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  1. Passive prosthetic devices are set up to provide optimal function at customary walking speed and thus may function less effectively at other speeds. This partly explains why joint kinetic adaptations become mo...

    Authors: Alan R De Asha, Ramesh Munjal, Jai Kulkarni and John G Buckley
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:107
  2. Motor imagery can elicit brain oscillations in Rolandic mu rhythm and central beta rhythm, both originating in the sensorimotor cortex. In contrast with simple limb motor imagery, less work was reported about ...

    Authors: Weibo Yi, Shuang Qiu, Hongzhi Qi, Lixin Zhang, Baikun Wan and Dong Ming
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:106
  3. Stroke rehabilitation does not often integrate both sensory and motor recovery. While subthreshold noise was shown to enhance sensory signal detection at the site of noise application, having a noise-generatin...

    Authors: Leah R Enders, Pilwon Hur, Michelle J Johnson and Na Jin Seo
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:105
  4. Stroke survivors often have difficulties in manipulating objects with their affected hand. Thumb control plays an important role in object manipulation. Surface functional electrical stimulation (FES) can assi...

    Authors: Ard J Westerveld, Alfred C Schouten, Peter H Veltink and Herman van der Kooij
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:104
  5. After a stroke, patients show significant modifications of neural control of movement, such as abnormal muscle co-activation, and reduced selectivity and modulation of muscle activity. Nonetheless, results rep...

    Authors: Peppino Tropea, Vito Monaco, Martina Coscia, Federico Posteraro and Silvestro Micera
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:103
  6. Rehabilitation robotics is progressing towards developing robots that can be used as advanced tools to augment the role of a therapist. These robots are capable of not only offering more frequent and more acce...

    Authors: Radhika Chemuturi, Farshid Amirabdollahian and Kerstin Dautenhahn
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:102
  7. Fall injuries are responsible for physical dysfunction, significant disability, and loss of independence among elderly. Poor postural control is one of the major risk factors for falling but can be trained in ...

    Authors: Mike van Diest, Claudine JC Lamoth, Jan Stegenga, Gijsbertus J Verkerke and Klaas Postema
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:101
  8. Recent studies suggest that surface muscular functional electrical stimulation (FES) might suppress neurological upper limb tremor. We assessed its effects on upper limb physiological tremor, which is mainly d...

    Authors: Giuliana Grimaldi, Alfredo Fernandez and Mario Manto
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:100
  9. In this paper we use multivariate statistical techniques to gain insights into how adaptive gait involving obstacle crossing is regulated in lower-limb amputees compared to able-bodied controls, with the aim o...

    Authors: John G Buckley, Alan R De Asha, Louise Johnson and Clive B Beggs
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:98
  10. Following incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI), descending drive is impaired, possibly leading to a decrease in the complexity of gait. To test the hypothesis that iSCI impairs gait coordination and decreases ...

    Authors: Brian K Hillen, Gary T Yamaguchi, James J Abbas and Ranu Jung
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:97
  11. There is an increasing trend in using robots for medical purposes. One specific area is rehabilitation. Rehabilitation is one of the non-drug treatments in community health which means the restoration of the a...

    Authors: Wahab Aminiazar, Farid Najafi and Mohammad Ali Nekoui
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:96
  12. Stroke is often associated with balance deficits that increase the risk of falls and may lead to severe mobility disfunctions or death. The purpose of this study is to establish the relation between the outcom...

    Authors: Zimi Sawacha, Elena Carraro, Paola Contessa, Annamaria Guiotto, Stefano Masiero and Claudio Cobelli
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:95
  13. To date, in Myotonic Dystrophy type 1 (DM1) the rehabilitative interventions have always been aimed at muscle strengthening, increasing of fatigue resistance and improving of aerobic metabolism efficiency wher...

    Authors: Carmelo Chisari, Federica Bertolucci, Stefania Dalise and Bruno Rossi
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:94
  14. Although significant progress has been achieved in developing sensory augmentation methods to improve standing balance, attempts to extend this research to locomotion have been quite limited in scope. The goal...

    Authors: Kathleen H Sienko, M David Balkwill, Lars I E Oddsson and Conrad Wall III
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:93
  15. Although common during the early stages of recovery from severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), attention deficits have been scarcely investigated. Encouraging evidence suggests beneficial effects of attention t...

    Authors: Assaf Y Dvorkin, Milan Ramaiya, Eric B Larson, Felise S Zollman, Nancy Hsu, Sonia Pacini, Amit Shah and James L Patton
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:92
  16. Older adults are the most prevalent wheelchair users in Canada. Yet, cognitive impairments may prevent an older adult from being allowed to use a powered wheelchair due to safety and usability concerns. To add...

    Authors: Tuck-Voon How, Rosalie H Wang and Alex Mihailidis
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:90
  17. Vibration is known to alter proprioceptive afferents and create a tonic vibration reflex. The control of force and its variability are often considered determinants of motor performance and neuromuscular contr...

