Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation III

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxix

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2. Prosthetics – Translating Research Prototypes to Bedside: The Lesson-Learnt of the RETRAINER EU Project (SS2)

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. A Wearable Hand Neuroprosthesis for Hand Rehabilitation After Stroke: Preliminary Results of the RETRAINER S2 Randomized Controlled Trial

      • Franco Molteni, Mauro Rossini, Giulio Gasperini, Proserpio Davide, Karsten Krakow, Immick Nancy et al.

      Pages 3-7

   3. The Role of Industry in a H2020 Innovation Action – Transferring Research into Products

      • Michael F. Russold, Johannes V. Zajc

      Pages 8-11

   4. Smart Objects in Rehabilitation

      • Walter Baccinelli, Franco Molteni, Maria Bulgheroni

      Pages 12-15

   5. Wireless IMU- and EMG-Sensors for Controlled Functional Electrical Stimulation

      • C. Wiesener, E. Ambrosini, L. Blankenfeld, S. Schneider, B. Grzywacz, T. Schauer

      Pages 16-20

   6. Passive Light-Weight Arm Exoskeleton: Possible Applications

      • Markus Puchinger, Nithin Babu Rajendra Kurup, Margit Gfoehler

      Pages 21-25

   7. RETRAINER Project: Perspectives and Lesson Learnt on Clinical Trial in Rehabilitation Robotics to Foster Industrial Exploitation

      • A. Pedrocchi, Maria Bulgheroni

      Pages 26-30

   8. Clinical Benefits and Acceptability of Two Commercial Arm Exoskeletons for Patients with Muscular Dystrophy

      • Alberto Antonietti, Marta Gandolla, Emilia Biffi, Eleonora Diella, Valerio Martocchi, Grazia D’Angelo et al.

      Pages 31-35

3. Prosthetics – Computer Models in the Design of Neurotechnologies and Rehabilitation Tools (SS3)

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37

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   2. Model-Based Analysis of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain

      • Scott F. Lempka, Hans Zander, Carlos J. Anaya, Alexandria Wyant, John G. Ozinga IV, Andre G. Machado

      Pages 39-43

   3. Anatomically Realistic Computational Model to Assess the Specificity of Epidural Electrical Stimulation of the Cervical Spinal Cord

      • Nathan Greiner, Marco Capogrosso

      Pages 44-48

   4. A Computational Model for the Design of Lower-Limb Sensorimotor Neuroprostheses

      • Stanisa Raspopovic, Francesco Maria Petrini

      Pages 49-53

   5. Decoding Phantom Limb Neuro-Mechanical Function for a New Paradigm of Mind-Controlled Bionic Limbs

      • Massimo Sartori, Guillaume Durandau, Strahinja Dosen, Dario Farina

      Pages 54-57

   6. A Simple and Complete Model of Thalamocortical Interactions for Neuroengineering Applications

      • M. Saponati, G. Ceccarelli, E. Cataldo, A. Mazzoni

      Pages 58-63

4. Prosthetics – New Perspectives in Upper Limb Prosthetics: from the Robotics Laboratory to Clinical Use (SS4)

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65

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   2. A Synergistic Behavior Underpins Human Hand Grasping Force Control During Environmental Constraint Exploitation

      • Giuseppe Averta, Edoardo Battaglia, Cosimo Della Santina, Manuel G. Catalano, Matteo Bianchi

      Pages 67-71

   3. Online Simultaneous Myoelectric Finger Control

      • Sigrid S. G. Dupan, Ivan Vujaklija, Martyna K. Stachaczyk, Janne M. Hahne, Dick F. Stegeman, Strahinja S. Dosen et al.

      Pages 72-76

   4. Preliminary Results Toward Continuous and Proportional Control of a Multi-synergistic Soft Prosthetic Hand

      • Cristina Piazza, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi, Levi J. Hargrove

      Pages 77-81

   5. X-Limb: A Soft Prosthetic Hand with User-Friendly Interface

      • Alireza Mohammadi, Jim Lavranos, Peter Choong, Denny Oetomo

      Pages 82-86

The book reports on advanced topics in the areas of neurorehabilitation research and practice. It focuses on new methods for interfacing the human nervous system with electronic and mechatronic systems to restore or compensate impaired neural functions. Importantly, the book merges different perspectives, such as the clinical, neurophysiological, and bioengineering ones, to promote, feed and encourage collaborations between clinicians, neuroscientists and engineers.  Based on the 2018 International Conference on Neurorehabilitation (ICNR 2018) held on October 16-20, 2018, in Pisa, Italy,, this book covers various aspects of neurorehabilitation research and practice, including new insights into biomechanics, brain physiology, neuroplasticity, and brain damages and diseases, as well as innovative methods and technologies for studying and/or recovering brain function, from data mining to interface technologies and neuroprosthetics. In this way, it offers a concise, yet comprehensivereference guide to neurosurgeons, rehabilitation physicians, neurologists, and bioengineers. Moreover, by highlighting current challenges in understanding brain diseases as well as in the available technologies and their implementation, the book is also expected to foster new collaborations between the different groups, thus stimulating new ideas and research directions.

• Post-Stroke Rehabilitation
• Activity-Dependent Plasticity
• Motor Control Task
• Biofeedback in Rehabilitation
• Personalized Musculoskeletal Modeling
• Muscle Synergies in Rehabilitation
• BCI Applications
• Virtual Reality-Based Rehabilitation
• BCI-VR Systems
• FES in Rehabilitation
• Types of Motor Learning
• Haptic Guidance in Rehabilitation
• Robotic Therapy Design
• Proceedings of ICNR2018
• rehabilitation psychology

• Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

  Lorenzo Masia

• Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Translational Neural Engineering Area, The BioRobotics Institute, Pisa, Italy

  Silvestro Micera

• Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Cullen College of Engineering, Houston, USA

  Metin Akay

• Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain

  José L. Pons

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