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Virtual reality intervention alleviates dyspnoea in patients recovering from COVID-19 pneumonia

Bruno Herbelin, Olaf Blanke, Sylvain Cardin, Oliver Alan Kannape, Jemina Fasola, Aline Schmit, Florian Lance, Sophie Jacqueline Andrée Betka

Background Immersive virtual reality (iVR)-based digital therapeutics are gaining clinical attention in the field of pain management. Based on known analogies between pain and dyspnoea, we investigated the effects of visual respiratory feedback on persiste ...

European Respiratory Soc Journals Ltd2023

Bio-inspired standing balance controller for a full-mobilization exoskeleton

Mohamed Bouri, Romain Pierre François Baud, Jemina Fasola, Tristan Hubert Vouga

The invention concerns a method of performing automatic standing balance of a user in a full mobilization exoskeleton with at least a foot and using at least two actuated degrees of freedom, wherein a controller uses information provided from sensors to pr ...

2021

Bioinspired Postural Controllers for a Locked-Ankle Exoskeleton Targeting Complete SCI Users

Mohamed Bouri, Auke Ijspeert, Romain Pierre François Baud, Jemina Fasola, Tristan Hubert Vouga

Several lower-limb exoskeletons enable overcoming obstacles that would impair daily activities of wheelchair users, such as going upstairs. Still, as most of the currently commercialized exoskeletons require the use of crutches, they prevent the user from ...

2020

Postural Control and Consciousness and Their Applications to Lower-Limb Exoskeletons

Jemina Fasola

Human postural control requires high coordination and is distributed over the whole musculoskeletal and nervous systems. Hence, postural balance can be impaired due to various pathologies. Efficient rehabilitation programs and technological solutions are t ...

EPFL2020

Balance Control Strategies during Standing in a Locked-Ankle Passive Exoskeleton

Hannes Bleuler, Mohamed Bouri, Romain Pierre François Baud, Jemina Fasola, Tristan Hubert Vouga

This paper investigates sensorimotor adaptation strategies of sagittal postural control in healthy subjects under kinematic constraints. A passive exoskeleton named CAPTUR, with locked ankle joints and legs motion restrained to the sagittal plane is used t ...

IEEE2019

Error Augmentation Improves Visuomotor Adaptation during a Full-Body Balance Task

Hannes Bleuler, Mohamed Bouri, Olaf Blanke, Oliver Alan Kannape, Jemina Fasola

Visual amplification of kinematic errors has successfully been applied to improve performance for upper limb movements. In this study, we investigated whether visual error augmentation can promote faster adaptation during a full-body balance task. Healthy ...

IEEE2019

Bio-inspired standing balance controller for a full-mobilization exoskeleton

Mohamed Bouri, Auke Ijspeert, Romain Pierre François Baud, Jemina Fasola, Tristan Hubert Vouga

This paper presents a novel method to perform automatic standing balance in a full mobilization exoskeleton. It exploits the locked ankle and the curved foot sole of the exoskeleton TWIICE. The idea is to use the knees to roll the sole and change the posit ...

IEEE2019

Exoskeletons as Mechatronic Design Example

Hannes Bleuler, Mohamed Bouri, Solaiman Shokur, Jeremy Olivier, Amalric Louis Ortlieb, Romain Pierre François Baud, Jemina Fasola, Tristan Hubert Vouga

Exoskeletons are a perfect example of a mechatronics product. They illustrate the close integration and interdependence of mechanical design, drive train, sensors, control strategy and user interface. Recent developments of our lab will be discussed in det ...

SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG2019

Preliminary Study: Effects of Visual Distortion on Standing Balance Motion Amplitude and Visual Dependency on an Unstable Surface

Hannes Bleuler, Mohamed Bouri, Olaf Blanke, Jemina Fasola

Visual feedback is a common method to enhance motor learning and is widely used in rehabilitation institutes. Although balance training with visual feedback has shown positive results, the most effective way to provide the feedback is still open to researc ...

2018