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SUMMARY:Stroke Rehabilitation using Electrical Stimulation &amp\; Robotics
 : Open problems in control\, identification\, sensing and motor learning -
  Dr Chris Freeman\, Electronics and Computer Science\, University of South
 ampton
DTSTART:20120413T130000Z
DTEND:20120413T140000Z
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CONTACT:Rachel Fogg
DESCRIPTION:People with long term conditions that are the biggest users of
  the NHS have been called a ticking time bomb\, and there is a strong driv
 e from the Department of Health to radically re-design services based on s
 elf care\, telehealth and telecare technology. Stroke patients account for
  a significant portion of this group and currently very little technology 
 is commercially available for them to use away from hospital.\n\nOver the 
 last 5 years Dr Freeman and colleagues at the University of Southampton ha
 ve pioneered the use of advanced control strategies to increase the effect
 iveness and scope of novel stroke rehabilitation technologies involving el
 ectrical stimulation and robotics. The team has shown these technologies h
 ave significant clinical effectiveness and\, with further sets of clinical
  trials planned in 2012 added to those already completed\, the stage in wh
 ich they can be transferred into patients' own homes is rapidly approachin
 g. This seminar provides an overview of current research into electrical s
 timulation and robotics\, and discusses open control\, identification\, se
 nsing and motor learning problems that must be solved to maximise its effe
 ctiveness and allow it to reach the end user.\n\n
LOCATION:Cambridge University Engineering Department\, LR5
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