Project description
Adaptive neuromotor rehabilitation of patients with multiple sclerosis
The goal of the EU-funded REMAp project is to create a novel approach to the neuromotor rehabilitation of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) employing mechanisms of recovery based on body–machine interfaces (BMI). The idea is that during rehabilitative training the entire nervous system, from the periphery to the brain, goes through a reorganisation, and this can be exploited to design more effective interventions. Muscle and kinematic synergies will be used to develop an MS-specific functional evaluation tool to monitor the disease and the effects of treatment. Data will be applied to design a BMI using residual mobility and specific exercises to help MS patients reach full functional potential. The adaptive nature of BMI will benefit patients with different degrees of impairment.
Objective
The project AIMS AT developing and validating a novel approach to neuromotor rehabilitation of persons with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS), rooted in the physiological mechanisms of recovery and based on Body-Machine Interfaces (BoMI). This project is INNOVATIVE in that it explicitly takes subjects’ impairments into account, first characterizing it and then inherently adapting and individualizing the rehabilitative interventions.
The project is based on the IDEA that after a neurologic disease or during a rehabilitative training all the nervous system (from the periphery to the brain) go through a reorganization and knowing these changes can be exploited to design more effective and tailored intervention. Muscle synergies in combination with kinematic synergies will be used to develop a MS- specific tool for a complete functional evaluation, to monitor progress of the disease and effects of treatments, and they will be use to design a BoMI that will exploit the residual mobility with patient-specific exercises helping PwMS to reach their full functional potential. Because of their adaptive nature, BoMIs will benefit PwMS with different degrees of impairment adapting to their changing conditions (worsening due to the disease progress or improving due to therapy). The project will evaluate BoMI training-induced reorganization in the brain and spinal cord with innovative imaging techniques. This will allow building solid foundations for a comprehensive understanding of use-dependent plasticity of the sensorimotor cortex and sensorimotor tracts in healthy subject and in PwMS. The expected outcome will be a novel method and a class of highly adaptive, personalized devices that not only maximize the restoration of functional performance, but also promote the functional reorganization of body abilities.
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- natural sciences biological sciences neurobiology
- medical and health sciences clinical medicine physiotherapy
- medical and health sciences basic medicine neurology multiple sclerosis
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)
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(opens in new window) H2020-MSCA-IF-2019
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16126 GENOVA
Italy
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