2024/07/17 | People | Rehabilitation & Neural Engineering
PhD thesis defense Raphael Rätz
The ARTORG Center congratulates Raphael Rätz for his successful PhD thesis defense on 8 July 2024! At the Motor Learning and Neurorehabilitation group, Raphael developed and tested two complementary, easy-to-use robotic devices to improve upper-limb rehabilitation after a stroke under the title "Novel Clinical-Driven Robotic Devices for Sensorimotor Training". The portable hand trainer is simple and intuitive, enabling patients to increase their therapy dosage through unsupervised training at home. The Lambda.3+ offers an unprecedented quality of sensory information in gamified rehabilitation exercises thanks to a novel physics engine-based haptic rendering approach.
Publications:
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Ratz R, Conti F, Müri RM and Marchal-Crespo L. (2021). A Novel Clinical-Driven Design for Robotic Hand Rehabilitation: Combining Sensory Training, Effortless Setup, and Large Range of Motion in a Palmar Device. Frontiers in Neurorobotics. 15:748196. In preparation
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Ratz R, Ratschat AL, Cividanes-Garcia N, Ribbers GM and Marchal-Crespo L. (2024). Designing for Usability: Development and Evaluation of a Portable Minimally-Actuated Haptic Hand and Forearm Trainer for Unsupervised Stroke Rehabilitation. Frontiers in Neurorobotics. 18:1351700. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2024.1351700
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Ratz, R., Müri, R.M., Marchal-Crespo, L. (2022). Assessment of Clinical Requirements for a Novel Robotic Device for Upper-Limb Sensorimotor Rehabilitation After Stroke. In: Torricelli, D., Akay, M., Pons, J.L. (eds) Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation IV. ICNR 2020. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 28. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70316-5 28
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Ratz R. and Marchal-Crespo L. (2023). Physics Engine-Based Whole-Hand Haptic Rendering for Sensorimotor Neurorehabilitation. 2023 lEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC), Delft, Netherlands, pp. 279-285. https://doi.org/10.1109/WHC56415.2023.10224404
