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EP 84. Motor control and learning strategy for efficient neurorehabilitation
Parkinson ’s, stroke, and other neurological diseases may significantly affect the control of voluntary, ballistic-like movements that normally are performed automatically and optimally as regards position accuracy, energy expenditure and movement execution time. The control functions (neural signals to mus cles) are to be re-learnt and re-optimised with respect to these performance indices. In our study, a natural approach for efficient motor learning in goal-directed motion tasks, incl. walking is proposed.
Source: Clinical Neurophysiology - August 5, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: D. Despotova, P. Kiriazov Tags: ePoster Presentations – Free Topics Source Type: research

On the Adaptation of Pelvic Motion by Applying 3-dimensional Guidance Forces Using TPAD
Pelvic movement is important to human locomotion as the center of mass is located near the center of pelvis. Lateral pelvic motion plays a crucial role to shift the center of mass on the stance leg, while swinging the other leg and keeping the body balanced. In addition, vertical pelvic movement helps to reduce metabolic energy expenditure by exchanging potential and kinetic energy during the gait cycle. However, patient groups with cerebral palsy or stroke have excessive pelvic motion that leads to high energy expenditure. In addition, they have higher chances of falls as the center ofmass could deviate outside the base o...
Source: IEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering - September 1, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research