Saturday, 11^th September 2004

08:30 - 08:40 Conference Opening

Keynote lecture:

08:40 - 09:00 M.R. Dimitrijevic, I. Persy, C. Forstner, H. Kern, M.M. Dimitrijevic (Houston, USA)

Motor control in the human spinal cord

Motor Control and Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) 1

Chairpersons: M.R. DIMITRIJEVIC (Houston, USA)
F. RATTAY (Vienna, Austria)

09:00 - 09:20 F. Rattay, K. Minassian, B. Jilge, C. Hofer, H. Kern, M. Dimitrijevic (Vienna, Austria)

Neuromodeling and the human spinal cord motor control: Neural responses to epidural stimulation

09:20 - 09:35 W. Mayr (Vienna, Austria)

Motor control and central FES-technological aspects

09:35 - 09:45 K. Minassian, F. Rattay, M. Vogelauer, H. Kern, M. Dimitrijevic (Vienna, Austria)

Initiation and control of locomotion in spinalised SCI persons

09:45 - 10:00 R. Herman, W. Willis, J. He, M. Carharts (Phoenix, US)

Metabolic and performance events following Epidural Spinal Cord Stimulation (ESCS) in subjects with Spinal Cord Injury

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break

Motor Control and Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) 2

Chairpersons: M.M. DIMITRIJEVIC (Houston, USA)
R. HERMAN (Phoenix, USA)

10:30 - 10:45 O. Nikitin, Y. Gerasimenko, D. Okhocimski, A. Platonov,
L. Ilieva-Mitutsova (St.Petersburg, Russia)

Combined central and peripheral activation of CPG results in effective restoration of locomotion in spinalized cats.

10:45 - 11:00 P. Musienko, I. Bogacheva, Y. Gerasimenko
(Sankt-Petersburg, Russia)

Mechanisms of CPG activation in decerebrated and spinalized cats under epidural spinal cord stimulation

11:00 - 11:15 I. Greshnova (Sankt-Petersburg, Russia)

Transvertebral micropolarization in the complex triating of the spinal disorders: Clinic effectiveness

11:15 - 11:30 N. Scherbakova, I. Bogacheva, V. Kucher, P. Musienko,
Y. Gerasimenko (St.Petersburg, Russia)

EMG signal analysis of the locomotory activity evoked by epidural spinal cord stimulation

FES of Denervated Musculature 1

Chairpersons: S. SALMONS (Liverpool, UK)
W. MAYR (Vienna, Austria)

11:30 - 11:45 W. Mayr (Vienna, Austria)

The EU-project RISE: general overview and engineering aspects

11:45 - 12:00 H. Kern (Vienna, Austria)

The RISE patient study: FES in the treatment of flaccid paraplegia

12:00 - 12:15 W. Jurecka (Vienna, Austria)

Skinbiopsies in paraplegic patients

12:15 - 12:30 M. Percherstorfer (Vienna, Austria)

Inactvity osteoporosis

12:30 - 13:00 M. Mödlin, C. Forstner, H. Kern (Vienna, Austria)

Presentation of two clinical cases

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

Keynote lecture:

14:00 - 14:30 U. Carraro, M. Zanin, K. Rossini, M. Fabbian, S. Caccavale,
W. Mayr, H. Kern (Padova, Italy)

Sustained myofiber regeneration in human long-term denervated muscles decreases after FES-induced muscle recovery in SCI subjects

FES of Denervated Musculature 2

Chairpersons: U. CARRARO (Padova, Italy)
H. KERN (Vienna, Austria)

14:30 - 14:45 S. Boncompagni , H. Kern , W. Mayr , U. Carraro , F. Protasi
(Chieti, Italy)

Degeneration of chronically denervated human muscle is reversible

14:45 - 15:00 W. Rossmanith, R. Bittner, K. Moser-Thier, H. Gruber
(Vienna, Austria)

Metabolic capacity of human long-term denervated muscles

15:00 - 15:15 E. Gallasch, W. Mayr, G. Kinz, M. Fend, H. Kern
D. Rafolt (Graz, Austria)

Evaluation of FES induced elastic and viscous joint moments in paraplegics with denervated muscles

15:15 - 15:30 M. Reichel, J. Martinek, W. Mayr, F. Rattay (Vienna, Austria)

Functional Electrical Stimulation of denervated skeletal muscle fibers in 3D human thigh - modeling and simulation

15:30 - 15:45 A. Musaro, C. Giacinti, G. Dobrowolny, L. Pelosi, L. Barberi, M. Molinaro (Rome, Italy)

INDUCING MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY AS A THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY FOR MUSCLE WASTING

