[WEB-TV] Professor Kristina Malmgren’s research group at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation and its three collaborating partners together receive SEK 28 million towards the development of smart clothing with sensors. The technology will be of great benefit for people with epilepsy or Parkinson’s disease, and for stroke patients.
The team is working on a comfortable garment with a sensor system that continuously measures movement and other physiological variables. It will be possible to monitor disease progression and to measure the effects of treatment when patients with epilepsy or Parkinson’s disease wear the garment in normal everyday life.
“We are very pleased to have been awarded the grant for this large multidisciplinary project, in which very different people come together and share their expertise. Three groups at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology are involved: my group working with epilepsy, the neurological motor disorders group, and the neurological rehabilitation group. Others involved in the project are The Swedish School of Textiles in Borås, where they work on smart textiles, the Acreo research institute, and Swerea,” says Kristina Malmgren.
“The technology can be used for other applications than the medical ones we work with, such as within sport, where athletes desire to optimise various movements. It can also be applied in industry, to determine the most ergonomic working positions when using machines, and in other situations in which there is a risk that movements become monotonous and harmful.”
Film and text: Monica Havström
The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, SSF, has awarded a total of SEK 250 million to eight research projects in medical technology. The grants cover a five-year period. A total of 83 applications were received.
Other selected projects:
Jonas Frisén, Karolinska Institutet, Spatiell transkriptomik för cancer diagnostik, 33 miljoner kronor.
Jöns Hilborn, Uppsala universitet, Strategier för överlevnad av stamceller, 30 miljoner kronor.
Thomas Laurell, Lunds universitet, Chipintegrerad mikrovesikeldiagnostik för kliniskt bruk, 33 miljoner kronor.
Per Svenningsson, Karolinska Institutet, Molekylär ”imaging” inom neuropatologi, 31 miljoner kronor.
Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson, Lunds universitet, Matrix- och stamcellsterapi vid kronisk lungsjukdom, 31 miljoner kronor.
Dag Winkler, Chalmers, Bärbar influensa diagnostic ”FLU-ID”, 32 miljoner kronor.
Björn Önfelt, KTH, Encells-metoder för cellterapi, 32 miljoner kronor.
