SCAI Lab - ETH & SPF

Our group was founded by Prof. Robert Riener and Dr. Diego Paez at ETH Zurich, with the cooperation of Prof. Jürgen Pannek at the Swiss Paraplegic Center, and Prof. Gerold Stucki at the Swiss Paraplegic Research. We focus on wearable sensing technology for improving health care in outpatient life applied to chronic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). We aim to identify direct and indirect digital biomarkers leveraging advanced machine learning and statistical inference. Hereafter, enhancing the clinical decision-making process and enabling new interventional strategies for inpatient and outpatient life in chronic conditions. In this process, we aim to produce high-quality data and automated analysis through a system of integrated patient-caregiver-clinician-machine interaction, closing the loop of continued life-long health support for SCI individuals. This will result in a digital twins model that combines clinical and remote sensing technology to estimate disease onset likelihood through data-backed predictive systems.