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RESULTS & PUBLICATIONS:

Publications:
  1. Robertson B, Kardamakis A, Capantini L, Pérez-Fernández J, Suryanarayana SM, Wallén P, Grillner S. (2013) The lamprey blueprint of the mammalian nervous system. In: Gert Holstege, Caroline M. Beers and Hari H. Subramanian, Editor(s), Progress in Brain Research, Elsevier, 2014, Volume 212, Pages 337-349, ISSN 0079-6123, ISBN 9780444634887, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-63488-7.00016-1.
    (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780444634887000161)
  2. Pérez-Fernández J, Stephenson-Jones M, Suryanarayana S M, Robertson B, Grillner S. Evolutionarily conserved organization of the dopaminergic system in lamprey: SNc/VTA afferent and efferent connectivity and D2 receptor expression. J Comp Neurol. 2014 Jun 18. doi: 10.1002/cne.23639.
    [Epub ahead of print]
  3. Francisco M. Ocaña, Shreyas M. Suryanarayana, Kazuya Saitoh, Andreas A. Kardamakis, Lorenza Capantini, Brita Robertson, Sten Grillner, The Lamprey Pallium Provides a Blueprint of the Mammalian Motor Projections from Cortex, Current Biology, Available online 22 January 2015, ISSN 0960-9822, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.12.013.
    (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982214015772)
  4. Stummer C, Dibilio V, Overeem S, Weerdesteyn V, Bloem BR, Nonnekes J. The walk-bicycle: A new assistive device for Parkinson's patients with freezing of gait? Parkinsonism & related disorders. 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2015.04.025
  5. Ferreira JJ, Godinho C, Santos AT, Domingos J, Abreu D, Lobo R, Gonçalves N, Barra M, Larsen F, Fagerbakke Ø, Akeren I, Wangen H, Serrano JA, Weber P, Thoms A, Meckler S, Sollinger S, van Uem J, Hobert MA, Maier KS, Matthew H, Isaacs T, Duffen J, Graessner H, Maetzler W. Quantitative home-based assessment of Parkinson's symptoms: The SENSE-PARK feasibility and usability study. BMC Neurol. 2015 Jun 10;15:89.
  6. Maggioni, Serena; Lunenburger, Lars; Riener, Robert; Melendez-Calderon, Alejandro, "Robot-aided assessment of walking function based on an adaptive algorithm," in Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 2015 IEEE International Conference on, pp. 804-809, 11-14 Aug. 2015
  7. Chia Bejarano N, Maggioni S, De Rijcke L, Cifuentes CA, and Reinkensmeyer DJ, “Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation Therapy: Recovery Mechanisms and Their Implications for Machine Design.” In: Emerging Therapies in Neurorehabilitation II (Biosystems & Biorobotics) 1st ed. 2016 Edition by, José L. Pons, Rafael Raya, José González (eds.)
  8. Lambercy O, Maggioni S , Lünenburger L, Gassert R and Bolliger M, “Robotic and wearable sensor technologies for measurements/clinical assessments” in: Neurorehabilitation Technology 2nd edition 2015 by Dietz V and Reinkensmeyer DJ (eds.)
  9. Barthel, C., Mallia, E., Debu, B., Bloem, B. R. & Ferraye, M. U. The Practicalities of Assessing Freezing of Gait. J Parkinsons Dis 6, 667-674, doi:10.3233/JPD-160927 (2016).
  10. Dibilio, V. et al. Secondary task performance during challenging walking tasks and freezing episodes in Parkinson's disease. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 123, 495-501, doi:10.1007/s00702-016-1516-7 (2016).
  11. Ferraye, M.U. et al. Cue-shoe dans la maladie de Parkinson : un seul pas du freezing vers la liberté. Neurophysiologi e Clinique45, 392, doi 10.1016/j.neu cli.2015.10.009 (2015).
  12. Ihlen, E. A., Weiss, A., Beck, Y., Helbostad, J. L. & Hausdorff, J. M. A comparison study of local dynamic stability measures of daily life walking in older adult community-dwelling fallers and non-fallers. J Biomech 49, 1498-1503, doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.03.019 (2016).
  13. Maggioni, S. et al. Robot-aided assessment of lower extremity functions: a review. J Neuroeng Rehabil 13, 72, doi:10.1186/s12984-016-0180-3 (2016).
  14. Mico-Amigo, M. E. et al. A novel accelerometry-based algorithm for the detection of step durations over short episodes of gait in healthy elderly. J Neuroeng Rehabil 13, 38, doi:10.1186/s12984-016-0145-6 (2016).
  15. Pozaic, T. et al. Sit-to-Stand Transition Reveals Acute Fall Risk in Activities of Daily Living. IEEE Journal of Translation Engineering in Health and Medicine 4, 1-11, doi 10.1109/JTEHM .2016.2620177 (2016).
  16. Van Uem, J. M. et al. A Viewpoint on Wearable Technology-Enabled Measurement of Wellbeing and Health-Related Quality of Life in Parkinson's Disease. J Parkinsons Dis 6, 279-287, doi:10.3233/JPD-150740 (2016).
  17. Van Uem, J. M. et al. Twelve-week sensor assessment in Parkinson's disease: Impact on quality of life. Mov Disord 31, 1337-1338, doi:10.1002/mds.26676 (2016).
  18. Van Uem, J. M. et al. Health-Related Quality of Life in patients with Parkinson's disease--A systematic review based on the ICF model. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 61, 26-34, doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.11.014 (2016).
  19. Van Uem, J. M. et al. Quantitative Timed-Up-and-Go Parameters in Relation to Cognitive Parameters and Health-Related Quality of Life in Mild-to-Moderate Parkinson's Disease. PLoS One 11, e0151997, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0151997 (2016).
  20. Van Uem, J et al. P171. The relationship between quantitative parameters of the Timed-up-and-Go phases, and health-related quality of life in Parkinson’s disease. Clinical Neurophysiology 126, e161, doi 10.1016/j.clinph.2015.04.269 (2015).
    Dissemination:
    Fellow Meeting/Conference Contribution
    Elizabeth Mallia
    – UCL    		 Queen Square Neuroscience Symposium 2014 Poster presentation on methodology of Experiment to investigate the relationship between finger pressing force during the presentation of visual stimulus sequences, and the predictability of those sequences
    Motor Control X, Budapest, Hungary,

