at USC's Integrated Media Systems Center:
A National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center
Interdisciplinary Study of Neuroplasticity and Stroke Rehabilitation
Press Release:
- USC News Room - 10/04/04
- USC News Room - 5/24/05
- Science Daily - 5/27/05
- The Engineer Online (subscription required) - 5/27/05
- Medical News Today - 5/27/05
- Med Gadget - 5/27/05
- LA Times - 5/15/06
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 |
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| Ball Block | Isolated Finger Movement / Pointing | Single PHANToM |  |
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| Space Tube | Isolated Finger Movement / Pointing | Single PHANToM | |
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| Spatial Rotation | Wrist & Forearm Movement / Twisting | Magnetic Tracking Device (Flock of Birds) |  |
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| Airplane via Rectangular | Wrist & Forearm Movement / Twisting | Haptics Device (OMNI) |  |
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| Star Tour (4DOF) | Wrist & Forearm Movement / Twisting | Visual Tracking Device (Single Webcam) |  |
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| Airplane via Canyon (4DOF) | Wrist & Forearm Movement / Twisting | Visual Tracking Device (Single Webcam) | |
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| Stick Operation (5DOF) | Wrist & Forearm Movement / Twisting | Visual Tracking Device (Dual Webcams) |  |
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| Pinch Cube | Coordinated Thumb and Index Movement / Pinching | Haptics
Device
(Dual PHANToM) |
 |
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| Cyber Piano | Coordinated Single Hand Movement / Grasping | Cybergrasp |
 |
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| Ball Shooting (I) | Coordinated
Arm and Shoulder Movement / Reaching |
Magnetic
Tracking Device (Flock of Birds) |
 |
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| Ball Shooting (II) | Coordinated
Arm and Shoulder Movement / Reaching |
Visual Tracking Device (Dual Webcams) | |
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| Reaching Test (I) | Coordinated
Arm and Shoulder Movement / Reaching |
Magnetic
Tracking Device (Flock of Birds) |
|
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| Reaching Test (II) | Coordinated
Arm and Shoulder Movement / Reaching |
Visual
Tracking Device (Multiple CCD Camera) |
 |
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| Posture Mimicking | Coordinated
Arm and Shoulder Movement / Posturing |
Visual
Tracking Device (Multiple CCD Camera) |
 |
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| Water Pouring | Wrist & Forearm Movement / Twisting | P5 Data Glove |  |
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| Ball Dropping | Coordinated Finger Movement / Grasping /Shoulder & Forearm Movement | Visual Tracking Device (Single CCD Camera) / 5DT Data Glove (Single glove) |  |
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| Tele Rehabilitation | Same with Water Pouring | Same with Water Pouring |  |
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Updated on 02/20/2007 1:48PM