#Motor Rehabilitation

The research area of Motor Rehabilitation at the St. Pölten UAS develops technology-assisted approaches to physical rehabilitation and promotes their widespread use in clinical practice by cooperating with industrial partners.

Projects

Applied Biomechanics in Rehabilitation Research

Endowed professorship of the province of Lower Austria to strengthen and expand the research focus on motor rehabilitation

ELSA- Evaluation of simple gait analysis devices

Evaluation of the effectiveness of rehabilitation measures after reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament using simplified gait analysis

IntelliGait 3D- Gait Data Mining

Establishing advanced analysis methods for modelling, classification and similarity retrieval of gait patterns to enable novel data-driven ways to access 3D gait databases

MLKOA- Motor Learning in Knee Osteoarthritis Therapy

Investigating a new treatment approach for patients with knee osteoarthritis

ReMoCap-Lab

The „Laboratory for Capturing Motion and Augmenting Environment in Motor Rehabilitation“ will enable innovative projects and excellent research in Austria

HIPstar

Evaluation of the accuracy of non-invasive hip joint centre estimation methods for clinical gait analysis in children and adolescents

AVATAR

Augmented and virtual reality to support prosthetic rehabilitation

SONIGAIT II

Using a sensor-equipped insole to detect changes in gait pattern of elderly people for preventive therapeutic use

VeRgonomiX: virtual reality in ergonomics

Using Virtual Reality for the ergonomic workplace design as well as for consulting and training about ergonomic work processes

IntelliGait – Intelligent Gait Analysis

Automatic gait pattern analysis for robust classification of functional deficits. Intelligait aims at developing automated methods to analyze and classify gait patterns.

Publications

Horst, F., Slijepcevic, D., Zeppelzauer, M., Raberger, A. M., Lapuschkin, S., Samek, W., Schöllhorn, W. I., Breiteneder, C., & Horsak, B. (2020). Explaining automated gender classification of human gait. Gait & Posture. ESMAC 29th Annual Meeting, Virtual Meeting. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.07.114

Schwab, C., Durstberger, S., Kranzl, A., Simonlehner, M., Kainz, H., & Horsak, B. (2020). Evaluating the accuracy of a 3D free-hand ultrasound technique for bone segmentation in clinical gait analysis. Gait & Posture. ESMAC 29th Annual Meeting, Virtual Meeting. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.08.064

Horsak, B., Simonlehner, M., Schöffer, L., Maureder, J., Schwab, C., Raberger, A. M., Zeller, M., & Husinsky, M. (2020). Applicability and usability of an immersive virtual reality-based balance control exergame for prosthetic users: A pilot study with healthy individuals. Gait & Posture. ESMAC 29th Annual Meeting, Virtual Meeting. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.07.113

Durstberger, S., Schwab, C., Simonlehner, M., Kainz, H., Kranzl, A., & Horsak, B. (2020). Evaluating 3D free-hand ultrasound as an alternative approach to register anatomical landmarks: A test-retest study in lean and overweight participants. Gait & Posture. ESMAC 29th Annual Meeting, Virtual Meeting. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.07.072

Horsak, B., Slijepcevic, D., Raberger, A.-M., Schwab, C., Worisch, M., & Zeppelzauer, M. (2020). GaitRec, a large-scale ground reaction force dataset of healthy and impaired gait. Scientific Data, 7(1), 143. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0481-z

Bibtex

Horsak, B., Schwab, C., Leboeuf, F., & Kranzl, A. (2020). Reliability of walking and stair climbing kinematics in a young obese population using a standard kinematic and the CGM2 model. Gait & Posture. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.10.017

Thajer, A., Truschner, K., Jorda, A., Skacel, G., Horsak, B., & Greber‐Platzer, S. (2020). A strength and neuromuscular exercise program did not improve body composition, nutrition and psychological status in children with obesity. Acta Paediatrica, epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.15498

Slijepcevic, D., Zeppelzauer, M., Schwab, Caterine, Raberger, A.-M., Breitender, C., & Horsak, B. (2020). Input Representations and Classification Strategies for Automated Human Gait Analysis. Gait & Posture, 76, 198–203. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2019.10.021

Bibtex

Schwab, C., Durstberger, S., Kranzl, A., & Horsak, B. (2020). Die Anwendung von 3D-Freihand-Ultraschall für die digitale Rekonstruktion von anatomischen Strukturen in der 3D Ganganalyse: erste Ergebnisse eines laufenden Projekts. Abstractband Des 3. GAMMA Kongress. 3. GAMMA Kongress, München, Deutschland.

Bibtex

Horsak, B., Dumphart, B., Slijepcevic, D., & Zeppelzauer, M. (2020). Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) und ihre Anwendung auf Klassifikationsprobleme in der Ganganalyse. Abstractband Des 3. GAMMA Kongress. 3. GAMMA Kongress, München, Deutschland.