Publications by Joachim von Zitzewitz

Wearable Sensor-Based Real-Time Gait Detection: A Systematic Review

Auke Ijspeert, Grégoire Courtine, Miroslav Caban, Joachim von Zitzewitz, Hari Prasanth, Urs Keller

Gait analysis has traditionally been carried out in a laboratory environment using expensive equipment, but, recently, reliable, affordable, and wearable sensors have enabled integration into clinical applications as well as use during activities of daily ...

2021

Closed-loop control of trunk posture improves locomotion through the regulation of leg proprioceptive feedback after spinal cord injury

Silvestro Micera, Grégoire Courtine, Eduardo Martin Moraud, Joachim von Zitzewitz, Jenifer Cléa Miehlbradt, Marco Capogrosso, Sophie Marie Marthe Wurth, Emanuele Formento

Nature Research2018

Targeted neurotechnology restores walking in humans with spinal cord injury

Grégoire Courtine, Jocelyne Bloch, Joachim von Zitzewitz, Vincent Delattre, Robin Jonathan Demesmaeker, Esra Neufeld, Miroslav Caban, Anne Marie Lucienne Watrin, Roman Heimgartner, Edoardo Paoles

2018

Apparatus comprising a support system for a user and its operation in a gravity-assist mode

Grégoire Courtine, Joachim von Zitzewitz, Jean-Baptiste Mignardot, Camille Georgette Marie Le Goff-Mignardot

The present application relates to devices and systems for rehabilitation of the locomotor system, for example limbs. In particular, the present application discloses an apparatus, more in particular a robotic platform capable of optimizing gravity-depende ...

2018

Apparatus to apply forces in a three-dimensional space

Grégoire Courtine, Joachim von Zitzewitz

The present invention relates to a robotic system useful to unload an object/person from its weight. The robotic system is useful in locomotor rehabilitation programs and allows the manipulation of forces in a three-dimensional space with far lower actuato ...

2017

A multidirectional gravity-assist algorithm that enhances locomotor control in patients with stroke or spinal cord injury

Auke Ijspeert, Grégoire Courtine, Marco Capogrosso, Jocelyne Bloch, Selin Anil, Joachim von Zitzewitz, Nicolas Francis Fumeaux, Jessica Lanini, Rubia van den Brand, Jean-Baptiste Mignardot

Gait recovery after neurological disorders requires remastering the interplay between body mechanics and gravitational forces. Despite the importance of gravity-dependent gait interactions and active participation for promoting this learning, these essenti ...

Amer Assoc Advancement Science2017

A neurorobotic platform for locomotor prosthetic development in rats and mice

Grégoire Courtine, Joachim von Zitzewitz, Léonie Asboth, Nicolas Francis Fumeaux, Laetitia Danielle Philippine Baud

Objectives. We aimed to develop a robotic interface capable of providing finely-tuned, multidirectional trunk assistance adjusted in real-time during unconstrained locomotion in rats and mice. Approach. We interfaced a large-scale robotic structure actuate ...

Institute of Physics2016

Apparatus and method for restoring voluntary control of locomotion in neuromotor impairments

Silvestro Micera, Grégoire Courtine, Joachim von Zitzewitz

It is disclosed an apparatus for restoring voluntary control of locomotion in a subject suffering from a neuromotor impairment comprising a multidirectional trunk support system and a device for epidural electrical stimulation. The robotic interface is cap ...

2016

Rehabilitative Soft Exoskeleton for Rodents

Silvestro Micera, Grégoire Courtine, Jamie Paik, Eduardo Martin Moraud, Joachim von Zitzewitz, Sophie Marie Marthe Wurth, Rubia van den Brand, Juan Manuel Florez Marin, Laetitia Danielle Philippine Baud, Manan Kishore Shah

Robotic exoskeletons provide programmable, consistent and controllable active therapeutic assistance to patients with neurological disorders. Here we introduce a prototype and preliminary experimental evaluation of a rehabilitative gait exoskeleton that en ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2016

Neuroprosthetic technologies to augment the impact of neurorehabilitation after spinal cord injury

Silvestro Micera, Grégoire Courtine, Jocelyne Bloch, Eduardo Martin Moraud, Joachim von Zitzewitz, Nicolas Francis Fumeaux, Marco Capogrosso, Rubia van den Brand, Fabien Bertrand Paul Wagner, Jean-Baptiste Mignardot

Spinal cord injury leads to a range of disabilities, including limitations in locomotor activity, that seriously diminish the patients’ autonomy and quality of life. Electrochemical neuromodulation therapies, robot-assisted rehabilitation and willpower-bas ...

2015