Combining Neural Tracking and Control to Improve Rehabilitation of Upper Limb Movements in Hemiplegia

M. Goffredo, I. Bernabucci, M. Schmid, S. Conforto, T. D’Alessio

2006

Abstract

This paper aims at introducing a novel approach for assisting and restoring upper arm movements in stroke patients. The presented system integrates advanced markerless motion analysis together with an artificial neural network controller for a biomechanical arm model. The keypoint of the project is to acquire kinematics information from the healthy arm of a stroke patient during planar arm movements and elaborate them in order to obtain a self-rehabilitative stimulation of the plegic arm of the same patient. The first experimental tests show good results and allow to define working direction for the extension of the work and for its application in clinical contexts.

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Goffredo M., Bernabucci I., Schmid M., Conforto S. and D’Alessio T. (2006). Combining Neural Tracking and Control to Improve Rehabilitation of Upper Limb Movements in Hemiplegia . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Biosignal Processing and Classification - Volume 1: BPC, (ICINCO 2006) ISBN 978-972-8865-67-2, pages 96-105. DOI: 10.5220/0001224400960105


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@conference{bpc06,
author={M. Goffredo and I. Bernabucci and M. Schmid and S. Conforto and T. D’Alessio},
title={Combining Neural Tracking and Control to Improve Rehabilitation of Upper Limb Movements in Hemiplegia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Biosignal Processing and Classification - Volume 1: BPC, (ICINCO 2006)},
year={2006},
pages={96-105},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001224400960105},
isbn={978-972-8865-67-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Biosignal Processing and Classification - Volume 1: BPC, (ICINCO 2006)
TI - Combining Neural Tracking and Control to Improve Rehabilitation of Upper Limb Movements in Hemiplegia
SN - 978-972-8865-67-2
AU - Goffredo M.
AU - Bernabucci I.
AU - Schmid M.
AU - Conforto S.
AU - D’Alessio T.
PY - 2006
SP - 96
EP - 105
DO - 10.5220/0001224400960105