15:45 - 16:15 Coffee Break

Keynote lecture:

16:15 - 16:45 S. Salmons (Liverpool, UK)

FES of denervated muscles, basic issues

FES of Denervated Musculature 3

Chairpersons: H. GRUBER (Vienna, Austria)
W. GIRSCH (Vienna, Austria)

16:45 - 17:00 Z. Ashley, H. Sutherland, H. Lanmueller, E. Unger, W. Mayr, H. Kern,
J. Jarvis, S. Salmons (Liverpool, UK)

Determination of the chronaxie and rheobase of denervated limb muscles in conscious rabbits

17:00 - 17:15 W. Girsch, C. Hofer, D. Rafolt, W. Rosmanith, G. Weigel, E. Unger, W. Mayr (Vienna, Austria)

FES of denervated tibialis anterior in the pig model

17:15 - 17:30 D. Dow, R. Dennis, J. Faulkner (Ann Arbor, USA)

Distribution of rest periods between electrically generated contractions in denervated muscles of rats

17:30 - 17:45 A. Jakubiec-Puka, K. Krawczyk, H. Chomontowska,
D. Biral, U. Carrao (Warszawa, Poland)

Morphology of the 2-month-denervated rat leg muscles

17:45 - 18:00 D. Danieli, E. Germinario, D. Biral, M. Fabbian, M. Zanin,
A. Megighian, H. Kern, U. Carraro (Padova, Italy)

The long-term denervated rat myofiber: A new contractile cell type

18:00 - 18:15 U. Carraro, M. Zanin, K. Rossini, H. Kern (Padova, Italy)

A new fast and reliable SDS PAGE to quantify total protein and myosin heavy chain in cryo-sections of needle biopsy shows that long-term permanent denervated human muscles recover by FES training

19:00 Social Event: "Heurigen" Evening

Sunday, 12^th September 2004

Keynote lecture:

08:30 - 09:00 A. Wernig (Bonn, Deutschland)

Organotypic and circulating stem cells in repair, growth and ageing of muscle

Lower Extremities: Basics

Chairpersons: H. CERREL-BAZO (Arcugnano, Italy)
M. BIJAK (Vienna, Austria)

09:00 - 09:15 A. Thrasher, G. Graham, M. Popovic (Toronto, Canada)

Attempts to Reduce Muscle Fatigue by Randomizing FES Parameters

09:15 - 09:30 E. Spaich, L. Arendt-Nielsen, O. Andersen (Aalborg, Denmark)

Repetitive painful stimulation produces an expansion of withdrawal reflex receptive fields in humans

09:30 - 09:45 E.W.A. Cacho, A. Cliquet Jr. (São Paulo, Brasil)

EFFECTS OF GAIT TRAINING WITH NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION ON THE ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC ACTIVITY IN PARAPLEGIC PATIENTS

09:45 - 10:00 H. Cerrel Bazo (Arcugnano, Italy)

Neurological rehabilitation, plasticity and activity–mediated aspects: a role for locomotor generating activity and the residual potential on SCI individuals through FES walking?

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break

Lower Extremities: Gait

Chairpersons: T. BAJD (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
M. POPOVIC (Toronto, Canada)

10:30 - 10:45 M. Bijak, M. Rakos, C. Hofer, W. Mayr, M. Strohhofer, D. Raschka,
H. Kern (Vienna, Austria)

Stimulation parameter optimisation for FES supported standing up and walking in SCI patients

10:45 - 11:00 J. Van Vaerenbergh, S. de Ruijter, A. De Kegel, S. Vandenberghe,
Y. D'Hont, L. Briers (Gent, Belgium)

Quality and safety of gait in stroke patients using a dropped foot stimulator

11:00 - 11:15 A. Olenšek, Z. Matjačić, T. Bajd (Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Studying gait pattern when emulating muscle contractures

11:15 - 11:30 J. Szecsi, A. Straube, J. Quintern (München, Germany)

Functional Electrical Stimulation: Propelled cycling of paraplegics – an occupational physiological approach

11:30 - 11:45 Z. Matjačić, S. Rusjan , I. Stanonik, N. Goljar, A. Olensek
(Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Methods for dynamic balance training during standing and stepping

11:45 - 12:00 H. El Makssoud, S. Mohammed, P. Fraisse, P. Poignet, D. Guiraud (Montpellier, France)

Control of the knee joint under Functional Electrical Stimulation - Simulation results based on a new physiological muscle model

12:00 - 12:15 C. Schmitt, P. Métrailler, J. Fournier, M. Bouri, R. Clavel, R. Brodard, A. Al-Khodairy (Lausanne, Switzerland)

