Neural Rehabilitation Team
Chih-Wei Peng Professor
Specialty:
- Neural engineering, Assistive technology, Implantable neural prostheses
- Brain electrical stimulation, Functional electrical stimulation, Neuromuscular electrical stimulation, Medical equipment development
- Tissue regeneration, Regeneration medicine
- Physical therapy, Medical engineering, Translational animal model
- Rehabilitation engineering, Urinary rehabilitation
- Biomechanics, Gait analysis, Biological signal process, Biomaterials
- Neuromodulation, Electrical physiology, Electromyograms
- Urinary incontinence, Spinal cord injury, Urodynamics
Alphabet order of last name.
Research Spotlight
研究目標為研發新興復健技術,提供特色和優質復健治療。
神經疾病者常遺留功能缺失及日常生活障礙。目前傳統復健,例如常見的物理治療、職能治療、語言治療、吞嚥治療等介入,但病人恢復效果仍有限制。因此神經復健團隊加入以下新興復健技術,以進一步突破復健瓶頸,改善神經疾病者功能。
- 機器人復健輔助系統:機器人復健輔助系統分為上肢復健系統與下肢步行復健系統。
- 上肢復健輔助系統:可藉由驅動機器人帶動中樞神經疾病者上肢動作,促進上肢運動功能進步,能達成臨床治療人員無法完全做到的精準抓握動作,來加強手部運動功能。
- 下肢步行復健輔助系統:藉由功能性訓練強化功能,在反覆且高強度的步行訓練,達到行走功能的恢復,除了用於成人如中風者與脊髓損傷者等外,也有兒童型機器人步態訓練系統套件,使得兒童機器人步態訓練變成可能。
- 非侵入性腦部電磁場刺激:目前臨床上運用電磁場刺激調控腦部功能的方式主要有兩種,包括經顱磁刺激與經顱電刺激。
- 重覆經顱磁刺激:重覆經顱磁刺激的原理是以電流透過感應線圈電生磁感應出磁脈衝打入大腦皮層,和磁生電原理感應出電流直接刺激大腦神經元產生促進或者抑制效果進而有效改善患者的症狀,其中已知的療效包括:認知、語言、手腳動作、吞嚥功能的回復。
- 高密度經顱電刺激:西塔波形原來是經顱磁刺激的一種波型,它可以經由調控腦的可塑性,改善肢體功能。現今市售經顱電刺激器只能輸出直流電,我們團隊研發出能夠輸出治療效果更好的西塔波型電波,另外高密度經顱電刺激器可以更精準地施用於特定的腦部位置,因此,本團隊所開發的高密度經顱電刺激器結合可輸出西塔波型及高密度經顱電刺激兩者的優點,應該可以進一步提升中風或腦部相關疾病病人的治療效果,目前此高密度經顱電刺激器已經進入第二期臨床試驗階段。
- 擴增實境神經復健訓練系統:國外研究結果顯示視聽覺回饋技術可以改善神經疾病者的運動功能,一些報告也指出擴增實境療法可以改善神經疾病者的運動功能,但是目前幾乎沒有市售針對改善神經疾病者運動功能的擴增實境系統。因此團隊近年來已經陸續將所設計以遊戲為基礎的運動項目應用於不同族群上,成效佳,已發表相關論文於國際知名科學雜誌,並且由醫師、治療師等醫療專業領域人員依據復健原理和動作學習理論,與醫學工程背景等擴增實境技術之專業團隊進行合作,自行研發智慧型互動式擴增實境系統,已獲取專利及第十八屆國家新創獎-臨床新創獎。使復健患者透過於真實情境的互動及學習過程,能改善功能與日常生活情境中的適應性並提升日常生活活動及參與之表現。
- 智慧型踝足輔具:運用智慧型踝足輔具來控制踝關節背屈的動作。
- 超音波導引神經解套注射:神經受到壓迫會造成相當惱人神經酸麻痛,神經解套注射係在超音波導引下注射類固醇或低濃度葡萄糖,將神經與周圍組織分離,以解除神經壓迫疼痛並穩定神經。
- 兒童復健:除了兒童型機器人步態訓練外,也進行細胞治療臨床試驗。
Research Results
Publications:
- Lin, S. T., Tung, T. H., Lin, Y. N., Chang, F. H., Lian, Y. Z., Lai, C. H., Liou, T. H., Huang, C. C., Chen, Y. L., & Chao, J. C. J. (2026). Effect of Bifidobacterium longum on cognition and microbiota in post-stroke patients: A single-blinded, controlled trial. International Journal of Medical Sciences, 23(3), 1058-1069.
