Exoskeleton and Wearables Enhanced Prevention and Treatment
The Innovation Network eXprt brings together a multidisciplinary team to create a synergy of engineering, neuroscience, and clinical neurology to develop wearable technologies. The project provides tools to sensitively identify sensorimotor and cognitive impairments in everyday life. Through the power of neuroengineering, the results of eXprt will efficiently compensate for lost motor function and, therefore, prevent deterioration and improve the quality of life of individuals in need.
- Prof. Dr. -Ing. Ralf Brederlow (Circuit Design)
- Prof. Dr. Gordon Cheng (Cognitive Systems)
- Apl. Prof. Dr. med. Marcus Deschauer (Neurology)
- Prof. Dr. David Franklin (Neuromuscular Diagnostics)
- Prof. Dr. med. Timo Grimmer (Psychiatry)
- Prof. Dr. Joachim Hermsdörfer (Human Movement Science)
- Prof. Dr. -Ing. Sandra Hirche (Information Oriented Control)
- Apl. Prof. Dr. Kathrin Koch / Prof. Dr. Claus Zimmer (Neuroradiology)
- Prof. Dr. -Ing. Veit Senner (Sport Equipment & Sport Materials)
Associated researchers
- Dr. phil. Satoshi Endo (Information Oriented Control)
- Dr. phil. Philipp Gulde (Sport Equipment & Sport Materials)
- Dr. phil. Raz Leib (Neuromuscular Diagnostics)
- Apl. Prof. Dr. med. Mark Mühlau (Clinic and Polyclinic for Neurology)
- Dr. -Ing. John Nassour (Cognitive Systems)
- Dr. med. Daniel Utpadel-Fischler (Clinic and Polyclinic for Neurology)
- B.Sc. Valerie Thorbecke (Human Movement Science)
- B.Sc. Manuel Wilke (Cognitive Systems)
- Ivelina Kaleva (Neuroimaging)
- Elisabeth Grossmann (Neuroimaging)
- Katharina Reichhardt (Cognitive Systems)
- Prof. Dr. Dirk Sander (Benedictus Krankenhaus Tutzing)
Doctoral researchers
- Nicholas Berberich (Cognitive Systems)
- Francesco Bianchin (Information Oriented Control)
- Patrick Carqueville (Sport Equipment & Sport Materials)
- Tobias Chlan (Circuit Design)
- Sandra Gigl (Neuroradiology)
- Paula Villa Fulton (Human Movement Science)
- Lucas Wolski (Psychiatry)
Postdoctoral researchers
- Dr. Benedikt Becker (Clinic and Polyclinic for Neurology)
- Dr. Julio Rogelio Guadarrama Olvera (Cognitive Systems)
- Dr. Ian Hunter (Neuromuscular Diagnostics)
Doctoral theses
- Human Agency and lntentionality in Neuroengineering: Co-Design, Intention Prediction and Neural Correlates of Agency in Brain-Machine Interfaces (Nicholas Berberich)
- Human model-based control of rehabilitative and assistive exoskeletons (Francesco Bianchin)
- Human Motion Anomaly Detection - Towards Explainable Systems (Patrick Carqueville)
- Contactless tactile sensor system for cutaneous perception based on silicon (Tobias Chlan)
- Neural and behavioural changes associated with motor recovery due to exoskeleton training (Sandra Gigl)
- A Real-World Data-Driven Approach: Monitoring of Neurological Conditions using a Wearable Sensor-Based System (Paula Villa Fulton)
- Sensorimotor and cognitive markers in Alzheimer´s disease (Lucas Wolski)
Publications
- Wang, Fengyi; Fu, Xiangyu; Thakor, Nitish V.; Cheng, Gordon. Object Classification Utilizing Neuromorphic Proprioceptive Signals in Active Exploration: Validated on a Soft Anthropomorphic Hand. Has been accepted for publication for IEEE RAS EMBS 10th International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob 2024)
- Paredes-Acuna, N., Utpadel-Fischler, D., Ding, K. et al. Upper limb intention tremor assessment: opportunities and challenges in wearable technology. J NeuroEngineering Rehabil 21, 8 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-023-01302-9
- Alireza Malekmohammadi, Stefan K Ehrlich, Gordon Cheng: Modulation of theta and gamma oscillations during familiarization with previously unknown music. Brain Research 1800, 2023
- Alireza Malekmohammadi, Stefan K. Ehrlich, Josef P. Rauschecker and Gordon Cheng: Listening to familiar music induces continuous inhibition of alpha and low-beta power. JNP Journal of Neurophysiology Volume 19 (6), 2023, 1344-1358
- F. Wang, J. R. G. Olvera, N. Thakor and G. Cheng: A Bio-Plausible Approach to Realizing Heat-Evoked Nociceptive Withdrawal Reflex on the Upper Limb of a Humanoid Robot. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 8 (6), 2023, 3398-3405
- Nouran Adly, Tetsuhiko F. Teshima, Hossein Hassani, George Al Boustani, Lennart J.K. Weiß, Gordon Cheng, Joe Alexander, Bernhard Wolfrum: Printed Silk Microelectrode Arrays for Electrophysiological Recoding and Controlled Drug Delivery. Advanced Healthcare Materials 12 (7), 2023
- Gulde, P., Vojta, H., Schmidle, S., Rieckmann, P., & Hermsdörfer, J. (2023). Outside the laboratory assessment of upper-limb laterality in patients with stroke: A cross-sectional study. Stroke, 55(1), 146-155. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.123.043657.
- Gulde, P., Vojta, H., Schmidle, S., Rieckmann, P., & Hermsdörfer, J. (2023). Going beyond PA: Assessing sensorimotor capacity with wearables in multiple sclerosis—a cross-sectional study. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 20(1), 123. doi:10.1186/s12984-023-01247-z
- Schmidle, S., Gulde, P., Herdegen, S., Böhme, G.-E., & Hermsdörfer, J. (2022). Kinematic analysis of activities of daily living performance in frail elderly. BMC Geriatrics, 22(1), 244. doi:10.1186/s12877-022-02902-1
- Schmidle, S., Gulde, P., Koster, R., Soaz, C., & Hermsdörfer, J. (2023). The relationship between self-reported physical frailty and sensor-based physical activity measures in older adults – a multicentric cross-sectional study. BMC Geriatrics, 23(1), 43. doi:10.1186/s12877-022-03711-2