The MotionMaker™ : a rehabilitation system combining an orthosis with closed-loop electrical muscle stimulation

12:15 - 14:00 Lunch

Sensors and Control

Chairpersons: P. MEADOWS (Valencia, USA)
D. RAFOLT (Vienna, Austria)

14:00 - 14:15 D. Rafolt, W. Mayr, E. Gallasch, K. Vetter, S. Sauermann,
H. Lanmueller, E. Unger, M. Bijak (Vienna, Austria)

Saturation of m-wave Amplitude with increasing Stimulation Amplitude

14:15 - 14:30 G. Kurstjens, N. Rijkhoff, A. Borau, A. Rodríguez, J. Vidal,
T. Sinkjær (Aalborg, Denmark)

Intraoperative recording of sacral root nerve signals in human

14:30 - 14:45 I. Cikajlo, Z. Matjačić, T. Bajd, R. Futami, N. Hoshimiya
(Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Sensory Supported FES Control in Gait Training of incomplete SCI

14:45 - 15:00 S. Sauermann, E. Unger, P. Protz, M. Bijak,
D. Rafolt (Vienna, Austria)

Microprocessor based inclinometer sensor for use in FES

15:00 - 15:15 S. Mina, S. Hanke (Wr. Neustadt, Austria)

Multimodal, RF based Body Area Network for Device Control

15:15 - 15:30 T. Watanabe, M. Otsuka, M. Yoshizawa, N. Hoshimiya
(Sendai, Japan)

Computer Simulation for Multichannel Closed-Loop FES Control of the Wrist Joint

15:30 - 15:45 M. Popovic, D. Popovic (Aalborg, Denmark)

Hierarchical Hybrid Control for Therapeutic Electrical Stimulation of Upper Extremities

15:45 - 16:00 A. Vette , K. Masani , M. Popovic (Toronto, Canada)

Physical Implementation of a PD Controller for Improving Human Balance during Quiet Stance

16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break

Therapeutic Effects

Chairpersons: D. POPOVIC (Aalborg, Denmark)
T. KELLER (Zürich, Switzerland)

16:30 - 16:45 J. Huber, P. Lisiński, A. Kasiński, M. Kaczmarek, P. Kaczmarek,
P. Mazurkiewicz, F. Ponulak, M. Wojtysiak (Poznań, Poland)

Therapeutic effects of spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation in patients with the movement disorders

16:45 - 17:00 D. Rosselli, M. Magliano, M. Vrola (Giaveno, Italy)

The effects of the electric stimulation with middle frequency on central and peripheral palsy

17:00 - 17:15 T. Keller, M. Ellis, J. Dewald (Zürich, Switzerland)

Overcoming abnormal Joint Torque Patterns in paretic upper Extremities using triceps stimulation

17:15 - 17:30 W. Gruther, C. Zöch, R. Crevenna, T. Paternostro-Sluga, C. Spiss,
F. Kainberger, R. Peceny, M. Quittan (Vienna, Austria)

Effects of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on mass and morphology of knee extensor muscles in intensive care unit patients

19:00 Social Event: Reception in the Vienna City Hall

Monday, 13^th September 2004

Technology: Implants and Electrodes

Chairpersons: M. SAWAN (Montreal, Canada)
H. LANMÜLLER (Vienna, Austria)

08:30 - 08:45 V. Simard, B. Gosselin, M. Sawan (Montreal, Canada)

An analog wavelet processor for a fully implantable cortical signals recording system

08:45 - 09:00 S. Jordi, M. Oses (Bellaterra, Spain)

Programmable Stimulation-Recording circuitry for cuff and sieve

09:00 - 09:15 J. Coulombe, S. Carniguian, M. Sawan (Montreal, Canada)

A power efficient electronic implant for a visual cortical stimulator

09:15 - 09:30 H. Lanmueller, E. Unger, M. Reichel, Z. Ashley, W. Mayr,
A. Tschakert (Vienna, Austria)

Implantable stimulator for the conditioning of denervated muscles in rabbit

09:30 - 09:45 K. Bradley, P. Meadows (Santa Clarita, USA)

Contact impedance variability in spinal cord stimulation

09:45 - 10:00 M. Russold, H. Sutherland, H. Lanmueller, M. Bijak, J. Jarvis,
S. Salmons (Liverpool, UK)

Excitability of the common peroneal nerve in rabbits, rats and mice

10:00 - 10:15 A. Elsaify, J. Fothergill, W. Peasgood (Leicester, UK)

