The projects dedicated to treatment and rehabilitation in the field of disability and neuroscience win
22 February 2020 - They are Martina Zaltieri, Ariadne Carnival e Daniela Lo Presti the winners of the three scholarships awarded by Giovan Battista Baroni Foundation, an organization that promotes and supports projects aimed at improving the quality of life of disadvantaged people to promote their rights to full and aware inclusion. The awards ceremony took place on Wednesday 5 February at the Circolo Canottieri Aniene in Rome.
The first project "Wearable system based on FBG technology for the Rehabilitation of the Plegic Hand", coordinated by Dr. Martina Zaltieri, PhD student at the Laboratory of Biomedical Measurements and Instrumentation of the Faculty of Engineering, has the aim of creating a rehabilitation platform composed of a glove equipped with optical fibers integrating Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors and addressed to subjects who undergo physiotherapy courses for the rehabilitation of the hemiplegic hand. Through a graphical interface, it will be possible to show the amplitude of the flexion-extension movements of the articular joints of the hand in an objective and reproducible way. This information will allow the therapist to evaluate the progress achieved each time and adapt the rehabilitation process on an ongoing basis to the needs of the specific patient.
The second project "Intelligent wearable system for shoulder rehabilitation - RIAL", coordinated by Dr. Arianna Carnevale (Ucbm Orthopedics Unit) aims to support the rehabilitation of subjects affected by musculoskeletal disorders of the shoulder through an intelligent wearable system capable of monitoring joint movements. To this end, RIAL aims to develop strain sensors encapsulated in a polymer matrix with high flexibility, extensibility and sensitivity in order to meet the requirements necessary to make the system wearable, acceptable, minimally invasive and reliable.
To Dr Daniela Lo Presti, finally, a PhD student in Science and Engineering for Man and the Environment, the third scholarship for the project "Wearable system for sensorial and motor post-stroke recovery – ReSTART" which aims to promote the timely recovery of sensorimotor functions in stroke patients through the definition of a personalized rehabilitation program. The project involves the development of wearable systems sensored in optical fiber and encapsulated in flexible polymeric matrices to allow the quantitative evaluation of motor recovery during the performance of tasks and of perceptual abilities through sensory stimulation. At the same time, they will allow the timely implementation of corrective and personalized strategies of the rehabilitation program.
To collect the award for Dr. Lo Presti the prof. Emiliano Schena, Associate Professor of Biomedical Measurements and Instrumentation.
