Publications associées à Ergothérapie

Multi-centre classification of functional neurological disorders based on resting-state functional connectivity

Dimitri Nestor Alice Van De Ville, Jonas Richiardi

Background: Patients suffering from functional neurological disorder (FND) experience disabling neurological symptoms not caused by an underlying classical neurological disease (such as stroke or multiple sclerosis). The diagnosis is made based on reliable ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2022

Effect of Lower Limb vs. Abdominal Compression on Mobility in Orthostatic Hypotension: A Single-Blinded, Randomized, Controlled, Cross-Over Pilot Study in Parkinson's Disease

Kamiar Aminian, Arash Atrsaei

Background: Orthostatic hypotension (OH) in Parkinson's disease (PD) is frequent and associated with impairments in quality of life and reduced activities of daily living. Abdominal binders (AB) and compression stockings (CS) have been shown to be effectiv ...

IOS PRESS2022

Impact of adherence to a lifestyle-integrated programme on physical function and behavioural complexity in young older adults at risk of functional decline: a multicentre RCT secondary analysis

Kamiar Aminian, Anisoara Ionescu

Context Long-term adherence to physical activity (PA) interventions is challenging. The Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise programmes were adapted Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (aLiFE) to include more challenging activities and a behaviour ...

BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP2022

Recent advances in fiber optic sensors for respiratory monitoring

Jiangtao Zhou, Yiping Wang, Dan Liu

There is a growing need to measure respiratory rate (RR) in a variety of applications, including in clinical and occupational settings, as well as during physical exercises. Fiber optic sensors (FOSs) is an attractive solution for wearable RR monitoring be ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC2022

Designing Gamified Activities with Haptic-Enabled Tangible Robots for Therapy and Assistance

Arzu Güneysu Özgür

In this thesis, we contribute to the field of rehabilitation robotics by designing haptic-enabled tangible robot-based activities and exploring their added value for therapy and assistance. The research specifically focuses on the design and development of ...

EPFL2021

“It Is Not the Robot Who Learns, It Is Me.” Treating Severe Dysgraphia Using Child–Robot Interaction

Pierre Dillenbourg, Thibault Lucien Christian Asselborn, Wafa Monia Benkaouar Johal, David Cohen

Writing disorders are frequent and impairing. However, social robots may help to improve children's motivation and to propose enjoyable and tailored activities. Here, we have used the Co-writer scenario in which a child is asked to teach a robot how to wri ...

2021

Clinical value of assessing motor performance in postacute stroke patients

Kamiar Aminian, Anisoara Ionescu, Fabien Massé

Background Rehabilitative treatment plans after stroke are based on clinical examinations of functional capacity and patient-reported outcomes. Objective information about daily life performance is usually not available, but it may improve therapy personal ...

BioMed Central2021

Combining Optogenetic Stimulation and Motor Training Improves Functional Recovery and Perilesional Cortical Activity

Silvestro Micera, Maria Pasquini, Francesco Saverio Pavone

Background. An ischemic stroke is followed by the remapping of motor representation and extensive changes in cortical excitability involving both hemispheres. Although stimulation of the ipsilesional motor cortex, especially when paired with motor training ...

SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC2021

Iterative Design and Evaluation of a Tangible Robot-Assisted Handwriting Activity for Special Education

Pierre Dillenbourg, Thibault Lucien Christian Asselborn, Ayberk Özgür, Arzu Güneysu Özgür, Barbara Bruno, Wafa Monia Benkaouar Johal, Elmira Yadollahi

In this article we investigate the role of interactive haptic-enabled tangible robots in supporting the learning of cursive letter writing for children with attention and visuomotor coordination issues. We focus on the two principal aspects of handwriting ...

2020

Real-World Gait Bout Detection Using a Wrist Sensor: An Unsupervised Real-Life Validation

Kamiar Aminian, Anisoara Ionescu, Hooman Dejnabadi, Abolfazl Soltani

Gait bouts (GB), as a prominent indication of physical activity, contain valuable fundamental information closely associated with human & x2019;s health status. Therefore, objective assessment of the GB (e.g. detection, spatio-temporal analysis) during dai ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2020

Can Tangible Robots Support Children in Learning Handwriting?

