Final Program
Tutorial Abstracts
Workshop Abstracts
Monday August 25, 2008 |
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| 08:00 | Tutorial and Conference Registration | |
| 09:00-12:00 | Tutorial “Nintendo Wii-based Rehabilitation” Greg Burdea (USA), Terry Blois and colleagues (Canada) |
Tutorial “Use of Haptic Feedback Devices and Virtual Environments for Rehabilitation” Heidi Sugarman (Israel) and Belinda Lange (USA) |
| 12:00–12:30 | Coffee Break and Conference Registration | |
| 12:00 | Exhibits Hall Opens | |
| 12:30–13:30 | Workshop “Use of Psychophysiological Measures in Virtual Rehabilitation” Cali Fidopiastis and Charles Hughes (USA) |
Workshop: "VR Driving: The road to success is still under construction" Maria Schultheis (USA) |
| 13:30-14:30 | Lunch Reception (Conference Registration Continues) | |
| 14:30-14:45 | Opening Remarks J. Fung & M. Carpenter (Canada), Tamar Weiss (Israel) |
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| 14:45-15:45 | Keynote Lecture I - “Human-Centered Socially Assistive Robotics for Rehabilitation: Is it Time for a Robot Coach?” - Maja Mataric (USA) - (Chair: Grigore Burdea) | |
| 15:45-16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:00-18:00 | Session 1. UPPER LIMB REHABILITATION - (Co-chairs: Mindy Levin, Jim Patton) | |
| Mónica da Silva Cameirã, Sergi Bermúdez i Badia, Esther Duarte Oller, Paul F.M.J. Verschure (Spain) | Using a multi-task adaptive VR system for upper limb rehabilitation in the acute phase of stroke | |
| GB Prange, T Krabben, BI Molier, H van der Kooij, MJA Jannink (the Netherlands) | A low-tech virtual reality application for training of upper extremity motor function in neurorehabilitation | |
| Jill Stewart, James Gordon, Carolee Winstein (USA) | Use of a Virtual Environment to Investigate Planning of Unconstrained Reach Actions After Stroke: A Feasbility Study | |
| B. Dellon, Y. Matsuoka (USA) | Towards Feedback Distortion to Augment Controllability of Human Limb Motion | |
| L Dovat, O Lambercy, B Salman, V Johnson, R Gassert, E Burdet, CL Teo, T Milner (Singapore, UK, Canada) | Post-Stroke Training of a Pick and Place Activity in a Virtual Environment | |
| Session Discussion | ||
| 19:00 | Steering Committee Dinner (By invitation) | |
Tuesday August 26, 2008 |
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| 8:00-8:30 | Registration Poster Set-up |
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| 8:30-10:30 | Session 2. POSTURE AND GAIT - (Co-chairs: Mark Carpenter, Jiping He) | |
| J.E. Deutsch, R. Boian, J. Lewis, G. Burdea, A. Minsky (USA) | Haptic Effects Modulate Kinetics of Gait but not Experience of Realism in a Virtual Reality Walking Simulator | |
| Yun Wang, Robert V. Kenyon, Emily A. Keshner (USA) | Virtual Scene Velocity Influences Postural Responses to an Inclined Base of Support | |
Alison R Oates, Claire F Perez, Joyce Fung (Canada) |
A VR-haptic locomotor system to retrain anticipatory postural adjustments post stroke | |
| Orit Elion, Yotam Bahat, Itamar Sela, Itzchak Siev-Ner, Patrice L. (Tamar) Weiss, Avi Karni (Israel) | Postural adjustments as an acquired motor skill: Delayed gains and robust retention after a single training session within a virtual environment | |
| Maxim Hanna, Joyce Fung, Anouk Lamontagne (Canada) | Is extra-retinal information needed to control steering of locomotion in presence of a rotational optic flow? | |
| Session Discussion | ||
| 10:30–10:45 | Coffee Break in Exhibits Hall | |
| 10:45–11:45 | Keynote Lecture II: Developments in Balance Assessment and Intervention as a Challenge for Virtual Rehabilitation - Emily Keshner (USA) - (Chair: Alma Merians) | |
| 11:45-12:30 | Lunch | |
| 12:30-13:30 | Poster Session (Co-chairs: Emily Keshner, Patrice L. (Tamar) Weiss) | |
| Mindy F. Levin, Eliane C. Magdalon, Stella Maris Michaelsen, Antonio A. F. Quevedo (Canada) | Comparison of Reaching and Grasping Kinematics in Patients with Hemiparesis and in Healthy Controls in Virtual and Physical Environments | |
