A. J. D. Ama, Á. Gil-Agudo, José Luis Pons Rovira, J. Moreno
{"title":"Feasibility of Hybrid Gait Training with Kinesis Overground Robot for Persons with incomplete Spinal Cord Injury","authors":"A. J. D. Ama, Á. Gil-Agudo, José Luis Pons Rovira, J. Moreno","doi":"10.5220/0004659701900193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0004659701900193","url":null,"abstract":"Hybrid actuation and control have a considerable potential for walking rehabilitation but there is a need of novel hybrid control strategies that adequately manage the balance between FES and robotic controllers. A hybrid co-operative control strategy for overground gait training with a wearable robotic exoskeleton for persons with incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI) is presented. The feasibility of the control strategy to overcome muscular stimulation electro-mechanical delay, deterioration of muscle performance over time, and to balance muscular and robotic actuation cyclic overground walking is tested in one subject with incomplete spinal cord injury (L4, ASIA grade D). The results demonstrate that the proposed hybrid cooperative control in Kinesis overground robot is able to autonomously compensate a bilateral pathologic walking pattern and the suitability of Kinesis hybrid gait training robot for conducting clinical experimentation.","PeriodicalId":167011,"journal":{"name":"International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121720170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. A. Gallego, J. Dideriksen, A. Holobar, J. P. Romero, José Luis Pons Rovira, E. Rocon, D. Farina
{"title":"Motor Unit Properties and Underlying Determinants in Pathological Tremor","authors":"J. A. Gallego, J. Dideriksen, A. Holobar, J. P. Romero, José Luis Pons Rovira, E. Rocon, D. Farina","doi":"10.5220/0004679101330138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0004679101330138","url":null,"abstract":"Pathological tremors are accepted to originate from the projection of supraspinal pathological oscillations to motor neurons that innervate the affected muscles. These oscillations interact with other neural mechanisms such as reflexes, and, together with the mechanical properties of the limb, determine the characteristics of the tremor. However, much is yet unknown about the exact mechanisms that mediate the different types of tremor, and how they interact. Given that the neural drive to muscle encodes information about all pathways that regulate movement, we are investigating the properties of motor unit activities in tremor patients and the factors that determine them as a means to further our understanding of the disorder. This paper presents a simulation study that supports our departure hypothesis (that tremor is a common cortical projection to the motor neuron pool), and first experimental evidences on a patient with essential tremor. The latter illustrate that the predictions derived from the model provide significant support for the analysis of real data, and demonstrate the potential of the analysis techniques here employed.","PeriodicalId":167011,"journal":{"name":"International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131743297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Orihuela-Espina, Paloma Álvarez-Cardenas, Lorena Palafox, Israel Sánchez-Villavicencio, A. Morán, Jorge Hernández-Franco, L. Sucar
{"title":"New Developments in the Gesture Therapy Platform - Past, Present and Future of our Research","authors":"F. Orihuela-Espina, Paloma Álvarez-Cardenas, Lorena Palafox, Israel Sánchez-Villavicencio, A. Morán, Jorge Hernández-Franco, L. Sucar","doi":"10.5220/0004663801060113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0004663801060113","url":null,"abstract":"Gesture Therapy (GT) is a virtual rehabilitation tool for the upper arm that has been in the making since 2008, and by now has successfully demonstrated therapeutic validity in two small clinical trials for stroke survivors. During this time, our group has published a number of contributions regarding different aspects of this platform ranging from hardware controllers to artificial intelligence algorithms guiding different aspects of the serious games behaviour, and clinical trial data from observable improvements in dexterity to changes in functional neuroreorganization. As we continue our research efforts in virtual rehabilitation and realising this knowledge in the GT platform, this paper presents an overview of the latest developments as well as a roadmap for future research.","PeriodicalId":167011,"journal":{"name":"International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129285441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Proposal of a P300-based BCI Speller using a Predictive Text System","authors":"R. Ron-Angevin, L. D. Silva-Sauer","doi":"10.5220/0004612300350040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0004612300350040","url":null,"abstract":"This work was partially supported by the Innovation, Science and Enterprise Council of the Junta de Andalucia (Spain), project P07-TIC-03310, the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, project TEC 2011-26395 and by the European fund ERDF.","PeriodicalId":167011,"journal":{"name":"International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125651622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Wolska, D. Sawicki, M. Wiselka, Szymon Ordysinski
{"title":"An Attempt to Assess Alertness based on Emotions (From EEG Measures)","authors":"A. Wolska, D. Sawicki, M. Wiselka, Szymon Ordysinski","doi":"10.5220/0006494700330040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0006494700330040","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":167011,"journal":{"name":"International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116030402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of Micro-channel Arrays for Peripheral Nerve Recording","authors":"D. Edell, R. Riso, H. Herr","doi":"10.5220/0005091500050012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0005091500050012","url":null,"abstract":"MicroTube Array (MTA) technology was developed to create an axon regeneration interface for exchanging motor and sensory data with residual nerves. Future clinical application will include sensory-motor transducers for individuals with limb amputation. In this pilot study, a small matrix (9) of MTAs 1, 3 and 5mm long with either 99um, 200um or 287um diameter MicroTubes (MTs) filling nerve cuffs of 3mm in diameter were implanted in tibial nerve of NZW rabbits and histologically evaluated after more than 6 months post-op. Full regeneration was observed in all 3 lengths for 287um MTAs, and for all three diameters of MTs with 1mm length. The remaining implants were mechanically dislodged during the healing phase. A second implant set was designed to include 12 platinum-iridium wire electrodes direct wired to a percutaneous connector. Successful recordings of useful amplitudes were observed during reflex righting behaviour for over 2 years before the anticipated wire breakage ended the experiments.","PeriodicalId":167011,"journal":{"name":"International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122425614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Meijs, M. McDonald, S. Sørensen, K. Rechendorff, V. Petrak, M. Nesladek, N. Rijkhoff, C. Pennisi