Pierre Dillenbourg, Thibault Lucien Christian Asselborn, Barbara Bruno, Ayberk Özgür, Arzu Güneysu Özgür

A large body of research suggests that robots could indeed be useful for supporting children in learning handwriting. However, few studies have investigated the role and use of tangible robots in teaching handwriting to children with attention and/or visuo ...

2020

Update on yesterday's dose-Use of delivery log-files for daily adaptive proton therapy (DAPT)

Marco Matter

In daily adaptive proton therapy (DAPT), the treatment plan is re-optimized on a daily basis. It is a straightforward idea to incorporate information from the previous deliveries during the optimization to refine this daily proton delivery. A feedback sign ...

2020

The Adapted Lifestyle-Integrated Functional Exercise Program for Preventing Functional Decline in Young Seniors: Development and Initial Evaluation

Wei Zhang

Background: The Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (LiFE) program is an intervention integrating balance and strength activities into daily life, effective at reducing falls in at-risk people >= 70 years. There is potential for LiFE to be adapted to ...

KARGER2019

Combined Rehabilitation Promotes the Recovery of Structural and Functional Features of Healthy Neuronal Networks after Stroke

Silvestro Micera, Stefano Lai, Francesco Saverio Pavone

Rehabilitation is considered the most effective treatment for promoting the recovery of motor deficits after stroke. One of the most challenging experimental goals is to unambiguously link brain rewiring to motor improvement prompted by rehabilitative ther ...

2019

Measuring the Safety Climate of Academic Laboratories to Improve Safety Behaviours

Thierry Meyer, Damien Stricker, Nadia Gerweck

In 2005, two major accidents occurred at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Although there were no injuries, the material damages resulted in high financial losses. The management of safety was restructured as a consequence. One of the ma ...

2019

Locomotion and cadence detection using a single trunk-fixed accelerometer: validity for children with cerebral palsy in daily life-like conditions

Kamiar Aminian, Anisoara Ionescu, Lena Carcreff, Stéphane Armand

BACKGROUND: Physical therapy interventions for ambulatory youth with cerebral palsy (CP) often focus on activity-based strategies to promote functional mobility and participation in physical activity. The use of activity monitors validated for this populat ...

BioMed Central2019

Restoring Motor Functions After Stroke: Multiple Approaches and Opportunities

Friedhelm Christoph Hummel, Estelle Emeline Raffin

More than 1.5 million people suffer a stroke in Europe per year and more than 70% of stroke survivors experience limited functional recovery of their upper limb, resulting in diminished quality of life. Therefore, interventions to address upper-limb impair ...

2018

Method for quantitative measurement of a biomarker by in situ immunofluorescence and uses thereof

Martinus Gijs, Ata Tuna Ciftlik, Diego Gabriel Dupouy, Déborah Heintze

The invention relates to a method for quantitative measurement of a biomarker by in situ immunofluorescence and uses thereof. In particular, the invention relates to a method which is a useful tool for use in the field of diagnosis, prevention and/or treat ...

2017

The effects of haptic-virtual reality game therapy on brain-motor coordination for children with hemiplegia: A pilot study

Mohamed Bouri

Children with hemiplegia have movements' difficulties especially in their upper limbs, these difficulties occur due to the loss of the communication between the brain and the affected side of the body. In this study, visual, audio, and tactile stimulation ...

IEEE2017

The importance of neuronal networks for motor rehabilitation after a stroke

Friedhelm Christoph Hummel

Every year in Europe 1.5 million patients suffer a new stroke. Despite the further developments in acute therapy with nationwide stroke units, thrombolysis, thrombectomy and post-acute neurorehabilitation, only a small proportion of patients recover to a s ...

Springer Verlag2017