| Ramon de la Rosa Steinz, A. Alonso, S. de la Rosa and D. Abásolo (Spain) | Myo-Pong: a neuromuscular game for the UVa-Neuromuscular Training System Platforms | |
| Daniel Labonte, Michaud Francois, Richard Cloutier, Marc-Andre Roux and Dominic Letrouneau, Michel Lauria and Patrick Boissy (Canada) | Telerehabilitation via a mobile robot | |
| Martin O. Culjat, Richard E. Fan and Warren S. Grundfest (USA) | Optimization of a Tactile Feedback System to Aid the Rehabilitation of Lower-Limb Amputees | |
| Ludovic Dovat, Olivier Lambercy, Roger Gassert, Etienne Burdet and Teo Chee Leong (Singapore, UK) | HandCARE2: A Novel Cable Interface for Hand Rehabilitation | |
| Rhona Guberek, Sheila Schneiberg, Heidi Sveistrup, Patricia McKinley and Mindy F. Levin (Canada) | Application of Virtual Reality in Upper Limb Rehabilitation | |
| Diarmaid Fitzgerald, Nanthana Trakarnratanakul, Luke Conroy, Paddy Nixon and Brian Caulfield (Ireland) | A Virtual Rehabilitation System for Wobble Board Balance Training with Children | |
| Matthieu Dautricourt and Francesco Toninelli (France, Italy) | INSCAPE – Interactive Storytelling & Augmentative-Alternative Communication | |
| Rachel Kizony, Mindy F. Levin, Lucinda Hughey, Claire Perez and Joyce Fung (Canada) | A virtual reality-based paradigm to study functional dual task performance during locomotion post stroke | |
| Avinash Ramchandani, Kevin Carroll, Roel Buenaventura, Jason Douglas and Justin Liu (USA) | Wii-habilitation increases participation in therapy | |
| Joseph E. Barton and Emily A. Keshner (USA) | Examining Sensory Reweighting In Healthy Elderly and in Those with Brain Injury | |
| Jason M. Wilken and Benjamin J. Darter (USA) | Virtual Reality and Real-Time Feedback to Improve Gait Performance in a Polytrauma Patient | |
| M. Bolas, B. Lange, I. Dallas, A. Huerta and A.A Rizzo (USA) | Engaging breathing exercises: developing an interactive XNA-based air flow sensing and control system | |
| Dario G. Liebermann, Sigal Berman, Mindy F. Levin, Patrice (Tamar) L. Weiss (Israel, Canada) | Arm and trunk kinematic features during reaching in virtual and real world environments | |
| Ron S. Leder, Gil Azcarate, Rodrigo Savage, Saiph Savage, L. Enrique Sucar, David Reinkensmeyer, Carlos Toxtli, Emilio Roth, Ariel Molina (USA) | Nintendo Wii mote for Arm and Wrist Therapy in Stroke Survivors with Upper Extremity Hemipariesis | |
| Jack F. Schorsch and Richard F. ff. Weir (USA) | Reliability of Implantable MyoElectric Sensors (IMES) | |
| Grigore Burdea, Devin Fensterheim, Daniel Cioi and Amine Arezki (USA) | The Rutgers Arm II Rehabilitation System | |
| 13:30–15:30 | Session 3. COGNITIVE REHABILITATION - (Co-chairs: Maria Schultheis, Peter Wilson) | |
| AM Dawson, LJ Buxbaum, AA Rizzo (USA) | The Virtual Reality Lateralized Attention Test: Sensitivity and validity of a new clinical tool for assessing hemispatial neglect | |
Lucinda Hughey, Rachel Kizony, Claire Perez, Joyce Fung (Canada) |
The effects of increased attentional demand on the perception of visual vertical | |
| Assaf Y Dvorkin, William Z. Rymer, Richard L. Harvey, Ross A. Bogey, James L. Patton (USA) | Assessment and monitoring of recovery of spatial neglect within a virtual environment | |
| Christiane B. Lourenço, Liza Azeff, Heidi Sveistrup, Mindy F. Levin (Canada) | Effect of environment on motivation and sense of presence in healthy subjects performing reaching tasks | |
| Laura Carelli, Francesca Morganti, Patrice (Tamar) Weiss, Rachel Kizony, Giuseppe Riva (Italy, Israel) | A virtual reality paradigm for the assessment and rehabilitation of executive function deficits post stroke: Feasibility study | |
| Session Discussion | ||
| 15:30-15:45 | Coffee Break in Exhibits Hall | |
| 15:45–17:25 | Session 4. VIRTUAL GAMING FOR REHABILITATION - (Co-chairs: Heidi Sveistrup, Judith Deutsch) | |
| Meghan Huber, Bryan Rabin, Ciprian Docan, Grigore Burdea Michelle E. Nwosu, Moustafa Abdelbaky Meredith R. Golomb (USA) | PlayStation 3-based Telerehabilitation for Children with Hemiplegia | |
| Nedialko I. Krouchev, John F. Kalaska (Canada) | Virtual Worlds and Games for rehabilitation and research | |
