Silvia E Rodrigo | Universidad Nacional de San Juan (original) (raw)
Tiene título de grado en Ingeniería Electrónica de la UNSJ (Argentina), es Magíster en Ingeniería Biomédica de la Universidad Favaloro (Argentina) y Doctora en Ingeniería Mecánica de la UNSJ. Desde 1999 se desempeña como docente e investigadora de la carrera de Bioingeniería de la UNSJ, siendo Profesor Titular de las cátedras “Biomecánica” e “Ingeniería de Rehabilitación” de dicha carrera. Además, se ha especializado en diversos centros de investigación, tales como el Centre de Médecine Préventive Cardiovasculaire, del Hôpital Broussais de París (1999), el Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) de la Universidad Técnica de Lisboa (2006-2007) y el Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería de Aragón (2009).
A partir de 2005 y bajo la dirección del Dr. Jorge Ambrósio en el IST, orientó su investigación al estudio de la marcha humana normal y neuropatológica con el fin de proponer estrategias de rehabilitación neuromuscular basadas en ortoprotésica, lo cual generó su tesis de Doctorado “Modelación y Simulación de la Marcha Humana” (UNSJ, 2008). Desde 2011 dirige una línea de investigación en la UNSJ sobre exoesqueletos de rehabilitación de marcha en pacientes con neuropatologías, tales como el Mielomeningocele.
Actualmente, junto a un equipo de colaboradores de la UNSJ, CONICET y del Hospital Rawson de San Juan, trabaja en el diseño y desarrollo de estrategias de control de un prototipo instrumentado de órtesis activa de tobillo-pie (UNSJ, IDEA 2014-SECITI, Gobierno de San Juan) con el fin de propiciar la recuperación funcional de marcha en pacientes con lesión medular de bajo nivel.
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Revista Argentina de Bioingeniería, Dec 30, 2020
Smart Wheelchairs and Brain-Computer Interfaces, 2008
Abstract The historical development of wheelchairs is first explored. Second, the characteristics... more Abstract The historical development of wheelchairs is first explored. Second, the characteristics of their main components are described, and third, the issues required to adequately select a wheelchair oriented to optimize functional independence and prevent deformations or injuries by use of the occupant are analyzed. Finally, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) normative developed for wheelchairs, known as the ISO 7176 series (which specifies the terminology and the test procedures used to evaluate the dimensions, safety, and performance of both manual and powered versions of wheelchairs), is cited indicating the minimum technical specifications that wheelchairs must meet to serve their intended use.
Esta bien establecido que la cuantificacion de la distribucion de las presiones plantares provee ... more Esta bien establecido que la cuantificacion de la distribucion de las presiones plantares provee informacion valiosa acerca de la estructura y funcion de las articulaciones del pie y del tobillo, que puede ser utilizada como una herramienta clinica y de investigacion importante en el analisis de la locomocion humana. Considerando estos antecedentes, el objetivo de este trabajo fue optimizar un dispositivo prototipo para el registro dinamico de presiones plantares, previamente desarrollado en base a una plantilla instrumentada con sensores piezoelectricos. Tal optimizacion consistio en el procesamiento digital de las senales adquiridas mediante integracion numerica de la senal de entrada, sin necesidad de utilizar la etapa de amplificacion electrometrica, lo cual no solo simplifica el hardware implementado, sino tambien la etapa de calibracion estatica y dinamica requerida. Los resultados obtenidos fueron comparables con los logrados en base al dispositivo original.
Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 2016
Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, 2008
Human gait involves complex interaction mechanisms within the human body or with the environment ... more Human gait involves complex interaction mechanisms within the human body or with the environment as a result of variable conditions associated to different human activities. Such complexity is evident when trying to describe the characteristics of motor control and coordination exercised by the nervous system on the lower extremities of the human body during gait, under both normal and neuropathological
The aim of this two-part paper is to find clues for designing a rehabilitation protocol for robot... more The aim of this two-part paper is to find clues for designing a rehabilitation protocol for robot-assisted gait training, based on the principles of “assisting patient movements only when necessary” and “eliciting a normative sensory input to improve motor output”, applied through neurorehabilitation techniques to facilitate the functional recovery of gait in spinal cord lesion patients.
