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Popovic, Dejan was born on April 2, 1950 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Son of Bozidar and Jelena Popovic.
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Restoring motor functions to persons with disabilities has been an exciting yet often frustrating research area. The aim of this book is to explore parallels in sensorimotor integration of rehabilitation devices and human extremities, addressing the important question of how the next generation of rehabilitation devices employing electronic control should evolve. By bringing together experimental physiology, kinesiology, rehabilitation therapy, and computer and electrical engineering, this book discusses a range of issues in natural and artificial control.
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This text describes non-conventional methods of control of human extremities, emphasizing the fact that conventional approaches used in robotics are limited when used in humans for restoration of reaching and grasping (goal-oriented movements), standing and locomotion (cyclic movements). The use of artificial neural networks, inductive learning, skill-based expert systems and finite-state representation of movements is the base of this non-conventional control theory. A specific number of realized applications are included in the book to illustrate how these computer techniques can improve the function of assistive systems in physically challenged humans. The theory presented is applicable to the control of robots and industrial manipulators.
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Restoring motor functions has been an exciting yet frustrating research topic for the last several decades. While significant progress has occurred in the design, construction, and low level control of rehabilitation devices, researchers are up against fundamental problems in multi-sensory processing and motor control. The aim of this book is to explore parallels in sensorimotor integration of rehabilitation devices and human extremities, addressing the basic question on how the next generation of rehabilitation devices should evolve. By bringing together experimental physiology, kinesiology, rehabilitation therapy, computer and electrical engineering, this book discusses a range of issues starting from natural and ending with artificial control. While the ultimate goal of capturing able-bodied versatility remains elusive, this book makes an important contribution to a better understanding and design of future rehabilitation methods and devices via a simple underlying message: a topic as complex as restoration of human movements would be best addressed by collaborative, interdisciplinary research, combining high level and low level views, drawing parallels between human studies, analytic and non-analytic approaches, and integrating sensory data with motor commands. The future will hold up the expectations only as researchers become aware of advances in parallel fields, and a common vocabulary emerges.
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Popovic, Dejan was born on April 2, 1950 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Son of Bozidar and Jelena Popovic.
Bachelor of Science, University Belgrade, 1974. Master of Science, University Belgrade, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, University Belgrade, 1981.
Professor electrical engineering University Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, since 1979. Associate professor department physiology University Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1987—1994. Professor department neurosurgery University Miami, Florida, 1991—1995, professor department biomedical engineering, 1991—1996, Aalborg (Denmark) University, 1999—2002.
Consultant Glenrose Hospital, Edmonton, 1988—1995. Senior fellow Miami Project, 1991—1996.
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(Restoring motor functions has been an exciting yet frustr...)
Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society (board directors 1996), Yugoslov Society biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics.
Married Mirjana Josifovic, September 28, 1975. Children: Ana, Masa.