Remco Benthem de Grave
International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries, ETH Zurich
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2
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30
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About
Remco Benthem de Grave is a researcher at the intersection of rehabilitation engineering and human sensorimotor control, with a focus on restoring function after neurological injury. His work centers on developing robotic and haptic interfaces to quantify and improve sensory and motor recovery, particularly for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). In a pioneering pilot study, he used a robotic exoskeleton to objectively quantify lower limb joint position sense—a critical but often overlooked aspect of proprioception in SCI rehabilitation. This work, cited 15 times, provides a novel method for assessing sensory recovery alongside motor gains. Complementing this, his development of the ReFlex haptic wrist interface (also 15 citations) offers a platform for investigating how the central nervous system adapts to dynamic perturbations, with direct applications in motor learning and rehabilitation. By creating tools that bridge the gap between clinical assessment and fundamental neuroscience, Benthem de Grave’s contributions are helping to ensure that sensory function receives the attention it deserves in the recovery process.
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- 2ReFlex, a haptic wrist interface for motor learning and rehabilitation15 citations · 2010