    22-25 July 2015

    		 Poster presentation: “Does older age affect action selection?”
    Movement Disorders Society Conference, Berlin 19-23 June 2016

    Poster presentations:

    • 1) Does dopamine affect the selection of stepping actions in PD?
      2) Is selection of stepping impaired in PD in ON?
      3) The practicalities of assessing freezing of gait
    Yoav Beck
    – TASMC    		 International Freezing of Gait Conference (IFOG), 5/02/14 to 7/02/14 Attendance
    Movement Disorders Society congress,

    14-18 June 2015, San Diego, US

    Poster presentation:

    Postural Control Alterations in Healthy LRRK2 G2019S Mutation Carriers
    ISPGR Congress in Seville, 28 June –

    02 July 2015

    Talk:

    Postural alteration in High Risk Individuals for PD
    Shreyas Suryanarayana
    – Karolinska    		 Symposium - "Optogenetics" organised by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,

    12/12/13 to 13/12/13.

    		 Attendance
    Society of Neuroscience annual meeting in the US (to be held in Washington D.C from

    15-19 Nov 2014)

    Abstracts submitted for poster presentation:

    1. Suryanarayana S M, Ocaña  F M, Capantini L, Robertson B, Grillner S. (2014) Evolutionary conservation of cortical motor organisation: evidence from efferent connectivity and function of the lamprey homologue – the lateral pallium
    2. Robertson B, Suryanarayana S M, Grillner S. (2014) Afferent connectivity of the lateral pallium in the lamprey – evolutionary perspectives on the telencephalon
    Nordic Neuroscience conference, 10-12 June 2015, Trondheim, Norway

    Poster presentation:

    The lamprey blueprint of the mammalian motor projections from cortex – the lateral pallium

    Society of Neuroscience annual meeting, USA

    Chicago, USA from October 17-21, 2015.

