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EEN205 EEN205 Rehabilitation engineering lp4 VT26 (7.5 hp)

Course is offered by the department of Electrical Engineering

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Student Representatives

Course purpose

This course introduces technologies for helping people with sensory and motor disabilities to regain functions. The course also presents methods to evaluate and monitor the impairment as well as the functional improvement due to the application of such technologies.

Schedule

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Date Topic Teacher
03/24

Introduction

Recap on movement principles

Injuries and recovery

 Silvia Muceli
03/26 Assessment Silvia Muceli
03/27 Brain-computer interface Dario Farina
03/21 Plasticity Natalie Mrachacz-Kersting
04/14 Upper limb prostheses Cristina Piazza
04/16

Surgical techniques

Control principles

 Silvia Muceli
04/17

Lower limb prostheses

Sensory feedback

 Giacomo Valle
04/21 Prostheses: a perspective from the industry José Gonzalez
04/21

Augmentation

 Jonathan Eden
04/23

Functional electrical stimulation

 Strahinja Došen
04/24

Pathological tremor reduction

 Silvia Muceli
04/28

Functional electrical stimulation therapy

 Erika Spaich
05/04

Cybathlon

Rehabilitation robotics

 Robert Riener

Modelling in rehabilitation engineering

 Madeleine Lowery

Upper limb reconstructive surgery in individuals with spinal cord injuries

 Lina Bunketorp Käll

Microwave imaging for muscle rupture

 Laura Guerrero Orozco

 

Course literature

No textbook is required for this course. The slides and reading material will be provided during the course.

Course design

The course includes

  • lectures held by the examiner and international scientists
  • implementation of a project (facilitated by Chiara and Silvia)

Material will be posted in Canvas.

Changes made since the last occasion

  • The order in which the lectures are delivered.
  • We have a new TA.

Learning objectives and syllabus

Learning objectives:

- Acquire knowledge on the sensory and motor systems.

- Analyze the state of the art in rehabilitation engineering both in clinical and research settings.
- Design technologies to help disable individuals to regain sensory and motor functions and compare those technologies to the state of the art.

 

Link to the syllabus on Studieportalen.

https://www.chalmers.se/en/education/your-studies/find-course-and-programme-syllabi/course-syllabus/EEN205/?acYear=2026/2027

If the course is a joint course (Chalmers and Göteborgs Universitet) you should link to both syllabus (Chalmers and Göteborgs Universitet).

Examination form

Mandatory: written exam (25 multiple choice quizzes, 4 choices, 1 point per question)

Final grade U 3 4 5
Points <14 14-17 18-21 22-25

No material is allowed during the exam

Mandatory: project (in teams, report + presentation)

Course summary:

Course Summary
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