Max N?der Center for Rehabilitation Technologies and Outcomes 嫩B研究院

We conduct outcomes-based research in prosthetics, orthotics, rehabilitation robotics, and other adaptive technologies
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Our Projects

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Wearable Airbag Technology to Reduce Injuries from Falls
PROJECT TYPE: Stroke, Parkinson's Disease

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Intervention to Promote Motor Development in Infants

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Improving Sleep of Inpatients
PROJECT TYPE: Stroke, Outcomes, Biomedical Engineering

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Sensor Technology Applied in Rehabilitation for Stroke (STARS)
PROJECT TYPE: Sensors, Stroke, Gait

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Evaluation of a Variable Friction Shoe for People with Foot Drop due to Stroke
PROJECT TYPE: Gait, Stroke

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Clinical Trials

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Evaluation of a Variable Friction Shoe for People with Foot Drop due to Stroke

To evaluate the effect of a variable friction shoe on walking in individuals with chronic stroke and foot drop.

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The BO2ST Trial

Walking recovery is a key goal after spinal cord injury (SCI). While some patients experience spontaneous recovery due to preserved neural circuits, many struggle to achieve independent ambulation, and those who do often face persistent deficits. There is growing consensus that a single approach is insufficient to overcome these challenges, prompting the need for combined interventions.

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Haptic Feedback for Plantar Sensory Substitution

Plantar sensation is crucial for gait, balance, and posture, and its loss contributes to movement disorders in conditions like multiple sclerosis, diabetes, stroke, and spinal cord injury. Current diagnostic methods use pressure sensor arrays to assess gait deficiencies, with wireless insole technology extending data collection beyond clinical settings. Building on these advances, we are investigating sensory substitution as a potential solution to restore lost plantar sensation and improve outcomes for affected individuals.

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Selected Publications

Automate, Illuminate, Predict: A Universal Framework for Integrating Wearable Sensors in Healthcare

Wearable sensors have been heralded as revolutionary tools for healthcare. However, while data are easily acquired from sensors, users still grapple with questions about how sensors can meaningfully inform everyday clinical practice and research. We propose a simple, comprehensive framework for utilizing sensor data in healthcare. The framework includes three key processes that are applied together or separately to (1) automate traditional clinical measures, (2) illuminate novel correlates of disease and impairment, and (3) predict current and future outcomes. We demonstrate applications of the Automate-Illuminate-Predict framework using examples from rehabilitation medicine. Automate-Illuminate-Predict provides a universal approach to extract clinically meaningful data from wearable sensors. This framework can be applied across the care continuum to enhance patient care and inform personalized medicine through accessible, noninvasive technology.

Assessing Actigraphy Performance for Daytime Sleep Detection Following Stroke: Insights from Inpatient Monitoring in a Rehabilitation Hospital

Safety & efficacy of a robotic hip exoskeleton on outpatient stroke rehabilitation

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