Research Group Rehabilitation Technology
REHAdigital
Overview
The REHAdigital research group focusses on rehabilitation and orthopaedic technology. The main areas of research are
- Improving the diagnosis and treatment of postural deformities with the help of AI-assisted measurement technology.
- Development of a brace for adolescent scoliosis patients made of innovative material for increased wearing comfort.
- Development of wearable, intelligent sensors and feedback systems for therapy and virtual rehabilitation.
- New design of a robot-assisted therapy device for scoliosis treatment.
The following three videos on the topics of biosignalling, artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) provide an insight into our research work:
Biosignalling - where medicine and engineering meet (German)
Artificial Intelligence in biomedical rehabilitation technology (German)
Virtual Reality in biomedical engineering (German)
Collaboration
Interested persons have the opportunity to work on the research topics and current projects of the research group at any time within the scope of project work, student research projects, diploma and master's theses or through scientific/student assistant activities. Please address specific enquiries to Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Heinke .
Topics for student theses
Topics: Student research projects and theses - as PDF
Projects
Completed projects
Partners
The intensive co-operation with partners from universities, industry and clinical practice in Germany and abroad enables a range of activities from basic basic research to integrative design and the development of prototypes through to large-scale clinical studies.
Among the university partners, there are close contacts with the Dresden University of Applied Science HTW, the Therapeutic Sciences Department at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg and members of the University Cancer Centre Leipzig (UCCL). Collaboration with physiotherapists from the Collegium Medicum at the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce has been continuously expanded over several projects. There is also intensive collaboration with the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (ipf).
At the TU Dresden, projects have already been realised together with the Multiple Sclerosis Centre Dresden (MSZ) at the Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital.
The Belgian research funding agency Sirris and the manufacturer of mineral fibres ISOMATEX S.A. are part of the MBrace project.
Among the industrial partners, the collaboration with the company DIERS International GmbH, which develops, manufactures and distributes biomechanical measuring systems, is particularly noteworthy. The working group uses devices from the DIERS product portfolio for its research as well as the company's expertise in the development of device concepts. DIERS is also a regular host of internships for students.
Contact and further information

Research Group Leader
NameMr Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Heinke
Rehabilitation Technology Group
Visitor Address:
Fetscherforum (F29), 1st Floor, Room 07 Fetscherstr. 29
01307 Dresden
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