{"title":"Increased Charge Storage Capacity of Titanium Nitride Electrodes by Deposition of Boron-doped Nanocrystalline Diamond Films","authors":"S. Meijs, M. McDonald, S. Sørensen, K. Rechendorff, V. Petrak, M. Nesladek, N. Rijkhoff, C. Pennisi","doi":"10.5220/0005606401060109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0005606401060109","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of depositing a thin layer of boron-doped nanocrystalline diamond (B-NCD) on titanium nitride (TiN) coated electrodes and the effect this has on charge injection properties. The charge storage capacity increased by applying the B-NCD film, due to the wide potential window typical for B-NCD. The impedance magnitude was higher and the pulsing capacitance lower for B-NCD compared to TiN. Due to the wide potential window, however, a higher amount of charge can be injected without reaching unsafe potentials with the B-NCD coating. The production parameters for TiN and B-NCD are critical, as they influence the pore resistance and thereby the surface area available for pulsing.","PeriodicalId":167011,"journal":{"name":"International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130886479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Londral, M. Camara, H. Gamboa, M. Carvalho, A. Pinto, Luís Azevedo
{"title":"A Method to Detect Keystrokes using Accelerometry to Quantify Typing Rate and Monitor Neurodegenerative Progression","authors":"A. Londral, M. Camara, H. Gamboa, M. Carvalho, A. Pinto, Luís Azevedo","doi":"10.5220/0004638800540059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0004638800540059","url":null,"abstract":"Progressive motor neurodegenerative diseases, as ALS, cause progressive loss of motor function in upper limbs. Motor involvement, also affecting speech at some stage of disease, cause increasing difficulties in accessing to computer devices (and internet tools) that allow communication with caregivers, and healthy professionals. Thus, monitoring progression is important to anticipate new assistive technologies (AT), e.g. computer interface. We present a novel methodology to monitor upper limb typing task functional effectiveness. In our approach, an accelerometer is placed on the index finger allows to measure the number of keystrokes per minute. We developed algorithm that was accurate when tested in three ALS patients and in three control subjects. This method to evaluate communication performance explores the quantification of movement as an early predictor of progression.","PeriodicalId":167011,"journal":{"name":"International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics","volume":"137 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127722900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Developing a Novel fMRI-Compatible Motion Tracking System for Haptic Motor Control Experiments","authors":"M. Rodríguez-Ugarte, Anastasia Sylaidi, A. Faisal","doi":"10.5220/0005094700250030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0005094700250030","url":null,"abstract":"Human neuroimaging can play a key role in addressing open questions in motor neuroscience and embodied cognition by linking human movement experiments and motor psychophysics to the neural foundation of motor control. To this end we designed and built fMOVE, an fMRI-compatible motion tracking system that captures 3DOF goal-directed movements of human subjects within a neuroimaging scanner. fMOVE constitutes an ultra-low-cost technology, based on a zoom lens high-frame rate USB camera and, our adaptation library for camera-based motion tracking and experiment control. Our motion tracking algorithm tracks the position of markers attached to a hand-held object. The system enables to provide the scanned subjects a closed-loop real time visual feedback of their motion and control of complex, goal-oriented movements. The latter are instructed by simple speed-accuracy tasks or goal-oriented object manipulation. The system’s tracking precision was tested and found within its operational parameters comparable to the performance levels of a scientific grade electromagnetic motion tracking system. fMOVE thus offers a lowcost methodological platform to re-approach the objectives of motor neuroscience by enabling ecologically more valid motor tasks in neuroimaging studies.","PeriodicalId":167011,"journal":{"name":"International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114876674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Mujika, P. Leskovský, Gorka Epelde, Roberto Álvarez, D. Oyarzun
{"title":"Neuronal Activity Visualization using Biologically Accurately Placed Neurons in WebGL","authors":"A. Mujika, P. Leskovský, Gorka Epelde, Roberto Álvarez, D. Oyarzun","doi":"10.5220/0005603600910096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0005603600910096","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the design and development of a web interface used for an analysis of neural activities of the Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) nematode, within the framework of the Si elegans project. The Si elegans project develops a platform, where the neural system of C. elegans is emulated in hardware and the physical worm together with the external environment is simulated in software. This platform allows for virtual execution of a variety of behavioural experiments of C. elegans. We use the herein described web interface to post-experimentally visualize the neural activity as well as the worm’s behaviour and allow for its deeper analysis. The web-page joins a 3D virtual environment with the 2D GUI in order to realistically visualize the worm and the emulated neural processes, along with additional configuration information. In the virtual environment, the locomotion of the worm is shown, including the motion of neurons. Visualizing the location of the neurons, the user can understand signal transmission among the neurons in a more intuitive way. In the 2D part, additional information about the neurons is displayed. Mainly, a grid of buttons that shows the actual spiking process of the neurons by colour changes and neuron specific voltage graphs following the potential evolution of selected neurons. We believe that this approach suits the exploration of small neuronal circuits, like is the ones of C. elegans.","PeriodicalId":167011,"journal":{"name":"International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123304846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}