A5016083043- Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Spinal Cord Injury Research
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
- Robotic Locomotion and Control
- Motor Control and Adaptation
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Gait Recognition and Analysis
- Neurological disorders and treatments
- Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
- Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
- Robotics and Automated Systems
- Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management
- Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Inertial Sensor and Navigation
- Human Pose and Action Recognition
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Pain Management and Treatment
- Hand Gesture Recognition Systems
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
2016-2025
Centre for Automation and Robotics
2006-2025
Instituto Cajal
2015-2024
AstraZeneca (Spain)
2022-2024
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
2024
Liechtenstein Institute
2023
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
2012-2023
Hudson Institute
2023
John Wiley & Sons (United States)
2023
Servicio de Salud de Castilla La Mancha
2017-2023
Neurologic injuries, such as stroke, spinal cord and weaknesses of skeletal muscles with elderly people, may considerably limit the ability this population to achieve main daily living activities. Recently, there has been an increasing interest in development wearable devices, so-called exoskeletons, assist well patients limb pathologies, for movement assistance rehabilitation. In paper, we review discuss state art lower exoskeletons that are mainly used physical An overview commonly...
Exoskeletons are mechatronic systems worn by a person in such way that the physical interface permits direct transfer of mechanical power and exchange information. Upper limb robotic exoskeletons may be helpful for people with disabilities and/or weakness or injury. Tremor is most common movement disorder neurological practice. In addition to medication, rehabilitation programs, deep brain stimulation, biomechanical loading has appeared as potential tremor suppression alternative. This paper...
Stroke significantly affects thousands of individuals annually, leading to considerable physical impairment and functional disability. Gait is one the most important activities daily living affected in stroke survivors. Recent technological developments powered robotics exoskeletons can create powerful adjunctive tools for rehabilitation potentially accelerate recovery. Here, we present development evaluation a novel lower limb robotic exoskeleton, namely H2 (Technaid S.L., Spain), gait has...
Robotic and functional electrical stimulation (FES) approaches are used for rehabilitation of walking impairment spinal cord injured individuals. Although devices commercially available, there still issues that remain to be solved. Control hybrid exoskeletons aims at blending robotic overcome the drawbacks each approach while preserving their advantages. Hybrid actuation control have a considerable potential but is need novel strategies systems adequately manage balance between FES...
In this paper, we present a brain-computer interface (BCI) driven motorized ankle-foot orthosis (BCI-MAFO), intended for stroke rehabilitation, and demonstrate its efficacy in inducing cortical neuroplasticity healthy subjects with short intervention procedure (∼15 min). This system detects imaginary dorsiflexion movements within latency from scalp EEG through the analysis of movement-related potentials (MRCPs). A manifold-based method, called locality preserving projection, detected motor...
The motor system may rely on a modular organization (muscle synergies activated in time) to execute different tasks. We investigated the common control features of walking and cycling healthy humans from perspective muscle synergies. Three hypotheses were tested: 1) extracted trials are similar those during cycling; 2) one these tasks can be used mathematically reconstruct electromyographic (EMG) patterns other task; 3) result merging walking. A secondary objective was identify speed (and...
Research efforts in neurorehabilitation technologies have been directed towards creating robotic exoskeletons to restore motor function impaired individuals. However, despite advances mechatronics and bioelectrical signal processing, current had only modest clinical impact. A major limitation is the inability enable exoskeleton voluntary control neurologically This hinders possibility of optimally inducing activity-driven neuroplastic changes that are required for recovery.We developed a...
Abstract Background Although transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) has been suggested as a safe and feasible intervention for gait rehabilitation, no studies have determined its effectiveness compared to sham stimulation. Objective To determine the of tSCS combined with robotic-assisted training (RAGT) on lower limb muscle strength walking function in incomplete injury (iSCI) participants. Methods A randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled clinical trial was conducted. Twenty-seven...
This paper presents a two stage algorithm for real-time estimation of instantaneous tremor parameters from gyroscope recordings. Gyroscopes possess the advantage providing directly joint rotational speed, overcoming limitations traditional recording based on accelerometers. The proposed first extracts patterns raw angular data, and afterwards estimates its amplitude frequency. Real-time separation voluntary tremorous motion relies their different frequency contents, whereas modelling is an...
Functional integration of motor activity patterns enables the production coordinated movements, such as walking. The activation muscles by weightened summation signals has been demonstrated to represent spatiotemporal components that determine behavior during Exoskeleton robotic devices are now often used in rehabilitation practice assist physical therapy individuals with neurological disorders. These promote recovery providing guidance force patients. should principle lead a muscle...
Add-on robot-mediated therapy has proven to be more effective than conventional alone in post-stroke gait rehabilitation. Such interventions routinely use also visual biofeedback tools. A better understanding of content effects when used for robotic locomotor training may improve the rehabilitation process and outcomes. This randomized cross-over pilot trial aimed address possible impact different contents on patients’ performance experience during Lokomat training, by comparing a novel...
Objective To explore user-centered design methods currently implemented during development of lower limb wearable robots and how they are utilized different stages product development. Background Currently, there appears to be a lack standardized frameworks for evaluation requirements implement effective safe clinical or ergonomic system application. Method Responses from total 191 experts working in the field exoskeletons were analyzed this exploratory survey. Descriptive statistics used...
A common problem shared by accelerometers, inertial sensors and any motion measurement method based on skin-mounted is the movement of soft tissues covering bones. The aim this work to propose a for validation attachment sensors. second-order (mass-spring-damper) model was proposed characterize behaviour tissue between bone sensor. Three sets experiments were performed. In first one, different procedures excite system evaluated select an adequate excitation stimulus. second selected stimulus...
In the field of robotics, there is a growing awareness importance benchmarking [1], [2]. Benchmarking not only allows assessment and comparison performance different technologies but also defines supports standardization regulation processes during their introduction to market. Its has been recently emphasized by adoption technology readiness levels (TRLs) in Horizon 2020 information communication European Union as an important guideline assess when can shift from one TRL other. The...
Every year, stroke significantly affects thousands of individuals who require rehabilitation to regain lost movements and return a normal life. Exoskeletons are becoming very powerful tool help therapists in this process. This work presents robotic exoskeleton designed assist overground gait training for survivors with deficits coordination despite conventional rehabilitation. The device is bilateral six degrees freedom implement two control strategies. An adaptive trajectory has been...
Social robots are accompanied by high expectations of what they can bring to society and in the healthcare sector. So far, promising assumptions have been presented about how where social most relevant. We know that industry has used for a long time, but uptake outside industry, specifically, sector? This study discusses trends discernible, better understand gap between technology readiness adoption interactive welfare health sectors Europe.An assessment robot applications at upper levels...