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Roger Gassert

Roger Gassert

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
53
Citations
11298
World Ranking
3376
National Ranking
51

Overview

Roger Gassert is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly focusing on rehabilitation and neurology. Their research spans multiple interconnected domains including biomedical engineering, cognitive neuroscience, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's work covers a variety of specialized topics such as stroke rehabilitation and recovery, muscle activation and electromyography studies, botulinum toxin and related neurological disorders, cerebral palsy and movement disorders, acute ischemic stroke management, neurological disorders and treatments, and Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments.

Recent publications by Roger Gassert include:

  • Fully Wearable Actuated Soft Exoskeleton for Grasping Assistance in Everyday Activities, 2020, Soft Robotics
  • Neurocognitive Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation of Hand Function: A Randomized Control Trial on Motor Recovery in Subacute Stroke, 2020, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
  • Short-Channel Regression in Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Is More Effective When Considering Heterogeneous Scalp Hemodynamics, 2020, Neurophotonics
  • Characterization and Wearability Evaluation of a Fully Portable Wrist Exoskeleton for Unsupervised Training After Stroke, 2020, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
  • Neurorehabilitation From a Distance: Can Intelligent Technology Support Decentralized Access to Quality Therapy?, 2021, Frontiers in Robotics and AI

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Olivier Lambercy
  • Christoph M. Kanzler
  • Jeremia P. O. Held
  • Anne Schwarz
  • Giuseppe Averta

Roger Gassert's publications are often featured in key venues such as:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
  • Research Square
  • bioRxiv
  • Scientific Reports

Their body of work has a strong focus on the development and evaluation of assistive devices, neurorehabilitation techniques, and novel approaches to improve functional recovery following neurological impairments. This multidisciplinary approach integrates engineering solutions with clinical neuroscience to address challenges faced by patients with movement and motor control disorders.

Best Publications

  • Control strategies for active lower extremity prosthetics and orthotics: a review

    Michael R Tucker;Jeremy Olivier;Anna Pagel;Hannes Bleuler

  • Real-time fMRI neurofeedback: Progress and challenges

    J. Sulzer;S. Haller;F. Scharnowski;F. Scharnowski;N. Weiskopf

  • Multisensory Mechanisms in Temporo-Parietal Cortex Support Self-Location and First-Person Perspective

    Silvio Ionta;Lukas Heydrich;Bigna Lenggenhager;Michael Mouthon

  • Rehabilitation robots for the treatment of sensorimotor deficits: a neurophysiological perspective.

    Roger Gassert;Volker Dietz

  • HandCARE : A Cable-Actuated Rehabilitation System to Train Hand Function After Stroke

    L. Dovat;O. Lambercy;R. Gassert;T. Maeder

  • A Haptic Knob for Rehabilitation of Hand Function

    O. Lambercy;L. Dovat;R. Gassert;E. Burdet

  • MRI/fMRI-compatible robotic system with force feedback for interaction with human motion

    R. Gassert;R. Moser;E. Burdet;H. Bleuler

  • An Energy Tank-Based Interactive Control Architecture for Autonomous and Teleoperated Robotic Surgery

    Federica Ferraguti;Nicola Preda;Auralius Manurung;Marcello Bonfe

  • Fully Wearable Actuated Soft Exoskeleton for Grasping Assistance in Everyday Activities.

    Tobias Bützer;Olivier Lambercy;Jumpei Arata;Roger Gassert

  • A new hand exoskeleton device for rehabilitation using a three-layered sliding spring mechanism

    Jumpei Arata;Keiichi Ohmoto;Roger Gassert;Olivier Lambercy

  • Neurofeedback-mediated self-regulation of the dopaminergic midbrain

    James Samuel Sulzer;Ranganatha Sitaram;Ranganatha Sitaram;Maria Laura Blefari;Spyros Kollias

  • Design and Characterization of a Lightweight and Fully Portable Remote Actuation System for Use With a Hand Exoskeleton

    Christopher J. Nycz;Tobias L. Bützer;Olivier Lambercy;Jumpei Arata

  • Full body illusion is associated with widespread skin temperature reduction

    Roy Salomon;Melanie Lim;Christian Pfeiffer;Roger Gassert

  • Effects of a robot-assisted training of grasp and pronation/supination in chronic stroke: a pilot study

    Olivier Lambercy;Ludovic Dovat;Hong Yun;Seng Kwee Wee

  • Actuation Methods for Applications in MR Environments

    Roger Gassert;Akio Yamamoto;Dominique Chapuis;Ludovic Dovat

  • Self-directed arm therapy at home after stroke with a sensor-based virtual reality training system.

    Frieder Wittmann;Jeremia P. Held;Olivier Lambercy;Michelle L. Starkey

  • Activity classification based on inertial and barometric pressure sensors at different anatomical locations

    A Moncada-Torres;K Leuenberger;R Gonzenbach;A Luft

  • Validation of a mechanism to balance exercise difficulty in robot-assisted upper-extremity rehabilitation after stroke

    Lukas Zimmerli;Carmen Krewer;Roger Gassert;Friedemann Müller

  • Assessment-driven selection and adaptation of exercise difficulty in robot-assisted therapy: a pilot study with a hand rehabilitation robot

    Jean-Claude Metzger;Olivier Lambercy;Antonella Califfi;Daria Dinacci

  • Improvement in precision grip force control with self-modulation of primary motor cortex during motor imagery.

    Maria L. Blefari;James Samuel Sulzer;Marie Claude Hepp-Reymond;Spyros Kollias

  • Design of a simple MRI/fMRI compatible force/torque sensor

    D. Chapuis;R. Gassert;L. Sache;E. Burdet

Frequent Co-Authors

Etienne Burdet
Etienne Burdet Imperial College London
Hannes Bleuler
Hannes Bleuler École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Robert Riener
Robert Riener ETH Zurich
Andreas Luft
Andreas Luft University of Zurich
Armin Curt
Armin Curt University of Zurich
Spyros Kollias
Spyros Kollias University of Zurich
Ranganatha Sitaram
Ranganatha Sitaram St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Marie-Claude Hepp-Reymond
Marie-Claude Hepp-Reymond University of Zurich
Olaf Blanke
Olaf Blanke École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Antonio Bicchi
Antonio Bicchi Italian Institute of Technology

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