10/8 – Jose L Pons, Northwestern University
Biomedical Engineering Seminar
October 8, 2021
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location
SEO 236
Address
851 S. Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607, Chicago, IL 60612
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Seminar: Jose L Pons, PhD
Title: Technological support to new physical rehabilitation paradigms: a wearables transition
Abstract: Wearable exoskeletal robotics and neuroprosthetics can play a role in rehabilitation and functional compensation in a number of neurological conditions, e.g. hemiplegia post stroke, paraplegia or quadriplegia post SCI, which lead to severe motor impairments. In addition to classical intensive training, these technologies can be used for assessment, to establish causality between motor intent and assistance and to effectively alter neuromechanics. We will illustrate a transition from hard rehabilitation robotics to implantable neuroprosthetics and show how they can be used to promote neuromechanical adaptations which are consistent with motor learning.
Date posted
Oct 4, 2021
Date updated
Oct 4, 2021