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Section: Partnerships and Cooperations
International Initiatives
Inria Associate Teams Not Involved in an Inria International Labs
CACAO
Lower limb electrical stimulation for function restoration University of Brasilia, UNB (Brazil)
Núcleo de Tecnologia Assistiva, Acessibilidade e Inovação (NTAAI)
Start year: 2016
Electrical stimulation (ES) can activate paralyzed muscles to support rehabilitation. ES applied to fully or partially paralyzed muscles artificially induces muscle contraction substituting or completing the normal volitional control. In CACAO team we will join our efforts and specific expertise to develop approaches of lower limb function restoration in spinal cord injured individuals. Two main applications will be addressed: 1) Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) to assist SCI individuals to perform pivot transfers and 2) FES-assisted cycling. We aim at proposing solutions that can have an effect on patients’ quality of life, thus our choices intend to be realistic form a practical point of view. We will take care in evaluating both functional and psychological effects of our solutions and to constrain technical choices to be acceptable by final user. CACAO project will be a good opportunity to combine “bioengineer” (DEMAR) and “physiology/rehabilitation” (NTAAI) visions and knowledges towards solutions for clinical applications.
Participation in Other International Programs
Programme Ciensia Sem Fronteiras CAPES, avec l'Univeristé Brasilia (chercheur invité).