Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya 2 articles published in JoVE Neuroscience Quantified Assessment of Infant's Gross Motor Abilities Using a Multisensor Wearable Elisa Taylor1, Manu Airaksinen1, Anastasia Gallen1, Tuuli Immonen2, Elina Ilén3, Taru Palsa1,2, Leena M. Haataja1,2, Sampsa Vanhatalo1,4 1BABA Center, Pediatric Research Center, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, New Children's Hospital and HUS Imaging, Helsinki, University Hospital, 2Department of Pediatric Neurology, Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, 3Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 4Department of Physiology, University of Helsinki This paper outlines the assessment of infants' gross motor performance with a multisensor wearable and its fully automated deep learning-based analysis pipeline. The method quantifies the posture and movement patterns of infants from lying supine until they master walking independently. Bioengineering Simultaneous Electrical and Mechanical Stimulation to Enhance Cells' Cardiomyogenic Potential Aida Llucià-Valldeperas1,2, Ramon Bragós3, Antoni Bayés-Genís1,4,5,6 1Insuficiencia Cardiaca y Regeneración Cardiaca (ICREC) Research Program, Health Science Research Institute Germans Trias i Pujol, 2Amsterdam Universitair Medisch Centrum (UMC), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Pulmonology and Physiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, 3Electronic and Biomedical Instrumentation Group, Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 4Cardiology Service, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, 5Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 6Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) Cardiovascular, Instituto de Salud Carlos III Here we present a protocol for training a cell population using electrical and mechanical stimuli emulating cardiac physiology. This electromechanical stimulation enhances the cardiomyogenic potential of the treated cells and is a promising strategy for further cell therapy, disease modeling, and drug screening.