| Alexander Koenig, Karin Brutsch, Lukas Zimmerli, Marco Guidali, Alexander Duschau-Wicke, Mathias Wellner, Andreas Meyer-Koeneke, Lars Lunenburger, Susan Koeneke, Lutz Jancke, Robert Riener (Switzerland) | Virtual Reality Increases Participation of Children with CP in Robot-Aided Treadmill Training | |
| Pawel Pyk, David Wille, Edith Chevrier, Yves Hauser, Lisa Holper, Ismael Fatton, Roger Greipl, Sonja Schlegel, Luzia Ottiger, Barbara Rückreim, Aniña Pescatore, Andreas Meyer-Heim, Daniel Kiper, Kynan Eng (Switzerland) | A Paediatric Interactive Therapy System for Arm and Hand Rehabilitation | |
| Session Discussion | ||
| 18:00 | Bus Boarding | |
| 18:15 | Bus departing convention center for harbour cruise | |
| 19:00 | Conference Banquet and Cruise | |
Wednesday August 27, 2008 |
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| 8:00 | Registration | |
| 8:30-10:30 | Session 5. ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT - (Co-chairs: Gery Columbo, Pawel Pyk) | |
| Diarmaid Fitzgerald, Dan Kelly, Tomas Ward, Charles Markham, Brian Caulfield (Ireland) | Usability Evaluation of E-Motion: A Virtual Rehabilitation System Designed to Demonstrate, Instruct and Monitor a Therapeutic Exercise Programme | |
| Philippe S. Archambault, François Routhier, Mathieu Hamel, Patrick Boissy (Canada) | Analysis of movement to develop a virtual reality powered-wheelchair simulator | |
| Carlos Roberto França, José Antonio dos Santos Borges, Fabio Ferrentini Sampaio (Brazil) | TUPI - A library of components for accessibility systems for motor impairments | |
| Madusudanan Sathia Narayanan, Srikanth Kannan, Leng-Feng Lee, Venkat N. Krovi (USA) | Virtual Musculoskeletal Scenario-Testing Case-Studies | |
| Imre Cikajlo (Slovenia) | Integration of Virtual Reality based task into controlled dynamometry to enhance motor rehabilitation | |
| Session Discussion | ||
| 10:30-10:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:45-12:00 | Session 6. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY - (Co-chairs: Jaime Sánchez, Jim Raso) | |
| Sivakumar Balasubramanian, Ruihua We, Mike Perez, Ben Shepard, Edward Koeneman, James Koeneman, Jiping He (USA) | RUPERT: An Exoskeleton Robot for Assisting Rehabilitation of Arm Functions | |
| Suneth Attygalle, Margaret Duff, Thanassis Rikakis, Jiping He (USA) | Low-cost, at-home assessment system with Wii Remote based motion capture for upper extremity | |
| Nick Mumford, Jonathan Duckworth, Ross Eldridge, Mark Guglielmetti, Patrick Thomas, David Shum, Heiko Rudolph, Gavin Williams, Peter H. Wilson (Australia) | A virtual tabletop workspace for upper-limb rehabilitation in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): A multiple case study evaluation | |
| Session Discussion | ||
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00 | Exhibits Hall Closed | |
Wednesday August 27, 2008 |
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| Session 7. MAPPING and NAVIGATION - (Co-chairs: Dario Liebermann, Francesca Morganti) | ||
| 13:00–15:00 | Sandeep Subramanian, Christian Beaudoin, Mindy F Levin (Canada) | Arm pointing movements in a three dimensional virtual environment: Effect of two different viewing media |
Jaime Sánchez, Héctor Flores (Chile) |
Audio Concepts Maps for Virtual Rehabilitation of the Blind | |
| O Lahav, DW Schloerb, S Kumar, M.A. Srinivasan (USA) | BlindAid: a Learning Environment for Enabling People who are Blind to Explore and Navigate through Unknown Real Spaces | |
| Tristan Carvelho, Robert S. Allison, Elizabeth L. Irving, Christopher Herriot (Canada) | Computer Gaming for Vision Therapy | |
| Helena Grillon, Daniel Thalmann (Switzerland) | Eye Contact as Trigger for Modification of Virtual Character Behavior | |
| Session Discussion | ||
| 15:00–15:30 | Awards Ceremony and Concluding Remarks | |
Best Paper Award sponsored by Hocoma AG
Best Student Paper Award sponsor by GestureTek Inc.
Technical Sponsorship from IEEE EMBS
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