Zlatko Matjačić, Slovenija

University rehabilitation institute, Republic of Slovenia

WG1, WG3-member

Main interests

1) natural and artificial control of movement in particular balance and walking; analysis of human balance control during standing and walking;
2) neurorehabilitation of movement in particular balance during standing and walking; design of multi-linkage mechanical devices for controlled and repeatable movement training, design of therapeutic training programs;
3) analysis of natural and analysis and synthesis of artificial movement; gait analysis.

Project involvement

EU FP7 project CORBYS (2011-2015)
EU FP7 project BALANCE (2013-2017)
EU H2020 project SAAM (2017-2020)

Main achievements

Patenting and licencing technology for balance training during standing and walking (Balance Trainer and E-go; www.thera-trainer.de)

  • MATJAČIĆ, Zlatko, ZADRAVEC, Matjaž, OLENŠEK, Andrej. An effective balancing response to lateral perturbations at pelvis level during slow walking requires control in all three planes of motion. Journal of biomechanics, ISSN 0021-9290. [Print ed.], 2017, vol. 60, str. 79-90, ilustr. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2017.06.020, doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2017.06.020.
  • MATJAČIĆ, Zlatko, ZADRAVEC, Matjaž, OBLAK, Jakob. Sit-to-stand trainer : an apparatus for training normal-like sit to stand movement. IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering, ISSN 1534-4320. [Print ed.], June 2016, vol. 24, no. 6, str. 639-649, ilustr., doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2015.2442621.
  • OLENŠEK, Andrej, ZADRAVEC, Matjaž, MATJAČIĆ, Zlatko. A novel robot for imposing perturbations during overground walking : mechanism, control and normative stepping responses. Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, ISSN 1743-0003, 2016, vol. 13, no. 55, 1-19 str., ilustr. http://jneuroengrehab.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12984-016-0160-7.OLENŠEK, Andrej, ZADRAVEC, Matjaž, MATJAČIĆ, Zlatko. A novel robot for imposing perturbations during overground walking : mechanism, control and normative stepping responses. Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, ISSN 1743-0003, 2016, vol. 13, no. 55, 1-19 str., ilustr. http://jneuroengrehab.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12984-016-0160-7.
  • OBLAK, Jakob, MATJAČIĆ, Zlatko. Standing-up trainer : United States patent : US 9565947 (B2), 2017-02-04. Alexandria: United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2017.
  • MATJAČIĆ, Zlatko, CIKAJLO, Imre, OBLAK, Jakob. Universal haptic drive system : US 9233046 (B2), 2016-01-12. Alexandria: United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2016.