Approaches to Sensory Motor Recovery and Function
Stroke
Spinal Cord Injury
Neuroplasticity (includes neuroscience)
Intensive Cross Cutting Symposium
Sam Colachis, IV, MS
Researcher, Medical Devices and Neuromodulation Group
Battelle Memorial Institute
Columbus, Ohio
Jayme Knutson, PhD
Associate Professor
Case Western Reserve University Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Cleveland, Ohio
Michael Boninger, MD
Professor and Vice Chair for Research
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Marc Slutzky, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology
McCormick School of Engineering and Physiology
Chicago, Illinois
Marcia Bockbrader, MD PhD
Assistant Professor & Director of Neuromodulation and Human-Machine Interface Programs
Dept. of PM&R, The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
There's increasing evidence that FES can not only promote functional recovery of lower and upper limb movements after stroke but can also be used to reanimate the limbs of paralyzed SCI patients to provide functional independence. This mini-symposium will touch on recent clinical trials using HCI and FES technologies, engineering systems linking volitional activity to evoked movements, and a range of effector systems. Leading researchers will discuss trials and innovations that allow improved neural decoding of fine motor control, sensory feedback, ways to improve system training, barriers to deployment, and expected technological advances that may help to address translational barriers.
