Slovak Television on Robotic Assistance System of IMS SAS

Slovak Television broadcasted a science and technology magazine VaT on Robotic Assistance System, where the results of the research of the Institute of Measurement Science of SAS focused on the topic Neurorehabilitation training using mental conception of movement were presented. Principal Investigator is Dr. Roman Rosipal from the Institute of Measurement Science of SAS.

Neurorehabilitation training using mental conception of movement

We designed our own robotic assistance system controlled by the brain-computer interface (BCI) – the robotic splint. It is a prototype designed to meet the basic criteria for use in clinical neurorehabilitation. The system makes it possible to control the robotic splint in real time using the mental notion of movement detected by changes in the brain’s electrical activity measured on the head surface (so-called electroencephalography, EEG).

We conducted a series of experiments aimed at neurorehabilitation of patients after stroke. We have been monitoring the effect of training on the change of oscillatory EEG rhythms associated with motor activity. We showed a systematic long-term effect of training on these rhythms. This is a new knowledge that has not been published in this form so far (Rosipal et al., Journal of Neurophysiology, 2019). The observed long-term clinical changes in the patients following stroke indicate that the system is a promising alternative and complement to standard clinical neurorehablitation procedures.

Principal investigator: Ing. Mgr. Roman Rosipal PhD.

 

 

 

 

 

Robotic assistance system in IMS SAS