    Authors: Jean-Alexandre Boucher, Martin C Normand and Martin Descarreaux
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:89
  18. Shoulder subluxation is a frequent complication of motor impairment after stroke, leading to soft tissue damage, stretching of the joint capsule, rotator cuff injury, and in some cases pain, thus limiting use ...

    Authors: Carolin I Dohle, Avrielle Rykman, Johanna Chang and Bruce T Volpe
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:88
  19. Only few studies have looked at electromyography (EMG) during prosthetic gait. Differences in EMG between normal and prosthetic gait for stance and swing phase were never separately analyzed. These differences...

    Authors: Eva C Wentink, Erik C Prinsen, Johan S Rietman and Peter H Veltink
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:87
  20. A growing interest in frailty syndrome exists because it is regarded as a major predictor of co-morbidities and mortality in older populations. Nevertheless, frailty assessment has been controversial, particul...

    Authors: Nora Millor, Pablo Lecumberri, Marisol Gómez, Alicia Martínez-Ramírez and Mikel Izquierdo
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:86
  21. Recent evidence has demonstrated the efficacy of Virtual Reality (VR) for stroke rehabilitation nonetheless its benefits and limitations in large population of patients have not yet been studied.

    Authors: Andrea Turolla, Mauro Dam, Laura Ventura, Paolo Tonin, Michela Agostini, Carla Zucconi, Pawel Kiper, Annachiara Cagnin and Lamberto Piron
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:85
  22. Most studies in performing slips and falls research reported their results after the ipsilateral leg of subjects (either right foot or left foot) was guided to contact the contaminated floor surface although m...

    Authors: Jung-suk Seo and Sukwon Kim
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:84
  23. Rehabilitation services use outcome measures to track motor performance of their patients over time. State-of-the-art approaches use mainly patients’ feedback and experts’ observations for this purpose. We aim...

    Authors: Christina Strohrmann, Rob Labruyère, Corinna N Gerber, Hubertus J van Hedel, Bert Arnrich and Gerhard Tröster
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:83
  24. Though non-invasive EEG-based Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) have been researched extensively over the last two decades, most designs require control of spatial attention and/or gaze on the part of the user.

    Authors: Srivas Chennu, Abdulmajeed Alsufyani, Marco Filetti, Adrian M Owen and Howard Bowman
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:82
  25. Spastic paresis in cerebral palsy (CP) is characterized by increased joint stiffness that may be of neural origin, i.e. improper muscle activation caused by e.g. hyperreflexia or non-neural origin, i.e. altere...

    Authors: Karin L de Gooijer-van de Groep, Erwin de Vlugt, Jurriaan H de Groot, Hélène CM van der Heijden-Maessen, Dennis HM Wielheesen, Rietje (M) S van Wijlen-Hempel, J Hans Arendzen and Carel GM Meskers
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:81
  26. Individuals who have sustained a stroke can manifest altered locomotor steering behaviors when exposed to optic flows expanding from different locations. Whether these alterations persist in the presence of a ...

    Authors: Ala’ S Aburub and Anouk Lamontagne
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:80
  27. Functional integration of motor activity patterns enables the production of coordinated movements, such as walking. The activation of muscles by weightened summation of activation signals has been demonstrated...

    Authors: Juan C Moreno, Filipe Barroso, Dario Farina, Leonardo Gizzi, Cristina Santos, Marco Molinari and José L Pons
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:79
  28. Robot-assisted gait training and treadmill training can complement conventional physical therapy in children with neuro-orthopedic movement disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate surface electromy...

    Authors: Tabea Aurich Schuler, Roland Müller and Hubertus JA van Hedel
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:78
  29. Spinal cord injury (SCI) can leave the affected individuals with paraparesis or paraplegia, thus rendering them unable to ambulate. Since there are currently no restorative treatments for this population, nove...

    Authors: Christine E King, Po T Wang, Luis A Chui, An H Do and Zoran Nenadic
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:77
  30. Although numerous virtual reality applications have been developed for sensorimotor retraining in neurologically impaired individuals, it is unclear whether the virtual environment (VE) changes motor performan...

    Authors: Amanda Y Schafer and Ksenia I Ustinova
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:76
  31. Several studies investigating the use of electromyographic (EMG) signals in robot-based stroke neuro-rehabilitation to enhance functional recovery. Here we explored whether a classical EMG-based patterns recog...

    Authors: Benedetta Cesqui, Peppino Tropea, Silvestro Micera and Hermano Igo Krebs
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:75
  32. Weight bearing asymmetry is common in patients with neurological conditions, and recent advances in gaming technology have produced force platforms that are suitable for use in a clinical setting. The aim of t...

    Authors: Joanna Foo, Kade Paterson, Gavin Williams and Ross Clark
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:74
  33. Gait distortion is the first clinical manifestation of many pathological disorders. Traditionally, the gait laboratory has been the only available tool for supporting both diagnosis and prognosis, but under th...

