Project description Accessible and Assistive ICT Show the project objective Hide the project objective Cerebral vascular accident (CVA, Stroke) is the most prevalent neurological condition leading to physical impairment in Western society. About 4.7 million stroke survivors are alive today. Impaired walking ability contributes to post-stroke walking disability. Walking incorrectly creates a stigma and makes patients more susceptible to injury, affecting quality of life. Most promising interventions to restore walking function are based on robotic systems that intend to restore function by focusing on actions at periphery of the body (a BOTTOM-UP approach). It is not clear how effective these treatments are and a major problem is non-compliance or non-adherence to the therapy.The main objective of the project is to improve physical rehabilitation therapies of gait disorders in stroke patients based on Brain-Neural Computer Interaction (BNCI) assistive technologies, improving systems, providing guidelines for further improvements, and developing benchmarking tools.The project will validate, technically, functionally and clinically, the concept of improving stroke rehabilitation with robotic exoskeletons based on a TOP-DOWN approach: motor patterns of the limbs are represented in the cortex, transmitted to the limbs and fed back to the cortex:-The system will provide means to assess patient adherence to therapy through a multimodal BNCI.-The proposed BNCI will combine multiple levels of neural information with the resulting motion (biomechanical) data.-It will determine if training the activation of signals that control lower limb tasks in combination with robotics devices is beneficial for restoring lower limb function.-BETTER will provide means for objective evaluation of the BNCI-based physical rehabilitation therapy and its usability and acceptability.BETTER proposes a multimodal BNCI which main goal is to explore the representations in the cortex, characterize the user involvement and modify the intervention at the periphery with ambulatory and non-ambulator Fields of science medical and health sciencesclinical medicinephysiotherapymedical and health sciencesbasic medicineneurologystrokeengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringrobotics Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2009.7.2 - Accessible and Assistive ICT Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2009-4 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS EU contribution € 994 000,00 Address CALLE SERRANO 117 28006 Madrid Spain See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Alberto Sereno Alvarez (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET GRAZ Austria EU contribution € 357 265,00 Address RECHBAUERSTRASSE 12 8010 Graz See on map Region Südösterreich Steiermark Graz Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Christa Neuper (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GUGER TECHNOLOGIES OG Austria EU contribution € 0,00 Address HERBERSTEINSTRASSE 60 8020 Graz See on map Region Südösterreich Steiermark Graz Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Günter Edlinger (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GUGER TECHNOLOGIES OEG Participation ended Austria EU contribution € 464 302,00 Address HERBERSTEINSTRASSE 60 8020 GRAZ See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Günter Edlinger (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITAETSMEDIZIN GOETTINGEN - GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITAET GOETTINGEN - STIFTUNG OEFFENTLICHEN RECHTS Germany EU contribution € 198 045,00 Address Robert-Koch-Strasse 40 37075 Goettingen See on map Region Niedersachsen Braunschweig Göttingen Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Christiane Hennecke (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EBERHARD KARLS UNIVERSITAET TUEBINGEN Germany EU contribution € 258 156,00 Address GESCHWISTER-SCHOLL-PLATZ 72074 Tuebingen See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Tübingen Tübingen, Landkreis Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Niels Birbaumer (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data AALBORG UNIVERSITET Participation ended Denmark EU contribution € 4 104,00 Address FREDRIK BAJERS VEJ 7K 9220 Aalborg See on map Region Danmark Nordjylland Nordjylland Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Peter Thonning Olesen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTO DE BIOMECANICA DE VALENCIA Spain EU contribution € 301 408,00 Address CAMINO DE VERA EDIFICIO 9C UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA 46022 Valencia See on map Region Este Comunitat Valenciana Valencia/València Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Katrien Van Gucht (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TECHNAID SL Spain EU contribution € 153 606,00 Address CALLE DOCTOR ESQUERDO 39 28028 Madrid See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Eduardo Rocon de Lima (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data Össur hf Iceland EU contribution € 126 672,00 Address Grjothals 5 IS-110 Reykjavik See on map Region Ísland Ísland Höfuðborgarsvæði Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Freygardur Thorsteinsson (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA Italy EU contribution € 253 746,00 Address VIA ARDEATINA 306 00179 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Antonio Ierna (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERZA V MARIBORU Slovenia EU contribution € 138 696,00 Address SLOMSKOV TRG 15 2000 Maribor See on map Region Slovenija Vzhodna Slovenija Podravska Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sabina Cebek (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