Research on Biomedical Engineering
Proper dynamic analysis and computer simulation of human motion require the im-plementation of ma... more Proper dynamic analysis and computer simulation of human motion require the im-plementation of mathematical models that adequately describe the mechanical behaviors both of the human body and of their interaction with the surrounding environment. In addition, such models intend to elucidate how the characteristics of motor control and coordination ex-ercised by the nervous system regulate muscle activity during motion. In this sense, the de-scription of such models through the combined use of multibody dynamics and optimization techniques has demonstrated to be a satisfactory option, by generating high quality results at reasonable computational cost. Taking into account such antecedents, in this work a compre-hensive methodology for 3D dynamic analysis of human gait is developed and implemented. Within the framework of multibody dynamics, a whole-body response biomechanical model with forty-three degrees of freedom, developed for inverse dynamic analysis of such activity is present...
IFMBE Proceedings, 2015
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Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Biomédica, 2012
Revista Argentina de Bioingeniería, Dec 30, 2020
Smart Wheelchairs and Brain-Computer Interfaces, 2008
Abstract The historical development of wheelchairs is first explored. Second, the characteristics... more Abstract The historical development of wheelchairs is first explored. Second, the characteristics of their main components are described, and third, the issues required to adequately select a wheelchair oriented to optimize functional independence and prevent deformations or injuries by use of the occupant are analyzed. Finally, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) normative developed for wheelchairs, known as the ISO 7176 series (which specifies the terminology and the test procedures used to evaluate the dimensions, safety, and performance of both manual and powered versions of wheelchairs), is cited indicating the minimum technical specifications that wheelchairs must meet to serve their intended use.
Esta bien establecido que la cuantificacion de la distribucion de las presiones plantares provee ... more Esta bien establecido que la cuantificacion de la distribucion de las presiones plantares provee informacion valiosa acerca de la estructura y funcion de las articulaciones del pie y del tobillo, que puede ser utilizada como una herramienta clinica y de investigacion importante en el analisis de la locomocion humana. Considerando estos antecedentes, el objetivo de este trabajo fue optimizar un dispositivo prototipo para el registro dinamico de presiones plantares, previamente desarrollado en base a una plantilla instrumentada con sensores piezoelectricos. Tal optimizacion consistio en el procesamiento digital de las senales adquiridas mediante integracion numerica de la senal de entrada, sin necesidad de utilizar la etapa de amplificacion electrometrica, lo cual no solo simplifica el hardware implementado, sino tambien la etapa de calibracion estatica y dinamica requerida. Los resultados obtenidos fueron comparables con los logrados en base al dispositivo original.
Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 2016
Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, 2008
Human gait involves complex interaction mechanisms within the human body or with the environment ... more Human gait involves complex interaction mechanisms within the human body or with the environment as a result of variable conditions associated to different human activities. Such complexity is evident when trying to describe the characteristics of motor control and coordination exercised by the nervous system on the lower extremities of the human body during gait, under both normal and neuropathological
The aim of this two-part paper is to find clues for designing a rehabilitation protocol for robot... more The aim of this two-part paper is to find clues for designing a rehabilitation protocol for robot-assisted gait training, based on the principles of “assisting patient movements only when necessary” and “eliciting a normative sensory input to improve motor output”, applied through neurorehabilitation techniques to facilitate the functional recovery of gait in spinal cord lesion patients.
Research on Biomedical Engineering
Proper dynamic analysis and computer simulation of human motion require the im-plementation of ma... more Proper dynamic analysis and computer simulation of human motion require the im-plementation of mathematical models that adequately describe the mechanical behaviors both of the human body and of their interaction with the surrounding environment. In addition, such models intend to elucidate how the characteristics of motor control and coordination ex-ercised by the nervous system regulate muscle activity during motion. In this sense, the de-scription of such models through the combined use of multibody dynamics and optimization techniques has demonstrated to be a satisfactory option, by generating high quality results at reasonable computational cost. Taking into account such antecedents, in this work a compre-hensive methodology for 3D dynamic analysis of human gait is developed and implemented. Within the framework of multibody dynamics, a whole-body response biomechanical model with forty-three degrees of freedom, developed for inverse dynamic analysis of such activity is present...
IFMBE Proceedings, 2015
ABSTRACT
Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Biomédica, 2012