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SUMMARY:Robotics-assisted Treadmill Technology: Feedback control methods f
 or cardiopulmonary rehabilitation after neurological injury.
DTSTART:20100416T101500
DTSTAMP:20260406T194545Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. K.J. Hunt\, Institute for Mechatronic Systems\, Bern Uni
 versity of Applied Sciences\, Switzerland. \nRehabilitation robotics have 
 been introduced in clinical practice to support therapeutic \nintervention
 s in a wide range of neurological conditions. Several devices have been de
 veloped to \nprovide robotics-assisted gait training for people who have s
 uffered a spinal cord injury or a \nstroke. We have recently expanded the 
 scope of application to encompass cardiopulmonary \ntraining and assessmen
 t. We developed a method of estimating the patient’s volitional effort \
 nduring exercise\, and a feedback control strategy\, which allows pre-defi
 ned work rate profiles to \nbe imposed during exercise. This structure has
  recently been augmented by a feedback control \nsystem\, which automatica
 lly determines the work rate required to achieve a pre-defined target \nox
 ygen uptake (VO2) profile. These methods are successful in counteracting t
 he strongly \nnonlinear response of VO2 during exercise. They can be appli
 ed during exercise training \nprograms to optimize cardiopulmonary health\
 , and during formal exercise tests to increase \nunderstanding and to impr
 ove estimates of important cardiorespiratory performance \nparameters. Thi
 s talk will give an overview of this line of work\, with a focus on feedba
 ck control \naspects and the potential for clinical application.
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