Engineered Devices to Support Stroke Rehabilitation

Author

Marian, Poboroniuc ; Danut, Irimia ; Nirvana, Popescu ; Dorin, Petreus

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Gh. Asachi Tech. Univ., Iasi, Romania

fYear

2013

fDate

29-31 May 2013

Firstpage

289

Lastpage

295

Abstract

Hemiparesis is a frequent outcome of brain damage (e.g., after stroke). There is a diversity of rehabilitation systems which have been designed for restoring the upper or lower limb functions in individuals with disabilities resulting from spinal cord injury (SCI), stroke and muscle dystrophy. These systems are based either on functional electrical stimulation (FES) or rehabilitation robots and haptic interfaces. This paper presents some of these rehabilitation systems which have been designed by our research team, as well as new trends in using brain-computer interfaces in stroke patient´s rehabilitation.

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; brain; brain-computer interfaces; haptic interfaces; medical robotics; muscle; neurophysiology; patient rehabilitation; brain damage; brain-computer interfaces; engineered devices; functional electrical stimulation; haptic interfaces; hemiparesis; lower limb functions; muscle dystrophy; rehabilitation robots; spinal cord injury; stroke dystrophy; stroke patient rehabilitation; upper limb functions; Computers; Electrodes; Exoskeletons; Hip; Joints; Muscles; Robots; brain-computer interface; functional electrical stimulation; haptic device; hemiparesis; neuroprosthesis; rehabilitation; stroke;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control Systems and Computer Science (CSCS), 2013 19th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bucharest

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6140-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSCS.2013.44

Filename

6569279