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DESCRIPTION:In this lecture I will present a Functional Electrical Stimulat
 ion Therapy for reaching and grasping\, which does not belong to a typical
  “garden variety” neuroprostheses that one can commonly find discussed
  in the literature. In the literature\, the neuroprostheses for grasping a
 re used to replace and substitute function\, and patients are expected to 
 depend on these devices their entire lives to reach and grasp objects. Thi
 s lecture will showcase a neuroprosthetic application\, better known as Fu
 nctional Electrical Stimulation Therapy\, which is aimed at restoring volu
 ntary arm and hand function after severe stroke and spinal cord injury\, i
 nstead of making the users depend on technology to perform reaching and gr
 asping. In the lecture the results of two Phase II randomized control tria
 l will be presented\, which were pivotal for this technology to become a c
 ommercially viable product.\n\nSpeaker(s): Prof. Milos R. Popovic\, \n\nVi
 rtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/246791
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/246791
ORGANIZER:lena.kranold@mail.mcgill.ca
SEQUENCE:3
SUMMARY:Neuroplasticity: How Functional Electrical Stimulation Therapy for 
 Reaching and Grasping can be used to Overcome Paralysis
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/246791
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>In this lecture I will present a Functiona
 l Electrical Stimulation Therapy for reaching and grasping\, which does no
 t belong to a typical &ldquo\;garden variety&rdquo\; neuroprostheses that 
 one can commonly find discussed in the literature.&nbsp\; In the literatur
 e\, the neuroprostheses for grasping are used to replace and substitute fu
 nction\, and patients are expected to depend on these devices their entire
  lives to reach and grasp objects.&nbsp\; This lecture will showcase a neu
 roprosthetic application\, better known as Functional Electrical Stimulati
 on Therapy\, which is aimed at restoring voluntary arm and hand function a
 fter severe stroke and spinal cord injury\, instead of making the users de
 pend on technology to perform reaching and grasping.&nbsp\; In the lecture
  the results of two Phase II randomized control trial will be presented\, 
 which were pivotal for this technology to become a commercially viable pro
 duct.</p>
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