 2017). Spontaneous Movements during Caregiver Contacts as an Early Window into ASD. North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA), San Diego, USA. (Poster)

  20. Patel, P., Gabbard, C., & Wilson, B. (July 2015). Adaptation and Preliminary Testing of the Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (DCDQ) for Children in India. International Conference on Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD-11), Toulouse, France. (Poster)