VIII Simpósio de Neuroengenharia

Dr. Micera's main goal is to develop implantable neural interfaces and robotic systems aimed at restoring sensorimotor function in people with different kinds of disabilities: spinal cord injury, stroke, amputation, among others. His research passes through various fields, starting from basic scientific knowledge in the field of neuroscience, neurology and geriatrics, and investigating further to gain new information by using advanced technologies and protocols. During his lecture at the VIII Neuroengineering Symposium, you’ll be able to learn more about his research on neural functions and implantable systems. 

Dr. Ander Ramos' research interests include robotics and mechatronics, neurophysiology, neuroplasticity, neuroprosthetics and neurorehabilitation using neural interfacing techniques. His research interests include robotics and mechatronics, neurophysiology, neuroplasticity, neuroprosthetics and neurorehabilitation using BMI techniques (EEG, MEG, ECoG) coupled with robotics.

Rocon has belonged to different committees (scientific, revision, program, etc.) in congress editions. he has reviewed scientific articles for national and international journals, Scopus and ISI. He has participated as a researcher in a project financed by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Research of Colombia. He has been principal investigator on 25 research projects at UPTC.

Graduated in Physics through the Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (2000), masters (2003) and doctorate (2008) formation in Physics through the Instituto de Física Teórica da Universidade Estadual Paulista. Post doctorate on the Instituto do Cérebro of the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein from 2009 to 2016. Currently acts as researcher on the Centro de Pesquisa em Imagem, focused on the electrophysiology and computational neuroscience areas. Has experience on complex systems, studying mainly on the topics of electroencephalogram (EEG) analysis, brain conectivity, complex networks synchronization, cognition, epilepsy, machine learning e big data.

Rodika Sokoliuk is a cognitive neuroscientist interested in mainly oscillating neural correlates of attention and consciousness in healthy individuals and unresponsive DOC patients. Her expertise is focused mainly on: EEG, Eye Tracking, Visual Perception, Visual Attention, Vision Science, Functional Neuroimaging, Visual Neuroscience, Brain Dynamics and Electroencephalography.

Nesse painel será tratado de forma simplificada a questão de quem regula a certificação de produtos médicos no Brasil e quais são os regulamentos aplicáveis. Também vamos entender os motivos da exigência da certificação e por fim discutir atitudes que podem auxiliar na certificação, desde a concepção do produto.

Fall has been identified as a public health concern in older adults and populations with neurologic conditions such as people with spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, and multiple sclerosis. The consequences of falls include fractures, head concussions, and hospitalizations. In worse cases, falls may lead to death. For multiple decades, clinicians and researchers have devoted efforts to target fall related outcomes such as reducing frequency of falls and injurious falls. Most fall-prevention interventions target fall-risk factors such as gait impairments, balance dysfunctions, and cognition. Why are these efforts still unsuccessful? What are the possible recommendations to move fall prevention studies forward?

This talk is a summary of the work Lisa and her colleagues have done over the last 20 years directed at generating, collating and disseminating the evidence about the physiotherapy management of people with spinal cord injuries. They focus on treatments that are commonly administered in physiotherapy gyms around the world but are not always based on high quality clinical trials. The evidence is generated by conducting clinical trials and collated through systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines. Then, the evidence is disseminated through websites, training and education. This talk provides a summary of the initiatives in all of these areas.