    Poster presentation:

    Membrane properties of lamprey lateral pallial neurons and their sensory input - dissecting the primordial cortical microcircuit.
    FENS Forum of Neurosciencein Copenhagen, Denmark, July 2-6 2016 Poster presentation:

    Dissecting the primordial cortical microcircuit – sensory integration and synaptic interaction
    Encarna Mico Amigo
    – Mc Roberts    		 Second International Conference on Medical Materials, Devices and Regenerative Medicine 2014, Nepal. Kathmandu. (MMDRM 2014), 11/01/13 – 13/01/13 Presentation of a paper: Potential Role of Body-fixed-sensors in Biomechanical Analysis.http://biomedical.edu.np/MMDRM.htm
    Faculty of Human Movement Sciences (VU) and ACTA (Vumc). MOVE Congress. 19 February-2015 Poster presentation
    Famelab Wageningen Heat. February 2015 Oral presentation (pitch of 3minutes duration)
    Famelab Nijmegen Heat. February 2015 Oral presentation (pitch of 3minutes duration). Winner of the heat with the topic: “The magic in Parkinson’s Disease”.
    Famelab Netherlands Semifinal. Amsterdam, March 2015. Oral presentation (pitch of 3minutes duration). Selected finalist. Science explained. Project 4.
    Famelab Netherlands final. Leiden, May 2015

    Oral presentation (pitch of 3minutes duration). Science explained, project 4.

    Second place winner with the topic: “Give me an accelerometer and I will tell you how dangerous your Huntingtin proteins are”.
    ISPGR Congress in Seville, 28 June –

    02 July 2015

    Poster presentation:

    “Validation of a new algorithm for detection of step durations in short episodes of gait using a single accelerometer in healthy elderly and patients with Parkinson’s Disease”
    ISB Congress, 12 – 16 July 2015, Glasgow, Scotland

    Talk:

    “Validation of a new algorithm for the detection of step durations in short episodes of gait using a single accelerometer device on the lower back”
    Movement Disorders Society Conference, Berlin 19/06/16 to 23/06/16

    Poster presentation:

    Is the assessment of 5 meters of gait with body-worn-sensors enough to recognize Parkinsonian gait?
    TRANSLATIONAL ROBOTICS FOR CLINICAL REHABILITATION SUMMER SCHOOL. (TRCR) Brissago, Switzerland, 28/08 – 02/09/2016

    Poster presentation:

    Is the assessment of 5 meters of gait with body-worn-sensors enough to recognize Parkinsonian gait?
    Pedro Custodio
    – Motek Medical    		 Master class of “Neurorehabilitation in the Context of Movement Science” (NCMS), 2013 Presentation of project
    MOVE Research Institute and OZO Presentation of project
    9th VUmc Science Exchange Day, September 2015 Presentation of project
    Motek group meeting at the European Society for Movement Analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC), Heidelberg, Germany, 10-12/09/2015

    Poster presentation:

    EEG recording during locomotion: a methodology review
    Tomislav Prozaic
    – Bosch

    		XX World Congress on Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorder, Geneva, Switzerland,

    8/12/13 -11/12/13

    		 Participation
    5th Bosch Conference on System and Software Engineering, Ludwigsburg, Germany,

    12/05/14 – 15/05/14

    		 Grebe A K, Wegend C, Pozaic T, Hayn H (2014)
    Verification and Validation of a Medical Activity Monitor.
    RB-Doktorandenkolloquium, Leinfelden, Germany, 19/05/14 Participation
    2014 ISPGR World Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 29/06/14 – 03/07/14 Participation
    DAK Intelligente Systeme meeting

    (4th September 2014)

    		 Research project presentations
    ISPGR Congress in Seville, 28 June –

    02 July 2015

    Poster presentation:

    “Sit-to-stand transition time estimation based on the wrist and hip acceleration sensor”
    Doktorandenkolloquium, Renningen, Germany, 18-19 June 2015 Participation
    Carrier Seminar Marie Curie Actions German Chapter, Darmstadt, Germany, 10 June 2015 Participation
    ICBHI 2015, Haikou China, 

    09/10/2015-10/10/2015

    Paper presentation:

    Inter-limb coordination assessment and fall risk in ADL

    World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Toronto Canada,

    09-10/10 2015

    Poster presentation:

