Urs Albisser
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About
Urs Albisser is a leading researcher in neurorehabilitation engineering, specializing in the development and validation of robotic and sensor-based tools for upper-limb assessment and therapy following spinal cord injury (SCI). His work bridges the gap between clinical practice and engineering, focusing on how robotic devices can provide objective, quantitative measurements of motor function. Albisser’s major contributions include demonstrating the strong relationship between robotic sensor data and traditional clinical assessments, as evidenced by his highly cited 2011 paper (77 citations), which showed that devices like the Armeo can reliably track recovery. He further advanced the field by establishing the reliability of movement workspace measurements in passive arm orthoses (38 citations) and by exploring robot-assisted assessments as a diagnostic tool (61 citations). Notably, Albisser also contributed to the development of hybrid rehabilitation tools, such as the ArmeoFES, which combines robotic gravity compensation with functional electrical stimulation to address both reaching and grasping—a common limitation in existing exoskeletons. His work has been instrumental in proving that robotic devices can serve dual roles as both trainers and precise assessment instruments, reducing the need for time-consuming manual evaluations and enabling more personalized, data-driven rehabilitation protocols.
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- 4A hybrid tool for reaching and grasping rehabilitation: The ArmeoFES6 citations · 2011