A Portable FES System Incorporating an Electrode Array and Feedback Sensors

10:15 - 10:30 M. Lawrence, T. Kirstein, T. Keller (Zurich, Switzerland)

Electrical Stimulation of the finger flexors using ‘virtual electrodes’

10:30 - 10:45 A. Popović-Bijelić, G. Bijelić, D. Bojanić, N. Jorgovanović,
M. Popović, D. Popović, L. Schwirtlich (Aalborg, Denmark)

Multi-Field Surface Electrode for selective electrical stimulation

10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break

FES from Head to Toe

Chairpersons: J. ROZMAN (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
S. SAUERMANN (Vienna, Austria)

11:15 - 11:30 G. Novikov, T. Moshonkina (St.Petersburg, Russia)

Three types of eye movement patterns elicited by electrical stimulation of cats superior colliculus and occipital cortex: pattern of eye movements and receptive field properties

11:30 - 11:45 I. Ramnarine, M. Capoccia, Z. Ashley, H. Sutherland, M. Russold,
N. Summerfield, S. Salmons, J. Jarvis (Liverpool, UK)

Comparison between the Power Output of a Skeletal Muscle Ventricle and of the Left Ventricle in the same Circulation

11:45 - 12:00 H. Gollee, S. Coupaud, K. Hunt, D. Allan, M. Fraser, A. McLean (Glasgow, UK)

A feedback system for automatic electrical stimulation of abdominal muscles to assist respiratory function in tetraplegia

12:00 - 12:15 J. Rozman, M. Bunc (Ljubljana, Republic of Slovenia)

Modulation of pH in the stommach of a dog by selective stimulation of the left vagus nerve

12:15 - 12:30 M. Spinelli, S. Malaguti, M. Lazzeri, G. Giardiello, L. Zanollo,
J. Tarantola (Magenta, Italy)

Different parameters for chronic pudendal nerve stimulation with pudendal percutaneous implant (PPI) related on neurogenic situation

12:30 - 12:45 J. Kutzenberger, B. Domurath, D. Sauerwein
(Bad Wildungen, Germany)

Spastic Bladder in Spinal Cord Injury - 17 Years of Experience with Sacral Deafferentation (SDAF) and Implantation of an Anterior Root Stimulator (SARS)

12:45 - 13:00 C. Sevcencu, N. Rijkhoff, H. Gregersen, T. Sinkjær
(Aalborg, Denmark)

Electrical Stimulation to Induce Propulsive Contractions in the Descending Colon of the Pig

13:00 - 13:10 Closing Remarks

13:15 - 14:30 Lunch

RISE Plenary Meeting

(RISE members only)

15:00 - 18:00 Administrative part of the RISE-Plenary Meeting.

Group Meeting of the participants of the European project RISE

Poster Presentations

M. Emadi, F. Bahrami, M. Yazdanpanah (Tehran, Iran)

Simulation of the STS Transfer Using a MLP without Embedded Internal Feedback

C. Chouard (Paris, France)

Present status of hearing electrical activation

R. Herman, W. Willis (Phoenix, US)

Muscle Fuel Selection in governing preferred rates of movement: A Motor Control Issue

J. Martinek, M. Reichel, W. Mayr, F. Rattay (Vienna, Austria)

Analysis of calcuted Electrical Activation of Denervated Muscle Fibres in the Human Thigh

H. Eike, R. Koch, F. Feldhusen, H. Seifert (Hannover, Germany)

Calcultaion of Current Density Distribution in Biological Matter with the Finite Element Methode

T. Moshonkina, G. Novikov, E. Gilerovich, E. Fedorova,
Y. Gerasimenko (St.Petersburg, Russia)

Stepping restoration in chronically spinalized rats by treadmill training

I. Persy, S. Harkema, J. Beres-Jones, M. Moedlin, H. Kern,
K. Minassian, M. Dimitrijevic (Vienna, Austria)

Immediate effect of manually assisted treadmill stepping on the motor units activity of leg muscles in complete spinal cord injured patients

G. Cosendai, C. de Balthasar, A. Ignagni, R. Onders, K. Bradley, K. Purnell, A. Ripley, JT. Mortimer, R. Davis, Y. Zilberman, J. Schulman (Valencia, USA)

Preliminary Results with Two Implantable Diaphragm Pacing Systems

T. Helgason, P. Gargiulo, F. Johannesdottir, P. Ingvarsson, S. Knutsdottir, V. Gudmundsdottir, S.Yngvason

APPLICATION OF STEREOLITHGRAPHIE IN MONITORING MUSCLE GROWTH INDUCED BY ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF DENERVATED DEGENERATED MUSCLES