EVA: Modules complémentaires AY22-23

Report of practical lab work (50 %); oral examination (50 %)

Spring semester, starting 2nd week of semester, every 2nd Friday, 6 hours x 8 weeks, rehaLab (Rehabilitation Robotics Laboratory, Room W2/3, Quellgasse 10, Biel).

Lectures, lab sessions / projects, industrial guest lectures, clinical guest lectures,
clinic/industry visits, self study.

Every 2nd week on a Friday. Total contact 48 hours (6 hours x 8 weeks):

• Lectures/tutorials: 24 hours (3 hours x 8 weeks)
• Lab sessions/projects: 24 hours (3 hours x 8 weeks)

Self-study: 42 hours

Total Work Load: 90 hours (48 contact + 42 self-study)

Course Location: rehaLab, Rehabilitation Robotics Lab, Room W2/3, Quellgasse 10, Biel

English (Deutsch auch möglich).

Module based at the rehaLab, Institute for Human Centred Engineering, BFH Engineering and Information Technology.

This course will provide an introduction to the technology of rehabilitation robotics, with a deep coverage of several clinically-applied robotic systems. It will also cover the basic neurophysiology of the human sensory-motor system, describe various pathologies that lead to the need for intensive rehabilitation therapy, cover the mechanisms of interlimb coordination during walking, and look in detail at the clinical application of the technology.

The course will include lectures on 8 key topics, and will also place a strong emphasis on practical project work in the rehaLab's Rehabilitation Robotics Laboratory, which is well equipped with several state-of-the-art rehabilitation robotics systems: G-EO, Lokomat, Lyra, Erigo, Allegro, and several custom-built devices.

The course includes the following 8 topics, corresponding to the 8 weeks of the course:

• Overview of rehabilitation robotics (upper and lower limbs)
• The human sensory-motor system (neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuropathologies)
• Sensors and actuators (mechanical, electrical, physiological)
• Control strategies (impedance/path control, gravity/friction compensation)
• Robotic gait therapy (gait analysis, interlimb neural coupling, CPG, neural plasticity)
• Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation (exercise physiology)
• Functional electrical stimulation (muscle physiology, cycling, integration with robotics)
• Clinical neurorehabilitation (therapy, assessment)

Please Google on articles from Prof. Dr. Juan Fang and Prof. Dr. Kenneth J. Hunt.

• ~25 % theory/lectures
• ~25 % laboratory/project work
• ~50 % self-study