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Interdisciplinary Study of Neuroplasticity and Stroke Rehabilitation

Press Release:

Project Introduction:

It is a National Institutes of Health-supported interdisciplinary project, involving researchers from the fields of Communication, Cell Neurobiology, Computer Science, and Physical Therapy. The purpose of the project is to develop virtual therapeutic environments that include different levels of haptic sensory feedback for post-stroke rehabilitation. Various applications have been created within virtual environments using the PHANToM and CyberGrasp (haptic devices), ranging from everyday functional tasks to game-like activities designed to motivate patients and to maximize therapeutic movement with cortical reorganization goals in mind. We finished 12 training sessions for six participants post-stroke with different levels of motor severity over three-week period in April 2006. We are about to start clinical tests in Phase 2.

System Development (click "Demo Video" to view demo clips):

Name
Movement Pattern
Device for Interaction
   
Ball Block

(Demo Video)

Isolated Finger Movement / Pointing Single PHANToM
Space Tube

(Demo Video)

Isolated Finger Movement / Pointing Single PHANToM
Spatial Rotation

(Demo Video)

Wrist & Forearm Movement / Twisting Magnetic Tracking Device (Flock of Birds)
Airplane via Rectangular

Demo Video)

Wrist & Forearm Movement / Twisting Haptics Device (OMNI)
Star Tour (4DOF)

(Demo Video)

Wrist & Forearm Movement / Twisting Visual Tracking Device (Single Webcam)
Airplane via Canyon (4DOF)

(Demo Video)

Wrist & Forearm Movement / Twisting Visual Tracking Device (Single Webcam)
Stick Operation (5DOF)

(Demo Video)

Wrist & Forearm Movement / Twisting Visual Tracking Device  (Dual Webcams)
Pinch Cube

(Demo Video)

Coordinated Thumb and Index Movement / Pinching Haptics Device                  (Dual PHANToM)
Cyber Piano

(Demo Video)

Coordinated Single Hand Movement / Grasping Cybergrasp
Ball Shooting (I)

(Demo Video) 

Coordinated Arm and Shoulder Movement / Reaching
Magnetic Tracking Device (Flock of Birds)
Ball Shooting (II)

(Demo Video)

Coordinated Arm and Shoulder Movement / Reaching
Visual Tracking Device   (Dual Webcams)
Reaching Test (I)

(Demo Video)

Coordinated Arm and Shoulder Movement / Reaching
Magnetic Tracking Device (Flock of Birds)
Reaching Test (II)

(Demo Video)

Coordinated Arm and Shoulder Movement / Reaching
Visual Tracking Device (Multiple CCD Camera)
Posture Mimicking

(Demo Video)

Coordinated Arm and Shoulder Movement / Posturing
Visual Tracking Device (Multiple CCD Camera)
Water Pouring

(Demo Video)

Wrist & Forearm Movement / Twisting P5 Data Glove
Ball Dropping

(Demo Video)

Coordinated Finger Movement / Grasping /Shoulder & Forearm Movement Visual Tracking Device (Single CCD Camera) / 5DT Data Glove (Single glove)
Tele Rehabilitation

(Demo Video)

Same with Water Pouring Same with Water Pouring

Updated on 02/20/2007 1:48PM