    Authors: Fabio Martínez, Christian Cifuentes and Eduardo Romero
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:73
  34. A single group prospective study. Disc prostheses are believed to contribute to the restoration of the segmental movement and the preservation of the adjacent segments. The study’s main objective was to determ...

    Authors: Julie O’Shaughnessy, Jean-François Roy and Martin Descarreaux
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:72
  35. In spite of their importance to everyday function, tasks that require both hands to work together such as lifting and carrying large objects have not been well studied and the full potential of how new technol...

    Authors: Farnaz Abdollahi, Robert V Kenyon and James L Patton
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:71
  36. Observation of the signals recorded from the extremities of Parkinson’s disease patients showing rest and/or action tremor reveal a distinct high power resonance peak in the frequency band corresponding to tre...

    Authors: Tjitske Heida, Eva Christine Wentink and Enrico Marani
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:70
  37. Recent smartphones, such as the iPhone, are often equipped with an accelerometer and magnetometer, which, through software applications, can perform various inclinometric functions. Although these applications...

    Authors: Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme, Nicolas Boutin, Alexandre M Dion and Carol-Anne Vallée
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:69
  38. Functional neuromuscular stimulation (FNS) restores walking function after paralysis from spinal cord injury via electrical activation of muscles in a coordinated fashion. Combining FNS with a controllable ort...

    Authors: Thomas C Bulea, Rudi Kobetic, Musa L Audu and Ronald J Triolo
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:68
  39. Within the structure of the skeletal muscle, there are fascicles of muscular fibers that are made up of serially distributed contractile elements. These elements are controlled by the nervous system, control w...

    Authors: Ligia D Rusu, Germina GH Cosma, Sorina M Cernaianu, Mihnea N Marin, PetreFlorinel A Rusu, Daniel P Ciocănescu and Florin N Neferu
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:67
  40. MUNDUS is an assistive framework for recovering direct interaction capability of severely motor impaired people based on arm reaching and hand functions. It aims at achieving personalization, modularity and ma...

    Authors: Alessandra Pedrocchi, Simona Ferrante, Emilia Ambrosini, Marta Gandolla, Claudia Casellato, Thomas Schauer, Christian Klauer, Javier Pascual, Carmen Vidaurre, Margit Gföhler, Werner Reichenfelser, Jakob Karner, Silvestro Micera, Andrea Crema, Franco Molteni, Mauro Rossini…
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:66
  41. In a previous study we identified 3 different gait patterns in a group of children with CMT1A disease: Normal-like (NL), Foot-drop (FD), Foot-drop and Push-off Deficit (FD&POD). Goal of the present study was t...

    Authors: Maurizio Ferrarin, Tiziana Lencioni, Marco Rabuffetti, Isabella Moroni, Emanuela Pagliano and Davide Pareyson
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:65
  42. Although palatal augmentation prostheses (PAPs) can improve dysphagia, their application is compromised in the absence of maxillary abutment teeth. Experimental lingual plates (ELPs) used for raising the tongu...

    Authors: Kazuhiro Hori, Murali Srinivasan, Cindy Barbezat, Ken-ichi Tamine, Takahiro Ono and Frauke Müller
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:64
  43. There is emerging evidence that isometric Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) may offer a way to elicit therapeutically significant increases in whole-body oxygen uptake in order to deliver aerobic exe...

    Authors: Conor M Minogue, Brian M Caulfield and Madeleine M Lowery
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:63
  44. Lower limb prostheses have traditionally been mechanically passive devices without electronic control systems. Microprocessor-controlled passive and powered devices have recently received much interest from th...

    Authors: Levi J Hargrove, Ann M Simon, Robert Lipschutz, Suzanne B Finucane and Todd A Kuiken
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:62
  45. Spasticity is a prevalent chronic condition among persons with upper motor neuron syndrome that significantly impacts function and can be costly to treat. Clinical assessment is most often performed with passi...

    Authors: Chris A McGibbon, Andrew Sexton, Melony Jones and Colleen O’Connell
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:61
  46. This paper reviews the literature relating to the biofeedback used in physical rehabilitation. The biofeedback methods used in rehabilitation are based on biomechanical measurements and measurements of the phy...

    Authors: Oonagh M Giggins, Ulrik McCarthy Persson and Brian Caulfield
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:60
  47. Cognitive dysfunction caused by brain injury often prevents a patient from achieving a healthy and high quality of life. By now, each cognitive function is assessed precisely by neuropsychological tests. Howev...

    Authors: Sayaka Okahashi, Keiko Seki, Akinori Nagano, Zhiwei Luo, Maki Kojima and Toshiko Futaki
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:59
  48. Many people with mobility impairments, who require the use of powered wheelchairs, have difficulty completing basic maneuvering tasks during their activities of daily living (ADL). In order to provide assistan...

    Authors: Patrice Boucher, Amin Atrash, Sousso Kelouwani, Wormser Honoré, Hai Nguyen, Julien Villemure, François Routhier, Paul Cohen, Louise Demers, Robert Forget and Joelle Pineau
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2013 10:58

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