Proceedings
First day: January 25, 2007
10:00 a.m. Welcome
Johann Köppel, Vice President, Technical University of Berlin
10:10 a.m. Welcome
Marc Kraft, Center for Innovative Health Technology (ZiG), Technical University of Berlin
10:20 a.m. Welcome
Nicolas Gouze, IRC Northern Germany, VDI/VDE-IT
10:30 a.m. Keynote Lecture
Robot-Mediated Movement Therapy: a Tool for Training and Evaluation
Hermano Igo Krebs, Newman Laboratory for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitation, MIT, Cambridge/Boston, USA
Session: Robotic Training Devices / Neurorehabilitation I
Chair: J. Krüger, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
11:00 a.m. What does the clinician expect from machines and robots in Neurorehabilitation?
S. Hesse, Klinik Berlin/Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
11:20 a.m. Machines and robots to support motor rehabilitation after stroke: 10 years of experience in Berlin
H. Schmidt1,2, C. Werner1, R. Bernhardt2, J. Krüger2, S. Hesse1
1 Klinik Berlin/Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany, 2 Fraunhofer IPK, Berlin, Germany
11:40 a.m STRING-MAN-Wire Robot for Gait Rehabilitation: Further Development and Testing
D. Surdilovic, R. Bernhardt, Fraunhofer IPK, Berlin, Germany
12:00 a.m. Patient-Interactive Rehabilitation Robots for Arm and Gait Therapy
R. Riener, ETH Zurich, Sensory-Motor Systems, ETH and University Zurich, Switzerland
12:20 p.m. Extending rehabilitation robotics from automated to instrumented training: Assessment Tools for the Lokomat
L. Lünenburger, Hocoma AG, Switzerland and Balgrist University Hospital, Switzerland
12:40 p.m. to 1:40 p.m. Lunch Break
Session: Robotic Training Devices / Neurorehabilitation II
Chair: S. Hesse, Klinik Berlin / Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
1:40 p.m. Clinical use of ReoTM Therapy System for the Rehabilitation of the Upper-Limb Motor Funktion after Stroke
K.-H. Mauritz, St. van Kaick, Ch. Eickhof, Charité-Berlin Universitätsmedizin, Dept. Neurorehabilitation, Klinik Berlin, Germany
S. Faran, Institute for Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Germany
Th. Platz, Neurologisches Rehabilitationszentrum Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
2:00 p.m. Philips Stroke Rehabilitation Exerciser
G. Lanfermann, R. Willmann, J. te Vrugt, A. Timmermans, E. Bongers, N. Lambert, V. van Acht, Philips Research, Aachen, Germany
2:20 p.m. Apparatus for dynamic balance training during treadmill walking
Z. Matjačić, J. Špoljar, P. Obreza, R. Šavrin, Institute for Rehabilitation, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2:40 p.m. Robotic hand/finger rehabilitation for apoplexy patients
A. Kollreider, D. Ram, Technical University Graz, Austria
R. Scherer, Institute for Human-Computer Interfaces, Technical University Graz, Austria
P. Grieshofer, Rehabilitations-Klinik Judendorf-Straßengel, Austria
3:00 p.m. Clinical Changes of Stroke Patients Using Robot-Aided Techniques at the Upper Limb
F. Pisano MD, C. Delconte PT, D. Pianca PT, M. A. Tommasi MD. Division of Neurology, „Salvatore Maugeri“ Foundation, IRCCS, Veruno, Italy
A. Mazzone, G. Minuco, R. Colombo, Service of Bioengineering, „Salvatore Maugeri“ Foundation, IRCCS, Veruno, Italy
P. Dario, S. Micera ARTS Laboratory, Scuola Superiore S. Anna, Pisa, Italy
3:20 p.m. to 3:40 p.m. Coffee Break
Session: Prosthetics / Compensatory Aids I
Chair: S. Blumentritt, Otto Bock Healthcare GmbH, Germany
3:40 p.m. Requirements for compensatory aids in clinical practice
B. Koester, J. Grifka, Orthopädische Klinik Universität Regensburg, Asklepios Klinikum Bad Abbach, Germany
4:00 p.m. A new Multifunction Myoelectric Prosthetic Hand with Force Feedback System and Fluidic Actuators
S. Schulz, Institute for Applied Computer Sciences, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Germany
4:20 p.m. Advantages in Limb Prosthetics During the Last 50 Years – A Review
U. Boenick, Berlin Cert GmbH, Germany
4:40 p.m. Miniaturized actuation systems for active prostheses
Ch. Camerer; Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Departement of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Germany
5:00 p.m. EU-Project COGAIN: Eye tracking technologies to allow the use of computers by people with low mobility
