We are INTER!
Interactive Technologies of Engineering in Rehabilitation
An interdisciplinary strategic group of researchers from natural sciences, engineering, health sciences, the humanities and social sciences.
INTER includes more than 100 researchers from different fields and universities.
INTER has two main areas of activity, Smart Home and Mobility, each based on two axes: 1. the design and prototyping of new interactive devices and systems, and 2. the evaluation and transfer of technology.
INTER : Over 130 mandates funded to date, and further opportunities for researchers.
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INTER-Activities week
MIDI-INTER – February 2025 – Your noise, my signal: Diverting physiological signal artifacts for alternative uses
MIDI-INTER – January 2025 – Building the future of precision rehabilitation in Quebec – Integrating interactive technologies, data management and artificial intelligence
Working together to improve rehabilitation care and services
Over 100 researcher members
Johanne Higgins
Université de Montréal
Réadaptation
5 INTER mandates
Karina Lebel
Université de Sherbrooke
Génie électrique
11 INTER mandates
Katia Turcot
Université Laval
Kinésiologie
5 INTER mandates
Kévin Bouchard
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Informatique
6 INTER mandates
Recently completed mandates
150 TinyHomy
Walker with partial body weight support for children aged 2 to 6 years
165 NEARS-LT
NEARS-LT: Co-design of a simplified remote monitoring platform for activities of daily living for the elderly and their families.
157 ActimusFaible
Development of an algorithm for quantifying and scaling very low muscle activity in rehabilitation
164 AVAL-EAR
AVAL-EAR: In-ear technology for a better understanding of salivary flow
153A Next Dynamometer
Conversion of a pelvic floor dynamometer to a wireless version for measuring standing muscle function
160 OPTISTIM
Optimizing functional electrical stimulation for personalized rehabilitation
156 OMR
Magnetorheological orthoses for upper limb rehabilitation
112B Ergocycle
Pedaling... in hospital!
148B AmaraBiomimetics
Robotic assistance system using residual movements
Intervention Areas
Smart home
Solutions that contribute to instrument living environments and to endow ambient artificial intelligence able to provide ad hoc or continue assistance to occupants and to integrate into any day-to-day object (e.g.: door, stove, mug, fridge, sweater, etc.) or place (e.g.: shopping mall, pharmacy, waiting room in hospitals, etc.) so as to be transparent for occupants.
Mobility
Solutions that contribute to prevent, to delay or to substitute the decline of human mobility, i.e. the physical capacity to walk and move, and the use of objects required for personal well-being.
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