Neurorehabilitation Through Synergistic Man-Machine Interfaces Promoting Dormant Neuroplasticity in Spinal Cord Injury: Protocol for a Nonrandomized Controlled Trial

Alkinoos Athanasiou   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Konstantinos Mitsopoulos   ¹ , MEng ;   Apostolos Praftsiotis   ¹ , MEng ;   Alexander Astaras   ² , PhD ;   Panagiotis Antoniou   ¹ , PhD ;   Niki Pandria   ¹ , PhD ;   Vasileia Petronikolou   ¹ , BSc ;   Konstantinos Kasimis   ³ , MSc ;   George Lyssas   ¹ , BSc ;   Nikos Terzopoulos   ¹ , MEng ;   Vasilki Fiska   ¹ , MSc ;   Panagiotis Kartsidis   ¹ , MSc ;   Theodoros Savvidis   ¹ , BSc ;   Athanasios Arvanitidis   ¹ , BSc ;   Konstantinos Chasapis   ¹ , BSc ;   Alexandros Moraitopoulos   ¹ , BSc ;   Kostas Nizamis   ⁴ , PhD ;   Anestis Kalfas   ⁵ , PhD ;   Paris Iakovidis   ³ , PhD ;   Thomas Apostolou   ³ , MD, PhD ;   Ioannis Magras   ^{6 *} , MD, PhD ;   Panagiotis Bamidis   ^{1 *} , PhD

¹ Medical Physics and Digital Innovation Lab, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

² Computer Science Department, Division of Science and Technology, American College of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

³ Department of Physiotherapy, International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki, Greece

⁴ Department of Design, Production and Management, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

⁵ Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics and Turbo-machinery, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

⁶ Second Department of Neurosurgery, Ippokrateio General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

*these authors contributed equally