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IEEE International Conference of Robotic Rehabilitation by Dr. Seyed Mohammad Mehdi Mirbagheri
IEEE International Conference of Robotic Rehabilitation by Dr. Seyed Mohammad Mehdi Mirbagheri
Seyed Mohammad Mehdi Mirbagheri | International Congress Form

Application Code :
762-0217-0046
 
Created Date : Saturday, August 12, 2017-12:46 12:46:13Update Date : Wednesday, September 27, 2017-23:56 23:56:11
IP Address : 166.88.123.57Submit Date : Wednesday, September 27, 2017-23:56 23:56:44Email : mehdi@northwestern.edu
Personal Information
Name : Seyed Mohammad Mehdi
Surname : Mirbagheri
School/Research center : School of Medicine
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Position : Associate professor
Tel : +21-227-85722
Information of Congress
Title of the Congress : IEEE International Conference of Robotic Rehabilitation
Title of your Abstract : Therapeutic Effects of Anti-Gravity Treadmill (AlterG) Training on Reflex Hyper-excitability, Corticospinal Tract Activities, and Muscle Stiffness in Children with Cerebral Palsy
Destination Country : United Kingdom
From : Wednesday, August 16, 2017
To : Sunday, August 20, 2017
Abstract(Please copy/paste the abstract send to the congress) : We aimed to study therapeutic effects of antigravity treadmill (AlterG) training on reflex hyper-excitability, muscle stiffness, and corticospinal tract (CST) function in children with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP). Three children received AlterG training 3 days per week for 8 weeks as experimental group. Each session lasted 45 minutes. One child as control group received typical occupational therapy for the same amount of time. We evaluated hyper-excitability of lower limb muscles by H-reflex response. We quantified muscle stiffness by sonoelastography images of the affected muscles. We quantified CST activity by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). We performed the evaluations before and after training for both groups. H response latency and maximum M-wave amplitude were improved in experimental group after training compared to control group. Two children of experimental group had TMS response. Major parameters of TMS (i.e. peak-to-peak amplitude of motor evoked potential (MEP), latency of MEP, cortical silent period, and intensity of pulse) improved for both of them. Three parameters of texture analysis of sonoelastography images were improved for experimental group (i.e. contrast, entropy, and shear wave velocity). These findings indicate that AlterG training can improve reflexes, muscle stiffness, and CST activity in children with spastic hemiplegic CP and can be considered as a therapeutic tool to improve neuromuscular abnormalities occurring secondary to CP.
Keywords of your Abstract : gait, motor impairment, spasticity, physical intervention, reflex, transcranial magnetic stimulation, sonoelastography
Acceptance Letter : http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/39907/Forms/762/Acceptacne 2_3.pdf
The presentation : Oral
The Cover of Abstract book : http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/39907/Forms/762/cover_ICORR_2017_png.pdf
Published abstract in the abstract book with the related code : http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/39907/Forms/762/ParvinICORR2017_3.pdf
Where has your abstract been indexed? : Pubmed
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The Congress Reporting Form
How many volunteers were present at the Congress? : i don't know and i was not supposed to know.
Delegates from which countries presented in the congress? : USA, UK, Canada, Netherland, Germany, France, Italy
Were the delegates of any other organizations present in the congress? : Yes
If yes, please write the names of the organizations in the box : IEEE, ICORR, IFESS
What were the responses to your talking points? Were specific questions or concerns raised? :  
If you met staff members, please list their full names & positions. : Dr. Farshid Amirabdollahian
Adaptive Systems Research Group, School of Computer Science
The University of Hertfordshire
College Lane Campus
Please inform us if there are any follow up actions we need to talk with the members of the congress :  
Your experiences about the travel processes(Providing ticket, accommodation,...) : i have reserved the ticket and hotel myself. The detailed information is attached.
Please give a briefing of your own observations and outcomes of the congress: : The RehabWeek simultaneously included three major international conferences and a large exhibition about rehabilitation robotics. I presented three papers including one oral and two posters. My presentation, particularly the oral presentation, were warmly welcomed.