- Saukani, M., Lai, C. H., Krisnawati, D. I., Chu, H. Y., Huang, A. C., & Kuo, T. R. (2026). Phase-dependent MoS2 nanosheets-embedded urinary catheter for advanced photothermal sterilization. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 27(11), 4806.
- Adeel, M., Chen, H. C., Lin, B. S., Lai, C. H., Wu, C. W., Kang, J. H., Liou, J. C., & Peng, C. W. (2025). Correction: Oxygen Consumption (VO2) and Surface Electromyography (sEMG) during Moderate-Strength Training Exercises (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, (2022), 19, 4, (2233), 10.3390/ijerph19042233). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22(11), 1754.
- Lin, T., Tsai, Y., Chang, Y., Lai, C., & Su, S. (2025). Treatment dosage effects of treadmill-based exoskeletal robotic-assisted gait training in individuals with pediatric brain injuries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 61(6), 845-861.
- Kuo, T. J., Yu, C. Y., Lin, J. C., Lin, C. M., Liou, T. H., Peng, C. W., & Chen, H. C. (2026). Comparison of the performance of a Three-Dimensional Body Scanner and radiography in evaluating adult scoliosis. PeerJ, e20752.
- Kuo, C. W., Nguyen, T. X. D., Chen, K. T., Liu, H. L., Wu, C. K., Peng, C. W., Chang, M. Y., & Hsieh, T. H. (2026). Early and prolonged cortical electrical stimulation preserves motor functions and nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons in the MitoPark model of Parkinson's disease. Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 25(3), 48187.
- Lin, B. S., Peng, C. W., Hui, S. H., & Lin, B. S. (2026). Inertial trajectory estimation using low-cost inertial measurement units and edge computing. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. (Accepted/In press).
- Shih, Y. J., Lin, B. S., Wu, H. L., Peng, C. W., & Lin, B. S. (2025). Deep learning-based adaptive sitting posture recognition system. Proceedings of the 47th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2025).
- Lin, B. S., Peng, C. W., Shih, Y. J., & Lin, B. S. (2025). Edge AI-based adaptive human sitting detection system. IEEE Sensors Journal, 26(2), 3064-3075.
- Peng, C. W., Lin, B. S., Lin, H. Y., Shau, Y. C., & Lin, B. S. (2025). Noninvasive blood glucose monitoring system based on deep learning and multiwavelength near-infrared technology. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 55(4), 589-598.
- Peng, C. W., Zhang, B. X., Wang, Y. R., Liu, J. Y., & Liou, J. C. (2025). Non-invasive cardiac output of microscopic dynamic biological impedance and heart rate characteristics. Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Taiwan (ICCE-Taiwan 2025), 337-338.
- Khasanah, N., Chin, H. Y., Lo, W. L., Lin, B. S., Chen, H. C., Liou, J. C., Wu, C. W., & Peng, C. W. (2025). Sacral magnetic neuromodulation with intermittent theta burst waveform enhances overactive bladder: In vivo study. Biomedical Journal, 48(3), 100775.
- Kuan, Y. C., Lin, H. W., Yang, C. C., Hsu, J. L., Liu, W. T., Hu, C. J., Majumdar, A., Lin, Y. C., Peng, C. W., & Tsai, C. Y. (2025). Slow-wave sleep, oxygen desaturation, and memory consolidation in sleep-disturbed individuals. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 25(2), 100574.
- Nguyen, T. X. D., Chen, K. T., Liu, H. L., Kuo, C. W., Peng, C. W., Chang, M. Y., & Hsieh, T. H. (2025). Temporal interference stimulation over the motor cortex enhances cortical excitability in rats. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 16933.
- Marufa, S. A., Chin, H. Y., Lin, B. S., Chen, H. C., Hsieh, T. H., Lo, W. L., Wu, C. W., Li, Y. T., Lubis, Z. I., Rahmawati, N. A., Utami, K. P., & Peng, C. W. (2025). Therapeutic effects of noninvasive technology modalities on lower-limb motor function in spinal cord injury: A systematic review. Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation, 7(4), 100536.





