Rehabilitation Engineering module (BE42003)

In this module, you will be introduced to the acquisition of electrophysiological signals, their use in the context of rehabilitation engineering as well as providing an understanding of the development of user-centred assistive medical technologies (e.g., brain machine interfaces; orthotics; prosthetics).

The aim of this module is to guide students into the acquisition of different electrophysiological signals (from the brain, muscles, and heart – noninvasively) and biomechanical gait parameters under normal and abnormal circumstances (mimicking injury or disease). This understanding will lead to the development of assistive medical technologies where injuries and/or diseases will be used as case studies, in which they will appraise the need, innovate solutions, test these, and further improve to obtain a final prototype of an assistive medical technology.

Students will gain soft and hard skills utilising a range of software which is dependent on the activity to be carried out (e.g., Biopac, Delsys Research +, Matlab, VICON, LabView and other NI software). 

Students will have access to the Medical Technology laboratory, which is part of the Centre for Medical Engineering Technology, and the Trauma and Orthopaedic Research Centre in Ninewells Hospital.

This module is aimed at 4th year UG students working toward a degree in Biomedical Engineering.

Some key content:

• anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology
• evoked potentials
• electromyographic signals
• electrocardiographic signals
• electroencephalographic signals
• electrooculographic signals
• biomechanics, human movement, and performance
• development of assistive medical technology