Dr. Ángel Gil
Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos de Toledo, Spain

Title: In-vivo Clinical Assessment & intervention SCI perspective

Abstract: In this plenary lecture basic concepts about clinical aspects on spinal cord injury will be provided. Anatomy of spinal cord, new trends in epidemiology of spinal cord injury and major problems after spinal cord injury will be reviewed. Also, clinical applications of recent advances in spinal cord injury concerning rehabilitation engineering will be focussed. Finally, some clinical experience on exoskeletons for gait rehabilitation will be presented.

Short CV:

Medical Doctor and Ph.D degree obtained in the Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Complutense (Madrid, Spain) with a doctoral thesis about manual wheelchair propulsion ergonomics in spinal cord injury patients (2009). Clinical practice in different hospitals since 1993 as Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation specialist. Researcher from 1994 to 1996 in Institute of Biomechanics in Valencia (IBV). Coordinator of Biomechanics and Technical Aids Department in National Hospital for Spinal Cord Injury (Toledo, Spain) since 2005. Current research focuses on the application of biomechanics to the development of systems based on virtual reality for upper limb rehabilitation treatment and the development of neuro-robotic and neuro-prosthetics to compensate or restore movement disorders. Coordinator of the scientific committee of the Spanish Federation for Disabled Sports from 1998 to 2004.