F. Corno, Polytechnic School of Turin - Department of Control and Computer Engineering, Italy
5:20 p.m. to 5:40 p.m. Coffee Break
Session: Prosthetics / Compensatory Aids II
Chair: M. Kraft, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
5:40 p.m. Compact Harmonic Drive Actuators made of Thermoplastics
F. Pöhlau, Harmonic Drive Polymer GmbH, Germany
6:00 p.m. Gait analysis in lower limb prosthetics
S. Blumentritt, Otto Bock Healthcare GmbH, Duderstadt, Germany
6:20 p.m. Gait Analysis System on the Basis of Inertial Sensors
R. Kauert, W. Liedecke, P. Weber HASOMED GmbH, Magdeburg, Germany
6:40 p.m. Mobile measuring system for mobility studies of above knee amputees
S. Oehler, M. Kraft, Technical University Berlin, Germany
M. Pusch, Otto Bock Healthcare GmbH, Duderstadt, Germany
7:00 p.m. End of first day
8:00 p.m. Get-together at Lichthof, Technical University Berlin, Main Building, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin
Second day: January 26, 2007
9:00 a.m. Keynote Lecture
Challenges of Neuroprosthetics and Sensor Technologies for Rehabilitation
Thomas Stieglitz, Laboratory for Biomedical Microtechnology, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, Germany
Session: Sensor Technologies/Neuroprosthetics I
Chair: B. Clasbrummel, Ev. Krankenhaus Witten gGmbH, Germany
9:30 a.m. Implantable Pressure and Acceleration Sensors for Monitoring of Body Functions
B. Clasbrummel, Ev. Krankenhaus Witten gGmbH, Klinik für Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Witten, Germany
9:50 a.m. Modular System for Functional Electrical Stimulation
W. Liedecke, Th. Schauer, C. Behling, HASOMED, Germany
K. Hunt, Centre for Rehabiliation Engineering, University of Glasgow, UK
P. Weber, HASOMED GmbH, Germany
10:10 a.m. EMG-controlled electrical stimulation of the paretic wrist and finger extensors in stroke patients
T. Schauer, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
10:30 a.m. Revolutionizing Prosthetics: Next generation wireless neural interfaces
F. Solzbacher, University of Utah, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Salt Lake City, USA
10:50 a.m. Brain Computer Interfacing
K.-R. Müller, Fraunhofer-Institut für Rechnerarchitektur und Softwaretechnik, FIRST, Germany
11:10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Coffee Break
Session: Sensor Technologies/Neuroprosthetics II
Chair: T. Stieglitz, University of Freiburg, Germany
11:30 a.m. Instrumented Orthopaedic Implants for Wireless Load Measurements
F. Graichen, G. Bergmann, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Biomechanics Laboratory, Germany
11:50 a.m. FEM Simulation and Wireless Measurement of Hip Prothesis Vibrations for Loosening Detection
U. Marschner, Technical University Dresden, IHM, Germany
12:10 a.m. A Wireless Implantable Passive Strain Sensor (WIPSS)
M. Wendlandt, F. Umbrecht, Ch. Hierold, F. Gattiker, J. Neuenschwander, U. Sennhauser, ETH Zurich, Micro and Nanosystems, Zurich, Switzerland
12:30 a.m. Modern trauma surgery: implant is calling
J. Schmidt(1), H.P. Langen (1), A. Fischer (2), J. Rauchfuß (3), I. Schmidt (4)
(1) Unfallchirurgie Berlin-Buch
(2) aap Mebio AG
(3) Techn. Fachhochschule Berlin
(4) Unfallforschung Berlin-Buch
12:50 a.m. Development of Clinical validated Test Methods for Support Surfaces against Preesure Ulcer
P. Diesing, Berlin Cert, Technical University Berlin, Germany
1:10 p.m. Detection of Pressure-Related Deep Tissue Injury in Permanent Wheelchair Users using Real-Time Hetzian Contact Analysis
Limar Agam, Amit Gefen, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Israel
1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Lunch Break
Session: European and German Funding Activities
Chair: M. Kraft, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
2:30 p.m. Instruments of Innovation Financing
T. Mehlhorn, Innovationsbank Berlin, Germany
2:50 p.m. Funding activities in the German Health Research Programme
C. Herok, German Federal Ministery of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany
3:10 p.m. Aspects of Technical Aids in 7th Framework Programme
M. Huber, Center for Innovative Health Technology (ZiG), Technical University of Berlin
3:30 p.m. End of conference
