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376-1217-00L Rehabilitation Engineering I: Motor Functions

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This course in the university calendar for Spring Semester 2013

Description

“Rehabilitation engineering” is the application of science and technology to ameliorate the handicaps of individuals with disabilities in order to reintegrate them into society. The goal of this lecture is to present classical and new rehabilitation engineering principles and examples applied to compensate or enhance motor, sensor, and cognitive (communicational) deficits.

Lecturer

Prof. Robert Riener

Assistant

Aniket Nagle

Contact

For administrative questions please contact Sabina Eipe (sabina.eipe@hest.ethz.ch), TAN E 5.1.

Lectures

ML F 39, 08:15-10:00, Tuesday, Spring Semester 2013

Date Topic Lecturer
Feb 19 Introduction Robert Riener
Feb 26 Human Sensory-Motor System Peter Wolf
March 5 Motor Pathologies Robert Riener
March 12 Technical Prerequisites: Sensors Robert Riener
March 19 Technical Prerequisites: Actuators Robert Riener
March 26 Exoprosthetics Robert Riener
April 2 (Easter holidays)  
April 9 Guest Lecture: Motor Learning and Rehabilitation Roger Gassert
April 16 Orthotics and Wheelchairs Robert Riener
April 23 Robotic Gait Therapy Robert Riener
April 30 Robotic Arm Therapy Robert Riener
May 7 Neuroprosthetics Domen Novak
May 14 Virtual Reality in Rehabilitation Robert Riener
May 21 Further Robotic Applications Robert Riener
May 28 Wrap up, Discussions Robert Riener

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Exercises

ML F 40, 8:15-9:00, Friday, Spring Semester 2013

Date Topic Lecturer
March 8 The Human Motor System Robert Riener
March 15 Measures of Human Performance Georg Rauter
March 22 Actuator Technology Volker Bartenbach
March 29 (Karfreitag)  
April 5 (Easter Holidays)  
April 12 Knee Joint Prosthetics Serge Pfeifer
April 19 Wheelchair Technology Georg Rauter
April 26 Lokomat Control Volker Bartenbach
May 3 ARMin Control Urs Keller
May 10 Afferent Feedback in Prosthetics Anna Pagel
May 17 VR and Rehabilitation Aniket Nagle
May 24 Muscle Modeling Robert Riener
May 31 Cardiopulmonary Control
Amir Sarabadani

Materials for Download

Handouts and other material can be downloaded here (login with your n-ethz account, ignore the warning about the security certificate).

Selected Readings

Journal Articles

Please contact the assistant for a copy of the articles.

Introductory Books

Journals

 

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