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Podium Sessions — ICORR 2013

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Podium Session 1
Upper Limb Functional Assessment and Rehabilitation

Podium Session 2
Actuators And Hand Exoskeleton Design

Podium Session 3
Assistive Devices and Simulators

Podium Session 4
Lower Limb Training and Gait Assistance

Podium Session 5
Gait Exoskeleton Design

Podium Session 6
Methods for Classifying and Deciding in Rehabilitation and Assistance

Podium Session 1
Upper Limb Functional Assessment and Rehabilitation

Monday, June 24, 2013, 11:15-12:30
Session Chairs: Jules Dewald and Gert Jan Gelderblom


Non-Contact versus Contact-based Sensing Methodologies for In-Home Upper Arm Robotic Rehabilitation
Ayanna Howard1,  Douglas Brooks1,  Edward Brown2,  Adey Gebregiorgis2,  Yu-Ping Chen3
1Georgia Institute of Technology, 2Rochester Institute of Technology, 3Georgia State University

Application of arm support training in sub-acute stroke rehabilitation: first results on effectiveness and user experiences
Gerdienke B. Prange,  Anke I. R. Kottink,  Jaap H. Buurke,  Johannes S. Rietman
Roessingh Research and Development

Assessment of upper limb motor function in patients with Multiple Sclerosis using the Virtual Peg Insertion Test: a pilot study
Olivier Lambercy1,  Marie-Christine Fluet1,  Ilse Lamers2,  Lore Kerkhofs3,  Peter Feys2,  Roger Gassert1
1ETH Zurich, 2Hasselt University, 3Rehabilitation & MS Center Overpelt

The Manumeter: A non-obtrusive wearable device for monitoring spontaneous use of the wrist and fingers
Justin Rowe,  Nizan Friedman,  Mark Bachman,  David Reinkensmeyer
University of California, Irvine

Effort, performance, and motivation: Insights from robot-assisted training of human golf putting and rat grip strength
Jaime Duarte,  Berkey Gebrekristos,  Sergi Perez,  Justin Rowe,  Kelli Sharp,  David Reinkensmeyer
University of California, Irvine


Podium Session 2
Actuators And Hand Exoskeleton Design

Monday, June 24, 2013, 17:00-18:00
Session Chairs: Farshid Amirabdollahian and Roger Gassert


A Pediatric Robotic Thumb Exoskeleton for at-Home Rehabilitation The Isolated Orthosis for Thumb Actuation (IOTA)
Patrick M. Aubin1,  Hani Sallum1,  Conor Walsh1,  Annette Correia2,  Leia Stirling1
1The Wyss Institute at Harvard University, 2Boston Children's Hospital

CARAPACE: a novel Composite Advanced Robotic Actuator Powering Assistive Compliant Exoskeleton: Preliminary Design
Lorenzo Masia1,  Xavier Lachenal2,  Alberto Pirrera2,  Leonardo Cappello1,  Filippo Mattioni3,  Paul Weaver2,  Pietro Morasso1
1Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 2University of Bristol, 3Hengshen Carbon Fibre

Hyperstaticity for Ergonomic Design of a Wrist Exoskeleton
Mohammad Esmaeili1,2,3,  Nathanael Jarrase2,  Wayne Dailey3,  Etienne Burdet3,  Domenico Campolo1
1School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2Institute of Intelligent Systems and Robotics, University Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS - UMR 7222, 3Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London

Modeling, Design, and Optimization of Mindwalker Series Elastic Joint
Shiqian Wang1,  Cor Meijneke1,  Herman van der Kooij2
1Delft University of Technology, 2Delft University of Technology;Biomechatronics and Rehabilitation Technology


Podium Session 3
Assistive Devices and Simulators

Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 11:15-12:30
Session Chairs: Dimitar Stefanov and Marcia O'Malley


Advanced Augmented White Cane with Obstacle Height and Distance Feedback
Rosali Pyun1,  Yeongmi Kim1,  Pascal Wespe1,  Stefan Schneller2,  Roger Gassert1
1ETH Zurich, 2Zurich University of the Arts

Lever-actuated resonance assistance (LARA): A wheelchair-based method for upper extremity therapy and overground ambulation for people with severe arm impairment
Daniel Zondervan,  Brendan Smith,  David Reinkensmeyer
UC Irvine

Designing Speech-Based Interfaces for Telepresence Robots for People with Disabilities
Katherine Tsui1,  Kelsey Flynn1,  Amelia McHugh1,  Holly Yanco1,  David Kontak2
1University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center

