I Am Human Documentary Features FES Center, CWRU
The documentary premieres in Cleveland Thursday, followed by a panel with the filmmakers and featured scientists.
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New Research Seeks to Restore Functional Control of Arm and Hand for Those With Quadriplegia
Grant for $3 million from the U.S. Department of Defense supports the work being done at University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland FES Center.
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‘Somebody Has to Do the Research’
Bill Kochevar’s lasting legacy will be his selfless commitment to helping others with quadriplegia regain control over their limbs.
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$3 million grant supports creation of system to let thoughts move immobile arm in severely paralyzed patients
A $3 million grant from the United States Department of Defense is supporting a group of biomedical researchers as they look to advance a platform to allow unprecedented reanimation of paralyzed limbs under direct control of the brain.
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VA News for Monday, November 4th, 2019
VA doctors are among a team of researchers at the Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center restoring respiratory function in Veterans with spinal cord injury
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Why It’s Time to Take Electrified Medicine Seriously
“The nervous system really uses electricity as its language,” says Robert Kirsch, chair of biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University and executive director of the Cleveland FES Center.
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This Treadmill May Help Unlock Secrets to Parkinson’s Disease
Researchers are investigating what causes patients to freeze while walking and how it can be avoided.
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Gaining insight into Parkinson’s
Cleveland FES Center using deep brain stimulation to study gait, balance impairment
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Notable Women in STEM
The exceptional women featured in these profiles bring a broad range of skills, talent and innovations to bear on the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Thanks to their leadership, mentoring and example, young women throughout Northeast Ohio and beyond can envision and secure a future for themselves in STEM.
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Case Western Reserve University to showcase research projects on April 20
Cleveland FES (Functional Electrical Stimulation) Center: Military veteran David Powers, an FES Center patient, will help demonstrate how FES technology has restored respiratory muscle function. The technology helps those with spinal-cord injuries.
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Brain implants might one day help paralyzed patients use tablets
The implant was designed to detect signals associated with intended movements and then transmit these signals to a Bluetooth interface.
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FES Investigator’s Poster Selected to Receive Travel Grant Award MDS Congress
The poster was selected to receive a Travel Grant Award from theSociety and chosen for a Guided Poster Tour.
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Ocular Motor & Vestibular Deficits in Neurodegenerative Diseases
The journal topic includes several articles written by Dr. Shaikh and FES Center Investigator, Fatema Ghasia, MD.
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The American Parkinson Disease Association Awards More Than $1.7 Million in Cutting-Edge Research Grants
With someone diagnosed with PD every nine minutes, this research is critical as we push for better treatments and ultimately, a cure.
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Cleveland Clinic Researchers Awarded $2.5M NIH Grant to Enhance DBS for Stroke Recovery
First-of-its-kind clinical trial exploring the use of DBS to restore motor function in patients who have suffered a stroke.
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Hands-on improvements
Amputees use new, naturalistic sensory device at home for daily tasks, gain greater sense of personal well-being and connection to loved ones
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A Tool for Pain Relief
Acute and chronic pain affect at least 100 million U.S. adults and cost the nation up to $630 billion in medical treatment and lost productivity annually.
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First Place, 2018 International Annual BCI-Research Award
The Cleveland FES Center congratulates Bolu Ajiboye, PhD and Robert Kirsch, PhD on receiving first place for the 2018 International Annual Brain Computer Interface (BCI) Research Award, for their project entitled “Restoring Functional Reach-to-Grasp in a Person with Chronic Tetraplegia using Implanted Functional Electrical Stimulation and Intracortical Brain-Computer Interfaces.” The Brain Computer Interface Award is…
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The mind-reading devices that can free paralysed muscles
Technologies that restore movement and the sense of touch are helping people to overcome the physical effects of stroke and spinal-cord injury.
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I Was Paralyzed By a Spinal Cord Injury – and It’s Made My Life More Fulfilling
Christopher Wynn broke his neck diving into the ocean. Now, he runs an activity-based recovery program for other injured people. Wynn has benefited from functional electrical stimulation, which provides him with the ability to grasp objects. Read full story…
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Feel Me. What the new science of touch says about ourselves.
The sensors in the prosthetic hand feed information from the world into the wires in Spetic’s arm. Since, from the brain’s point of view, his hand is still there, it needs only to be recalled to life. Read full story…
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Ideas in movement: The next wave of brain-computer interfaces
Seconds after a brief smile of anticipation flashed across her face, Jan Scheuermann moved a bar of chocolate toward her mouth by controlling a robotic prosthetic arm. Finally, she took a bite. As she relished the taste, the team of neuroscientists and engineers in the room erupted in applause. It was no small feat for…
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Latest study from BrainGate team shows new advances in direct cortical control of computer
In the latest report on BrainGate, an investigational device that allows people with paralysis to control computer cursors just by thinking about the movement of their own hand, researchers describe the best performance yet by study volunteers using the system. The report is in the October 2015 issue of Nature Medicine. Read more…
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