1;IFMBE 25/IX;1 2;Preface;5 3;Table of Contents;8 4;Study on a High Performance Shoes by using Silicon Rubber Elements with Human Compatibility;19 5;Paraplegic Using a Reciprocating Gait Orthosis (RGO) with Functional Electrical Stimulation;23 6;Habilitation Aid for Children with Balance Disorders;27 7;Prototype Walker for children with cerebral palsy;31 8;Analysis of Joint movements and muscle length during sit-to-stand at various sitting heights in the Korean elderly daily life;35 9;Haptic robot for arm and wrist rehabilitation;38 10;Movement Analysis by Accelerometry of Newborns for the Early Detection of Movement Disorders due to Infantile Cerebral Palsy;42 11;Patient-Specific Finite Element Models of Transtibial Amputation in Several Prosthetic Users: The Inter-Subject Variability;46 12;Development of a Corrugated Polyimide-Based Electrode for Intrafascicular Use in Peripheral Nerves;50 13;Analysis of Gait Rhythm Variability in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis;54 14;Anatomy of the human cochlear nucleus in relation to auditory brain stem implants;58 15;Estimation and Evaluation of Upper Limb Endpoint Stiffness and Joint Torques for Post-stroke Rehabilitation;62 16;Neuroelectronic interfaces with the central nervous systems - ethical issues;66 17;Ultrasound Pre-study of the Kinematics of the Residual Tibia within a Trans-Tibial Socket during Gait;70 18;Development of Unconstrained Rigidity Measurement System for Quantitative Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease;73 19;Measurement of Eye and Head Position in Neurological Practice;75 20;Virtual Reality and Robotics for Neuro-Motor Rehabilitation of Ischemic Stroke Patients;79 21;ARMassist: A low-cost device for telerehabiltation of post-stroke arm deficits;82 22;Application of 3D modeling and modern visualization technique to neurosurgical trigonocephaly correction in children;86 23;Peripheral Inductive Stimulation: Physical Issues and Advanced Technological Solutions;90 24;A Neuronal Network Model with Plasticity for Tinnitus Management by Sound Therapy;94 25;Modular Prosthesis of the Larynx for Application in Laryngectomees - A Theoretical Approach;98 26;A novel method exploiting the nociceptive withdrawal reflexes in rehabilitation of hemiplegic gait;102 27;Compact Assistive Rehabilitation Devices- Concept and Preliminary Function Test;106 28;Feasibility of selective robotic support of foot clearance with continuously adapting impedance levels;110 29;Diffusion Limited Tapered Coating with Parylene C;114 30;Electrical Characterization of Platinum, Stainless Steel and Platinum/Iridium as Electrode Materials for a New Neural Interface;118 31;Position Decoding of Hippocampal Place Cells;122 32;A Novel Assembly Method for Silicon-Based Neural Devices;125 33;Gait Posture Estimation by Wearable Acceleration and Gyro Sensor;129 34;Automobile, which can Control an Autonomic nervous system;133 35;Polymer-Based Approaches to Improve the Long Term Performance of Intracortical Neural Interfaces;137 36;Development of a Neural Interface for Artificial Limbs;141 37;Orthopedic Testing - A device for sagittal and transversal knee stability detection;142 38;ARMin - Exoskeleton Robot for Stroke Rehabilitation;145 39;Comparative Study on the Posture of Individuals with and without Cervical Pain;149 40;Functional Assessment of Orthopedic Aids Using Open Vertical MRIs;153 41;Bioelectric Source Localization in the Rat Sciatic Nerve: Initial Assessment Using an Idealized Nerve Model;156 42;Development of a New Wearable Monitoring System for Posture Changes and Activities and its Application to Rehabilitation;160 43;An Improved Method for Dipole Modeling in EEG-Based Source Localization;164 44;Machines to support motor rehabilitation after stroke;168 45;FEM-based investigation of spatial stimulation properties of a multi-electrode probe with micrometer-size electrodes for cortical and DBS applications;172 46;Silicon Microprobe Systems for Neural Drug Delivery: Experimental Characterization