This is an introductory course to methods and technologies for helping people with disabilities to regain lost cognitive, sensory and/or motor functions.

The course is intended to provide the basic knowledge behind technological solutions(i) to evaluate and monitor the impairment, (ii) to assist individuals with disabilities (iii) to promote the recovery of missing limbs or lost functions.

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This is an introductory course to methods and technologies for helping people with disabilities to regain lost cognitive, sensory and motor functions. The course is intended to provide the basic knowledge behind technological solutions (i) to evaluate and monitor the impairment, (ii) to assist individuals with disabilities, and  (iii) to promote the recovery of missing limbs or lost functions. The course aims to provide an overview of the most advanced techniques for functional assessment, prosthetics, sensory substitution, neurorehabilitation and assistive technologies

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

-       Develop the analytical and experimental skills necessary to design and implement methods and technologies (i) to help people with disabilities regain lost cognitive, sensory and/or motor functions; (ii) to evaluate the loos of cognitive, sensory and/or motor functions and their evolution with time or their change due to treatment.

-    Be familiar with the state of the art of rehabilitation engineering both in the clinical practice and in research

-   Know basic concepts of kinematics, dynamics, and control relevant to rehabilitation engineering

-   Know the state of the art and the basic concepts related to prostheses (for missing limb replacement)

This is an introductory course to methods and technologies to help people with disabilities to regain lost cognitive, sensory and/or motor functions.
The course is intended to provide the basic knowledge behind   technological solutions
(i) to evaluate and monitor the impairment, (ii) to assist individuals with disabilities (iii) to promote the recovery of  the lost functions.

The first part of the course aims at providing an overview of the most advanced techniques on functional evaluation, prosthetics, sensory substitution, neuro-rehabilitation and assistive technologies.

The second part is devoted to in-depth analysis of the specific applications of the above mentioned methods and technologies to people suffering from neurological diseases such as Multiple sclerosis, Stroke, Parkinson or Spinal cord injury, sensory impairments (sensory substitution), cognitive impairments, motor deficits in infants and in the elderly population.

Topics covered:  Rehabilitation engineering is a multidisciplinary subject, with elements from neurology, biomechanics, and robotics. The course will aim at providing an overview of the most advanced techniques for sensorymotor assessment, prosthetics, sensory substitution, neuro-rehabilitation and assistive technologies for individuals with a loss on cognitive, sensory and/or motor functions.

Materials and  readings will be distributed via the course website. The class will review specialized articles recently pubblished on international journal