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Context-Aware Monitoring of Hand Motor Primitives in Daily Life Activities: A Pathway to Objectively Assess Rehabilitation of Patients with Upper-Limb Neurological Impairment
The hands, our silent performers in daily life, face overwhelming challenges when neurological impairments disrupt the simple tasks that compose our daily symphony. This thesis unveils a comprehensive framework for the objective monitoring of upper-limb re ...
EPFL2024Probing and modulating inter-areal coupling in the cortical visual motion processing pathway with non-invasive brain stimulation
In the last few years, stroke ranked as the second most common cause of death and is the third most significant condition affecting disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) worldwide. Being the most prevalent and quality of life impacting post-stroke symptom ...
EPFL2024Combination of Neurotechnologies Towards Personalized Neurorehabilitation for Stroke Patients
"Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages" is the third sustainable development goal for the United Nations Agenda of 2030. This doctoral thesis fully embodied this objective by targeting stroke, a leading cause of death and disabili ...
EPFL2023Neurophysiological underpinnings of an intensive protocol for upper limb motor recovery in subacute and chronic stroke patients
Silvestro Micera, Matteo Vissani, Michael Lassi
ABS T R A C T BACKGROUND: Upper limb (UL) motor impairment following stroke is a leading cause of functional limitations in activities of daily living. Robot-assisted therapy supports rehabilitation, but how its efficacy and the underlying neural mechanism ...
Turin2023Determining patterns of post-stroke motor recovery through longitudinal multimodal MRI: A step towards patient stratification
Motivated by the need for a better understanding of post-stroke recovery and new biomarkers to improve stroke patient stratification and outcomes, this thesis investigated structure-function coupling and its role in post-stroke recovery. Furthermore, in or ...
EPFL2022Designing Gamified Activities with Haptic-Enabled Tangible Robots for Therapy and Assistance
In this thesis, we contribute to the field of rehabilitation robotics by designing haptic-enabledtangible robot-based activities and exploring their added value for therapy and assistance.The research specifically focuses on the design and development of g ...
EPFL2021Combining robotics with enhanced serotonin-driven cortical plasticity improves post-stroke motor recovery
Silvestro Micera, Stefano Lai, Maria Pasquini, Sara Conti, Marco Mainardi
Despite recent progresses in robotic rehabilitation technologies, their efficacy for post-stroke motor recovery is still limited. Such limitations might stem from the insufficient enhancement of plasticity mechanisms, crucial for functional recovery. Here, ...
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2021Advanced Neurotechnologies for the Restoration of Motor Function
Silvestro Micera, Friedhelm Christoph Hummel
Stroke is one of the leading causes of long-term disability. Advanced technological solutions ("neurotechnologies'') exploiting robotic systems and electrodes that stimulate the nervous system can increase the efficacy of stroke rehabilitation. Recent stud ...
CELL PRESS2020Electromyographic indices of muscle fatigue of a severely paralyzed chronic stroke patient undergoing upper limb motor rehabilitation
Modern approaches to motor rehabilitation of severe upper limb paralysis in chronic stroke decode movements from electromyography for controlling rehabilitation orthoses. Muscle fatigue is a phenomenon that influences these neurophysiological signals and m ...
IEEE2019Neurotechnology-aided interventions for upper limb motor rehabilitation in severe chronic stroke
José del Rocio Millán Ruiz, Silvestro Micera, Friedhelm Christoph Hummel, Maximilian Jonas Wessel, Martina Coscia, John Donoghue
Upper limb motor deficits in severe stroke survivors often remain unresolved over extended time periods. Novel neurotechnologies have the potential to significantly support upper limb motor restoration in severely impaired stroke individuals. Here, we revi ...
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