Prof. Dr. Kenneth James Hunt
Steckbrief
Prof. Dr. Kenneth James Hunt Dozent
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Adresse
Berner Fachhochschule
Technik und Informatik
Lehre
Quellgasse 21
2501 Biel
Tätigkeiten
Zuständigkeitsbereiche
Professor for Rehabilitation Engineering, Mechatronics and Control Engineering
Head, rehaLab - The Laboratory for Rehabilitation Engineering
Lehre
Studiengänge
BSc Mechatronics and Systems Engineering (BSc MSEng)
MSc Biomedical Engineering (M-BME)
MSc Engineering (MSE)
Unterrichtsfächer
Mechatronics, Drive Technology (Antriebstechnik) (BSc MSEng)
Rehabilitation Technology (M-BME)
Rehabilitation Robotics (MSE)
Forschung
Fachgebiete
Rehabilitation Engineering
Control Theory
Physiological Control Systems
Lebenslauf
Biografie
- Current: Professor for Rehabilitation Engineering and Head of the rehaLab -- the Laboratory for Rehabilitation Engineering -- at Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland (since 2009); currently located in Biel/Bienne (since 2022), previously in Burgdorf; and Research Associate at clinic Reha Rheinfelden.
- Previously: Wylie Chair and Full Professorship of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Centre for Rehabilitation Engineering, University of Glasgow (1998-2009); and Director of Research and co-founder of the Scottish Centre for Innovation in Spinal Cord Injury at the Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injuries Unit, Glasgow.
- Kenneth Hunt is Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Head of the rehaLab - the Laboratory for Rehabilitation Engineering - at Bern University of Applied Sciences in Biel, Switzerland. His research focuses on physiological responses - including heart rate variability (HRV) and cardiopulmonary outcomes - to exercise in healthy individuals and in people with motor impairments after spinal cord injury (SCI) or stroke.
He works closely with major neurorehabilitation clinics including the Swiss Paraplegic Centre in Nottwil, for research involving patients with SCI, and Reha Rheinfelden, for research with patients after stroke.
Prior to relocating to Switzerland in 2009, Hunt was a Professor of Engineering at the University of Glasgow in his home country, Scotland, where he was appointed in 1998. At Glasgow, he was Director of the Centre for Rehabilitation Engineering and Founding Director of Research at the Scottish Centre for Innovation in Spinal Cord Injury.
Projekte
Weitere Projekte
Heart Rate Variability, Dynamics and Control During Exercise (Swiss National Science Foundation)
Publikationen
Link to ORCID record
Recent Publications:
[1] H. Wang, D. Guimaraes, T. Nef, and K. J. Hunt, “Self-paced heart rate control during treadmill
exercise for persons with gait impairment: a case study,” Frontiers in Control Engineering,
vol. 5:1343851, 2024. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcteg.2024.1343851.
[2] L. Brockmann and K. J. Hunt, “Heart rate variability changes with respect to time and exercise
intensity during heart-rate-controlled steady-state treadmill running,” Scientific Reports,
vol. 13:8515, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35717-0.
[3] H. Wang and K. J. Hunt, “Self-paced heart rate control for treadmill exercise,” Frontiers in
Control Engineering, vol. 4:1158164, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcteg.2023.1158164.
[4] A. Ruangsuphaphichat, L. Brockmann, P. Sirasaporn, N. Manimmanakorn, K. J. Hunt,
and J. Saengsuwan, “Test-retest reliability of short- and long-term heart rate variability
in individuals with spinal cord injury,” Spinal Cord, vol. 61, pp. 658–666, 2023.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41393-023-00935-w.
[5] H. Wang and K. J. Hunt, “Feedback control of heart rate during treadmill exercise
based on a two-phase response model,” PLoS ONE, vol. 18(10): e0292310, 2023.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292310.
[6] S. Srirubkhwa, L. Brockmann, R. Vichiansiri, K. J. Hunt, and J. Saengsuwan, “Reliability of
five-minute vs. one-hour heart rate variability metrics in individuals with spinal cord injury,”
PeerJ, vol. 11:e16564, 2023. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16564.
[7] A. H. Spörri, H. Wang, and K. J. Hunt, “Heart rate dynamics identification and control in cycle
ergometer exercise: comparison of first- and second-order performance,” Frontiers in Control
Engineering, vol. 3:894180, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcteg.2022.894180.
[8] L. Brockmann, H. Wang, and K. J. Hunt, “Time dependence of heart rate variability during
treadmill running,” Systems Science & Control Engineering, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 436–442, 2022.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21642583.2022.2068166.
[9] F. Chrif, H. J. A. van Hedel, M. Vivian, T. Nef, and K. J. Hunt, “Usability evaluation of an
interactive leg press training robot for children with neuromuscular impairments,” Technology
and Health Care, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 1183–1197, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3233/THC-213629.
[10] J. Fang and K. J. Hunt, “Mechanical design and control system development of a rehabilitation
robotic system for walking with arm swing,” Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, vol. 2,
no. 720182, pp. 1–14, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2021.720182.
[11] H. Wang and K. J. Hunt, “Heart rate control using first- and second-order models during
treadmill exercise,” Systems Science & Control Engineering, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 651–662, 2021.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21642583.2021.1976304.
[12] J. Fang, A. Schuwey, N. Stocker, B. Pedrini, A. Sampaio, and K. J. Hunt, “Preliminary
development and technical evaluation of a belt-actuated robotic rehabilitation platform,”
Technology and Health Care, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 595–607, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3233/THC-
202392.
[13] H. Wang and K. J. Hunt, “Identification of heart rate dynamics during treadmill exercise:
comparison of first- and second-order models,” BioMedical Engineering OnLine, vol. 20:37,
pp. 1–10, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12938-021-00875-7.
[14] J. Fang, M. Haldimann, L. Marchal-Crespo, and K. J. Hunt, “Development of an active cabledriven,
force-controlled robotic system for walking rehabilitation,” Frontiers in Neurorobotics,
vol. 15, no. 651177, pp. 1–16, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2021.651177.
[15] F. Chrif, T. Nef, and K. J. Hunt, “Technical feasibility of constant-load and high-intensity
interval training for cardiopulmonary conditioning using a re-engineered dynamic leg press,”
BMC Biomed. Eng., vol. 1:26, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42490-019-0025-9.
[16] K. J. Hunt and C. Hurni, “Robust control of heart rate for cycle ergometer exercise,” Med. Biol.
Eng. Comput., vol. 57, no. 11, pp. 2471–2482, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11517-019-02034-6.
[17] K. J. Hunt, R. Grunder, and A. Zahnd, “Identification and comparison of heart-rate dynamics
during cycle ergometer and treadmill exercise,” PloS ONE, vol. 14(8): e0220826, 2019.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220826.
[18] E. A. Aksöz, M. Laubacher, R. Riener, and K. J. Hunt, “Design of an isokinetic knee
dynamometer for evaluation of functional electrical stimulation strategies,” Med. Eng. Phys.,
vol. 73, pp. 100–106, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2019.07.010.
[19] K. J. Hunt, A. Zahnd, and R. Grunder, “A unified heart rate control approach for
cycle ergometer and treadmill exercise,” Biomed. Signal Process. Control, vol. 54, 2019.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bspc.2019.101601.
Mitgliedschaften
Mitgliedschaften extern
FRSE - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
FIET - Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology
MIEEE - Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Sprachen- und Länderkenntnisse
Sprachkenntnisse
- Englisch - Muttersprache oder zweisprachig
- Deutsch - Verhandlungssicher
Länderkenntnisse
- Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland
- Schweiz