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Non-invasive Digital Twin Controlled BCI-FES-VR Leg-Cycling Ergometer Intervention Recovers Sensorimotor Function in Individuals with Complete Spinal Cord Injury

  • Claudio Pizzolato*
  • , Dinesh B. Palipana
  • , Kyle Mulholland
  • , Alastair R.J. Quinn
  • , Malik M.N. Mannan
  • , Kelly Clanchy
  • , Claire B. Crossley
  • , Evan Jurd
  • , Surendran Sabapathy
  • , Leanne Bisset
  • , Ewan C.R. Lloyd
  • , Belinda Beck
  • , Ana C.C. de Sousa
  • , Yang D. Teng
  • , David G. Lloyd
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Spinal cord injury (SCI) disrupts communication between high brain centers and the peripheral neuromusculoskeletal system, resulting in debilitating sensorimotor impairment, autonomic dysfunction, and musculoskeletal degeneration. To repair these concurrent deficits, we developed a multimodal rehabilitation system comprising a brain-computer interface (BCI), lower limbs functional electrical stimulation (FES), and virtual reality (VR) feedback. The apparatus, devised on a motorised semi-recumbent cycling ergometer, is controlled by a real-time digital twin of the user. Four individuals with chronic complete SCI have finished our year-1 study. While all participants gained discernible sensory, autonomic, muscular, and bone mineral density improvements, two of them additionally attained significant somatomotor benefits and recovered ability to voluntary contract previously paralysed muscles.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation V
PublisherSpringer
Pages63-67
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9783031775833
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Externally publishedYes
Event6th International Conference on Neurorehabilitation - La Granja, Spain
Duration: 5 Nov 20248 Nov 2024
https://2024.icneurorehab.org/

Publication series

NameBiosystems and Biorobotics
Volume32
ISSN (Print)2195-3562
ISSN (Electronic)2195-3570

Conference

Conference6th International Conference on Neurorehabilitation
Abbreviated titleICNR 2024
Country/TerritorySpain
City La Granja
Period5/11/248/11/24
OtherThe 2024 International Conference on Neurorehabilitation will bring together researchers and students from the fields of Clinical Rehabilitation, Applied Neurophysiology, and Biomedical Engineering to promote, feed and encourage this therapeutic global shift and bring together researchers and innovators from all around the world to discuss novel approaches, challenges and potential solutions in technologies for wearable robots, especially in the clinical field.
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