    Inter-limb coordination assessment and fall risk in ADL
    Janet van Uem
    – Tuebingen    		 Summer school MD physiotherapy, 07/13 Participation
    Parkinsonnet Congress Utrecht, 11/13 Participation
    DGKN Congress in Tübingen,

    19 – 21 March 2015

    Poster presentation:

    The relationship between quantitative parameters of the Timed-up-and-Go phases, and health-related quality of life in Parkinson's disease
    ISPGR Congress in Seville,

    28 June – 02 July 2015

    		 Poster presentations: 1) The relationship between quantitative parameters of the Timed-up-and-Go phases, and health-related quality of life in Parkinson's disease 2) The effect of wearing sensors continuously over 12 weeks on health-related quality of life in patients with Parkinson’s disease
    88. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neurologie, Düsseldorf, Germany 23-26/09/2015 Poster presentation: The relationship between quantitative parameters of the Timed-Up-and-Go Phases on Health-Related Quality of Life in Parkinson's disease.
    Claudia Stummer
    – RUNMC    		 “Career entrance day” (Berufseinsteigerforum) of the German physio organization (Physio Deutschland), 08/11/13 Gave a lecture (“Studieren im Ausland” – study abroad) and was in charge of a booth
    ParkinsonNet congress in Utrecht, The Netherlands, 29/11/13 Participation
    “Students meet students” organized by the German Physio organization (Physio Deutschland), 30/11/13 – 01/12/13 Gave a lecture (“Studieren im Ausland” – study abroad)
    International Freezing of Gait conference in Israel, 04/02/14 – 09/02/14 Participation
    18th international congress of Parkinson’s disease and movement disorders in Stockholm, 08/06/14 – 12/06/14 Participation
    Participated at the Physiotherapy UK conference from the chartered society of physiotherapy (CSP) in Birmingham, UK (10.-11.10.2014) Awarded a grant for ticket entrance and accommodation (from CSP) Participation
    SMALLL congress Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 28/11/2014 Participation
    Google glass symposium in Twente, The Netherlands 12/12/2014 Participation
    Worlds Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress,1-4 May 2015; Singapore Poster presentation: The walk-bicycle: a new assistive device for patients with Parkinson's disease and freezing of gait? Conference Paper in Physiotherapy 101 May 2015
    ISPGR Congress in Seville, 28 June – 02 July 2015 Poster presentation: STN-DBS reduces freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease in the VANTAGE prospective, multi-center trial
    Movement Disorders Society Conference, Berlin, Germany 19.-23.06.2016

    Poster presentations:

    1) Does dopamine affect the selection of stepping actions in PD?
    2) Is selection of stepping impaired in PD in ON?
    3) The practicalities of assessing freezing of gait
    Bundeskongress Physiotherapie, Dresden, Germany 21.-22.10.2016

    Oral presentation:

    Wie komme ich dem „freezing“ auf die Spur ? Ein praktisches Beispiel wie „freezing of gait“bei Morbus Parkinson objektiv gemessen werden kann

    Serena Maggioni
    – Hocoma

    		 COST  action  TD1006  on  Robotics  for  Neurorehabilitation:  Standards  for  Robot-Based assessments (Twente – April 2013, San Sebastian – June 2013, Zürich – September 2013) Attendance
    INRS2013: International Neurorehabilitation Symposium (Zürich, September 2013) Attendance
    SSNR2013: Summer School on Neurorehabilitation (Elche – September 2013) Attendance
    SSNR2014: Summer School on Neurorehabilitation (Baiona – September 2014) Poster presentation: Measuring walking before walking: robot-aided assessment of walking recovery
    TAR 2015: Technically Assisted Rehabilitation Conference, Berlin, 12-13 March 2015 Oral presentation:“Robot-Aided Assessment of Walking Recovery”
    RehabWeek, 10-12 June 2015, Valencia Attendance
    INRS 2015: International Neurorehabilitation Symposium, Valencia, 10-12 June 2015 Attendance

    IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 11-14 September 2015, Singapore

    		 Poster presentation and Conference paper:“ Robot-Aided Assessment of Walking Function Based on an Adaptive Algorithm”

    2016 6th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechantronics (BioRob), 26-29 June 20162016 6th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob)

    Poster presentation:

    A bio-inspired robotic test bench for repeatable and safe testing of rehabilitation robots.
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