Nervous System and Brain Disorders

Prof. Sigal Portnoy

Prof. Portnoy, PhD, is head of the Department of Occupational Therapy at the School of Health Professions. Dr. Portnoy received her B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering at Tel Aviv University and her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at the Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Laboratory at Tel Aviv University. She was the scientific director of the Gait and Motion Laboratory at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem.

https://www.tau.ac.il/~portnoys/

Technology for rehabilitation

The promise of new and exciting technologies to enhance the world of motor and cognitive rehabilitation, relies on its integration in the clinics. One of the main goals of Dr. Portnoy is to create and distribute accessible and innovative tools that will promote the use of technologies in rehabilitation. Among the developed tools are a software that evaluates cognitive function, validated, published and to date, downloaded by more than 250 users worldwide, and a software that automatically fits the dimensions of virtual model of orthoses for 3D printing, according to simple limb measurements performed by the clinician.