A review of methods for achieving upper limb movement following spinal cord injury through hybrid muscle stimulation and robotic assistance

N Dunkelberger, EM Schearer, MK O'Malley - Experimental neurology, 2020 - Elsevier
Individuals with tetraplegia, typically attributed to spinal cord injuries (SCI) at the cervical
level, experience significant health care costs and loss of independence due to their limited …

A novel FES strategy for poststroke rehabilitation based on the natural organization of neuromuscular control

VCK Cheung, CM Niu, S Li, Q **e… - IEEE reviews in …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The past decades have witnessed remarkable progress in neural technologies such as
functional electrical stimulation (FES) and their applications in neurorehabilitation and …

Iterative learning control of functional electrical stimulation in the presence of voluntary user effort

S Sa-e, CT Freeman, K Yang - Control Engineering Practice, 2020 - Elsevier
Worldwide 17 million people are left with impairment to their upper or lower limb following
stroke. Functional electrical stimulation (FES) is a method of artificially activating muscles …

Boosting brain–computer interfaces with functional electrical stimulation: potential applications in people with locked-in syndrome

E Canny, MJ Vansteensel, SMA van der Salm… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Individuals with a locked-in state live with severe whole-body paralysis that limits their ability
to communicate with family and loved ones. Recent advances in brain–computer interface …

Low latency estimation of motor intentions to assist reaching movements along multiple sessions in chronic stroke patients: a feasibility study

J Ibáñez, E Monge-Pereira, F Molina-Rueda… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Background: The association between motor-related cortical activity and peripheral
stimulation with temporal precision has been proposed as a possible intervention to facilitate …

[PDF][PDF] Comparison of strategies and performance of functional electrical stimulation cycling in spinal cord injury pilots for competition in the first ever CYBATHLON

CA Coste, V Bergeron, R Berkelmans… - European journal of …, 2017 - pagepressjournals.org
Abstract Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) can elicit muscular contraction and restore
motor function in paralyzed limbs. FES is a rehabilitation technique applied to various …

Feedback‐Error Learning for time‐effective gait trajectory tracking in wearable exoskeletons

J Figueiredo, PN Fernandes, JC Moreno… - The Anatomical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The use of exoskeletons in gait rehabilitation implies user‐oriented and efficient responses
of exoskeletons' controllers with adaptability for human‐robot interaction. This study …

Adaptive hybrid robotic system for rehabilitation of reaching movement after a brain injury: a usability study

F Resquín, J Gonzalez-Vargas, J Ibáñez… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2017 - Springer
Background Brain injury survivors often present upper-limb motor impairment affecting the
execution of functional activities such as reaching. A currently active research line seeking to …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple-model iterative learning control with application to stroke rehabilitation

J Zhou, CT Freeman, W Holderbaum - Control Engineering Practice, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract Model-based iterative learning control (ILC) algorithms achieve high accuracy but
often exhibit poor robustness to model uncertainty, causing divergence and long-term …

[HTML][HTML] Mobility disorders and pain, interrelations that need new research concepts and advanced clinical commitments

S Sajer - European Journal of Translational Myology, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This Perspective will discuss topics recently suggested by Prof. Helmut Kern, Vienna,
Austria, to advance the research activities of his team, that is: Topic A, 10 years post RISE; …