Publications related to Hypertonia

System for control of spasticity

Grégoire Courtine, Jocelyne Bloch, Robin Jonathan Demesmaeker, Fabien Bertrand Paul Wagner, Karen Minassian, Salif Axel Komi

The present invention relates to a neuromodulation/neurostimulation system (10) for the treatment of spasticity in a mammal, said system (10) comprising: - at least one control unit (12) configured and arranged to provide stimulation data, and - at least o ...

2024

Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014-2018)

Simone Rossi, Friedhelm Christoph Hummel

A group of European experts reappraised the guidelines on the therapeutic efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) previously published in 2014 [Lefaucheur et al., Clin Neurophysiol 2014;125:2150-206]. These updated recommendations t ...

ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD2020

From bio-inspired locomotion models To controllers for lower-limb exoskeletons

Florin Dzeladini

Human locomotion shows fascinating abilities which are the results of the interplay between the environment, the biomechanics, the spinal cord, and modulation from higher control centers. How the different structures interact to generate meaningful behavio ...

EPFL2019

Wearable System for Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation with Muscle Fatigue Feedback

Sandro Carrara, Francesca Stradolini, Danilo Demarchi, Diego Marino, Sofia Milanese

The design, realization and verification of a system for personalized rehabilitation of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) patients are here presented. It consists of two main parts: (i) one induces in the patient the physiotherapic movement proposed by the trainer ...

IEEE2018

Differential effects of reduced cyclic stretch and perturbed shear stress within the arterial wall and on smooth muscle function

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Rafaela Fernandes Da Silva, Tyler Nerton Thacher

Cyclic circumferential stretch and shear stress act in concert and yet are capable of independently mediating arterial smooth muscle function, modulating the production of superoxide and stimulating arterial remodeling. ...

Oxford University Press2009

Deficient mental own-body imagery in a neurological patient with out-of-body experiences due to cannabis use

Olaf Blanke

In the present work, we report repeated out-of-body experiences (OBEs) in a patient with tetraplegia and severe somatosensory loss due to multiple sclerosis and predominant involvement of the cervical spinal cord. OBEs were experienced on a daily basis and ...

Elsevier Masson2009