TREM-END

Development of a wrist orthotic device for tremor suppression through biomechanical loading by means of a novel rotary actuator

Coordinatore	ESPECIALIDADES MEDICO ORTOPEDICAS S.L. - EMO    more  Organization address address: CALLE PEDRO ESTEBAN PERNET 21 city: VALENCIA postcode: 46014 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Leopoldo Cognome: Fernández Barrachina Email: send email Telefono: 34963132051 Fax: 34963706799
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Spain [ES]
Totale costo	1˙458˙416 €
EC contributo	1˙124˙433 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2010-1
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-01-01   -   2013-03-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	ESPECIALIDADES MEDICO ORTOPEDICAS S.L. - EMO  Organization address address: CALLE PEDRO ESTEBAN PERNET 21 city: VALENCIA postcode: 46014 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Leopoldo Cognome: Fernández Barrachina Email: send email Telefono: 34963132051 Fax: 34963706799	ES (VALENCIA)	coordinator	466˙020.25
2	Cultraro Automazione Engineering S.r.l.  Organization address address: VIA ALBENGA 94 city: RIVOLI-TO postcode: 10098 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Antonio Cognome: Reddavid Email: send email Telefono: 390120000000 Fax: 390120000000	IT (RIVOLI-TO)	participant	407˙023.34
3	OKO SOLUTION SAS  Organization address address: LES PORTES DE ROUSSET BATIMENT E city: ROUSSET postcode: 13790 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Alexandre Cognome: Okorokoff Email: send email Telefono: +33 4 88196010 Fax: +33 4 42295043	FR (ROUSSET)	participant	223˙428.25
4	Nome Ente NON disponibile  Organization address address: AV TRES CRUCES 2 city: VALENCIA postcode: 46014 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Carlos Cognome: Gil Santiago Email: send email Telefono: 34961972034 Fax: 34961972145	ES (VALENCIA)	participant	8˙759.04
5	THE UK INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE LIMITED  Organization address address: MIDDLE ASTON HOUSE city: OXFORDSHIRE postcode: OX25 5PT contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Andy Cognome: Dean Email: send email Telefono: 441665000000 Fax: 441665000000	UK (OXFORDSHIRE)	participant	8˙364.06
6	DAW SA  Organization address address: RUE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE 70 city: PARIS postcode: 75016 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Alexandre Cognome: Okorokoff Email: send email Telefono: 33145203050 Fax: 33145203055	FR (PARIS)	participant	6˙166.00
7	INSTITUTO DE BIOMECANICA DE VALENCIA  Organization address address: UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA EDIFICIO 9C CAMINO DE VERA S/N city: VALENCIA postcode: 46022 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Katrien Cognome: Van Gucht Email: send email Telefono: +34 963879160 Fax: +34 963879169	ES (VALENCIA)	participant	4˙672.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'In the EU more than 4.25M people aged 40 and over are affected by Essential Tremor (ET), a progressive neurological disorder whose most recognizable feature is a tremor of the arms that is apparent during voluntary movements. ET affects the hand in 90% of the cases and, consequently, everyday tasks and those requiring fine motor skills (such as eating and writing) become very difficult for the patients, and this drastically decreases their quality of life (QoL). Medication and surgical interventions are currently employed to reduce tremor in patients suffering from ET. However, both present poor outcomes and, besides being very expensive, both can result in side effects, the major part of which are very debilitating for the patient (e.g. drowsiness, toxic reactions, permanent complications, etc.). As a result of the current poor outcomes, treating patients with ET is still an unsolved problem that drastically affects the Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and the QoL of approximately 2M European people. During the last years, scientific publications have shown that ET responds to biomechanical loading. It has been clinically proven that the increase of dumping and/or inertia in the upper limb leads to a reduction of the tremorous motion, and this led to the development of experimental wearable devices for tremor suppression (orthoses). However, existing concept solutions still present reduced performance and several limitations such as obtrusiveness, weight, and low acceptance among users that have prevented their development as a commercial product. The aim of the Trem-End project is to develop an innovative commercial orthesis for tremor suppression at wrist of patients resistant to conventional treatments, and which will be cost effective compared with current solutions. The device will implement an innovative mechanism (rotary damping technology) that will not only reduce obtrusiveness, but also increase tremor suppression efficacy compared with current solution'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Device to limit arm and wrist tremors