NeuroSuitUp: Neurorehabilitation Through Synergistic Man-machine Interfaces

Summary

NeuroSuitUp is a multidisciplinary neurophysiological \& neural rehabilitation engineering project, developed by the Lab of Medical Physics \& Digital Innovation, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Science Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and supported by a Neurosurgical Department. This research is co-financed by Greece and the European Union (European Social Fund- ESF) through the Operational Programme "Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning 2014- 2020" in the context of the project ""NeuroSuitUp"" (MIS 5047840). The website for the project can be accessed at https://imedphys.med.auth.gr/project/neurosuitup .

The investigation's primary objectives include the development, testing and optimization of an intervention based on multiple immersive man-machine interfaces offering rich feedback, that include a) mountable robotic arm controlled with wireless Brain-Computer Interface and b) wearable robotics jacket \& gloves in combination with a serious game application and c) augmented reality module for the presentation of the previous two, as well as the development and validation of a self-paced neuro-rehabilitation protocol for patients with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury and the study of cortical activity in chronic spinal cord injury.

Conditions

• Spinal Cord Injuries

Interventions

DEVICE

Brain-Computer Interface control of robotic arms with augmented reality

The participants will be trained to modulate self-paced Visual Motor Imagery (VMI) and Kinesthetic Motor Imagery (KMI) under EEG recording in order to achieve BCI-control of a custom-built bimanual arms robot (MERCURY v2.0). In KMI they will be asked to modulate brain waves in order to learn to control the BCI and in VMI they will additionally be projected a visual cue (representation of the intended movement). BCI will be used to control the arms in physical space as well as in an Augmented Reality Environment. Each participant will take part in 3 sessions Device: robotic arms MERCURY v2.0 robotic arms is a non-commercial 6-degree-of-freedom anthropomorphic bimanual robotic arms device that was built and developed by the research team of the Medical Physics \& Digital Innovation Lab.

DEVICE

Serious game with augmented reality

The participants will don wearable robotics and use them as input to play a dojo-themed immersive serious game intended at tracking participants movement and presenting them with motor tasks to perform. The game wiil be played in a computer screen, as well as in an Augmented Reality Environment. Each participant will take part in 10 sessions Device: Wearable robotics The NeuroSuitUp wearable robotics jacket \& gloves are non-commercial wearable devices, equiped with inertial motion units, electromyography and electrical muscle stimulation, built and developed by the Medical Physics \& Digital Innovation Lab

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Panos Bamidis, PhD · Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

14 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-02-01

Primary Completion

2025-12-31

Completion

2025-12-31

Countries

• Greece

Study Locations