International Collaborations
Dynamically Responsive Intervention For Tremor Suppression (DRIFTS).
Tremor can be a significant problem to sufferers of Parkinson's disease,
Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and other neurological problems resulting in
movement disorders, when engaged in activities of daily living, requiring
particular dexterity such as eating, dressing, and writing.
After 39 months, in July 2005, the GeronTech-coordinated international DRIFTS project was successfully completed.
The DRIFTS consortium developed and clinically tested a prototyping and technology evaluation platform for the
development of orthotic devices that mechanically suppress upper-limb neurological tremor. The project also
developed a prototype orthosis for the active suppression of intentional tremor in
people with neurological
disorders such as Parkinson's and multiple sclerosis.
The project consortium included collaborators from Israel, the UK,
Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, and Belgium." DRIFTS was financially supported by the European Commission under the
Fifth Framework Programme.
The 9-member DRIFTS consortium, led by GeronTech, included:
- The Centre for Rehabilitation Robotics, Staffordshire University, UK
- The departments of Cybernetics and Chemistry, University of Reading, UK
- Dept. Textile Design & Production, De Montfort University (DMU)
- iRv, Institute for Rehabilitation Research Netherlands
- Institute of Biomechanics (IBV), Spain
- Institute for Industrial Automation (CSIC-IAI), Spain
- Department of Neurology, CHU de Charleroi, Belgium
- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
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