Special Session – Emerging FES interventions

Special Session – Emerging Functional Electrical Stimulation Interventions
Chair: Milos R. Popovic, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Health Network

Speakers:
15mn presentation + 5mn questions/transition

Dr. Mike Willand – Research Fellow, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada Paper 49 – Michael Willand, Gregory Borschel and Tessa Gordon. “Electrically stimulating nerve and muscle to enhance regeneration and reinnervation following peripheral nerve injury.“

Dr. Paul Yoo – Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network Paper 51 – Paul Yoo and Zainab Moazzam. “Restoring Urinary Function by Surface Electrical Stimulation.”

Dr. Kei Masani – Scientist, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Health Network, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto Paper 69 –  Kei Masani “Functional electrical stimulation for postural control.”

Dr. Austin Bergquist – Post-Doctoral Fellow, affiliated with the Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory (REL) at the University of Toronto, and the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. Paper 4 – Austin Bergquist, Matheus Wiest, Yoshino Okuma and David Collins. “Interleaved Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation of the Paralyzed Plantarflexors.“

Dr. Milos R. Popovic – Associate Scientific Director, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Health Network & Toronto Rehab Chair in Spinal Cord Injury Research Paper 17 – José Zariffa, Sander L. Hitzig and Milos R. Popovic. “Functional Electrical Stimulation Applied to Facial Muscles can be used to Neuromodulate Emotions”

Dr. Cesar Marquez-Chin – Scientist, Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Health Network Paper 54 – Cesar Marquez-Chin, Aaron Marquis and Milos R. Popovic. “BCI-Triggered Functional Electrical Stimulation Therapy for Upper Limb.“