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M.O.T.I.O.N

Mechanised Orthosis for Children with Neurological Disorders (M.O.T.I.O.N) aims to advance development, validation and adoption of bionic rehabilitation technology for children with neurological disorders to improve quality of life.



Published on 28 September 2020


M.O.T.I.O.N: Mechanised Orthosis for Children with Neurological Disorders

Mechanised Orthosis for Children with Neurological Disorders (M.O.T.I.O.N) aims to advance development, validation and adoption of bionic rehabilitation technology for children with neurological disorders to improve quality of life.




 

Starting date: Jan 2019 > Sept 2022

Lifetime:14 months


 

Status of project: in progress



 

Program in support: 


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Investment:  €7 476 119 

EC Contribution: €4 431 376 


 CEA-Leti contact:  



 

Project Coordinator: HEI -YNCREA Hauts de France

Partners:  

  • PP1 - HEI - YNCREA Hauts-de-France
  • PP2 - CENTEXBEL
  • PP3 - Thomas More University of Applied Sciences / MOBILAB
  • PP4 - University of Greenwich
  • PP5 - University of Kent
  • PP6 - Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network LTD (KSS AHSN)
  • PP7 - Rehabilitation Center for children and youth Pulderbos
  • PP8 - Kinetic Analysis
  • PP9 - Canterbury Christ Church University CCCU
  • PP10 - Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
  • PP11 - Ortho-Medico nv Benelux
  • PP12 - KU Leuven
  • PP13 - Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux énergies alternatives
  • PP14 - CEA - LETI
  • PP15 - Sint Maartenskliniek

​Targeted Market: bionic rehabilitation technology





Stakes

  • According to data collected from 14 European centres in the Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy common database (Cans 2000), 30% of children with Cerebral Palsy is not able to walk at 5 years of age and 16% of the CP children need assistive devices to walk, while 54% can walk without aids (Beckhung et al. 2008).This means that 46% of the CP children might benefit from innovative technology like lower limb exoskeletons to promote walking.



OBJECTIVES


M.O.T.I.O.N addresses two challenges :
  • To advance development, validation and adoption of bionic rehabilitation technology for children with neurological disorders to improve quality of life.

  • To set up a transregional network to transfer this rehabilitation technology and related knowledge from research to practical application by linking with industry, healthcare professionals and users and to interact with policy makers for the creation of supportive frameworks.



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