Therapist recognition of impaired muscle groups in simulated multi-joint hypertonia
Alejandro Melendez-Calderon1,  Davide Piovesan1,  Ferdinando A. Mussa-Ivaldi2
1Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 2Northwestern University

Integrated Vision-Based Robotic Arm Interface for Operators with Upper Limb Mobility Impairments
Hairong Jiang,  Juan P. Wachs,  Bradley S. Duerstock
Purdue University


Podium Session 4
Lower Limb Training and Gait Assistance

Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 14:00-15:30
Session Chairs: Won-Kyung Song and Helen (He) Huang

Inducing self-selected human engagement in robotic locomotion training
Steven H. Collins and Rachel W. Jackson
Carnegie Mellon University

A Preliminary Study into the Effects of Pelvic Rotations on Upper Body Lateral Translation
Andrew Pennycott,  Dario Wyss,  Robert Riener,  Heike Vallery
ETH Zurich

Robotic-Locomotor Training as a Tool to Reduce Neuromuscular Abnormality in Spinal Cord Injury - The Application of System Identification and Advanced Longitudinal Modeling
Mehdi Mirbagheri1,  Mattew Kindig2,  Xun Niu1,  Deborah Varoqui1,  Petra Conaway2
1Northwestern University/Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 2Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Development of an Energy Harvesting Backpack and Performance Evaluation
Michael Shepertycky,  Jun-Tian Zhang,  Yan-Fei Liu,  Qingguo Li
Queen's University

Experimental Effective Shape Control of a Powered Transfemoral Prosthesis
Robert Gregg1,  Tommaso Lenzi2,  Nicholas Fey2,  Levi Hargrove2,  Jonathon Sensinger2
1University of Texas at Dallas, 2Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Modulation of Anticipatory Postural Adjustments of Gait Using a Portable Powered Ankle-Foot Orthosis
Matthew Petrucci1,  Colum MacKinnon2,  Elizabeth Hsiao-Wecksler1
1University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2University of Minnesota


Podium Session 5
Gait Exoskeleton Design

Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 17:00-18:00
Session Chairs: Jaimie Borisoff and Gery Colombo

Multidirectional Transparent Support for Overground Gait Training
Heike Vallery1,  Peter Lutz2,  Joachim von Zitzewitz3,  Georg Rauter4,  Michael Fritschi5,  Christophe Everarts6,  Renaud Ronsse6,  Armin Curt7,  Marc Bolliger7
1TU Delft, The Netherlands, 2Lutz Medical Engineering, Switzerland, 3EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland, 4ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 5Khalifa University, UAE, 6UCLouvain, Belgium, 7University of Zurich, Switzerland

Improving Transparency of Powered Exoskeletons Using Force/Torque Sensors on the Supporting Cuffs
Damiano Zanotto1,  Tommaso Lenzi2,  Paul Stegall1,  Sunil Agrawal3
1Univ. of Delaware, 2Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 3Columbia University

Leveraging Gait Dynamics to Improve Efficiency and Performance of Powered Hip Exoskeletons
Matthew Ryder and Frank Sup
University of Massachusetts

Biologically-inspired Soft Exosuit
Alan Asbeck,  Robert Dyer,  Arnar Larusson,  Conor Walsh
Harvard University

Podium Session 6
Methods for Classifying and Deciding in Rehabilitation and Assistance

Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 11:15-12:30
Session Chairs: Steve Collins and Elizabeth Hsiao-Wecksler


Delineating the whole brain BOLD response to passive movement kinematics

James Sulzer1,  Julio Dueñas1,  Philipp Stämpfli2,  Marie-Claude Hepp-Reymond3,  Spyros Kollias4,  Erich Seifritz5,  Roger Gassert1
1Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETHZ, 2Zurich University Hospital for Psychiatry and the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 3University of Zurich and ETHZ, 4University Hospital Zurich, 5Zurich University Hospital for Psychiatry

Exploiting Accelerometers to Improve Movement Classification for Prosthetics
Arjan Gijsberts and Barbara Caputo
Idiap Research Institute

Impact of Robot-mediated Interaction System on Joint Attention Skills for Children with Autism
Zhi Zheng,  Lian Zhang,  Esubalew Bekele,  Amy Swanson,  Julie Crittendon,  Zachary Warren,  Nilanjan Sarkar
Vanderbilt University

Individual patterns of motor deficits evident in movement distribution analysis
Felix Huang1 and James Patton2
1Northwestern University and Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 2University of Illinois at Chicago, & the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago