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SUMMARY:Towards Minimally-Supervised\, Technology-Assisted Neurorehabilita
 tion in the Clinic and at Home
DTSTART:20181031T140000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof R. Gassert\, ETHZ\, CH.\nRoutine rehabilitation after a n
 eurological injury such as stroke is typically limited to a few weeks or m
 onths following the insult\, and recovery is strongly dependent on the the
 rapy intensity\, compliance and motivation of the individual patient. Fol
 lowing their return home\, many individuals perform activities of daily li
 ving with their unaffected upper limb\, leading to a phenomenon termed “
 learned non-use”\, and potentially resulting in a functional decline. T
 o date\, little is known about the transfer of rehabilitation therapies in
 to activities of daily living in the home environment\, nor about the pote
 ntial of technology to prevent functional decline or even further promote
  recovery following discharge from the clinic. In this talk I will present
  assessment\, therapy and assistive technologies we are developing for min
 imally-supervised use in the clinic and in the home environment to promot
 e upper limb function following neurological injury. This involves robot-a
 ssisted assessments of both motor and somatosensory deficits\, enabling in
 dependent assessment-driven therapy of hand function that is both engagin
 g and challenging from the very first session\, and continuously adapts to
  the current abilities of the user. This concept has been successfully int
 egrated into the daily routine of a rehabilitation clinic. For less sever
 ely impaired patients\, we have developed a sensor-based arm therapy syste
 m which selects reaching targets based on integrated assessments\, and pre
 vents compensatory movements. This system was evaluated in 11 chronic str
 oke survivors in the home environment over a period of 6 weeks\, and resul
 ted in motivating and intense training. Finally\, I will present our effor
 ts to integrate wearable robotics and sensing with the aim of fusing the 
 concepts of therapy and assistance to promote independence in everyday act
 ivities.\n\nBio:\nRoger Gassert is Associate Professor of Rehabilitation E
 ngineering at ETH Zurich. He received an M.Sc. degree in microengineering 
 and a PhD degree in neuroscience robotics from the Ecole Polytechnique Fé
 dérale de Lausanne (EPFL)\, Switzerland\, in 2002 and 2006\, respectivel
 y. Following postdoctoral positions at Imperial College London\, UK\, Simo
 n Fraser University\, Canada\, and ATR International\, Japan\, he was appo
 inted Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Engineering at ETH Zurich in 
 2008. His research is concerned with the development and application of ro
 botics\, wearable sensor technologies and non-invasive neuroimaging to ass
 ess\, explore and restore human sensorimotor function after neurological 
 injury.\nRoger Gassert is vice-president of the strategic advisory board o
 f the CYBATHLON\, a championship for people with disabilities competing wi
 th advanced assistive devices\, and founding member of the International 
 Consortium for Rehabilitation Robotics. He is a member of the foundation b
 oard of Access for all and the Cereneo center for interdisciplinary resear
 ch in telerehabilitation\, and member of the advisory board of the Innova
 tion Centre for Assistive Technology of the Swiss Paraplegic Foundation.\n
  
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