System and Method For Facilitating Rehabilitation Therapy

Abstract

A rehabilitation system includes a portable patient workstation configured to facilitate in-home rehabilitation therapy. In some embodiments, the workstation includes a computing device and one or more rehabilitation devices. The computing device is configured to generate computer-based tasks associated with one or more in-home exercises. The rehabilitation devices, communicatively coupled to thecomputing device, includes a sensor that captures movement data for use in evaluating a patient's motor skills when instructed to perform one or more of the tasks.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for facilitating rehabilitation, and more particularly to rehabilitation systems and methods for rehabilitation with home training based on activities of daily living. Background technique [0002] Studies have shown that patients with neurological damage (eg, due to stroke, multiple sclerosis, trauma, or degenerative brain diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) benefit from clinicians (eg, physical therapists) who specialize in rehabilitation combined with home training )Treatment. Unfortunately, most people have limited access to therapy and similarly limited home training. Reasons for this include high cost and limited access to rehabilitation treatments and low motivation to train at home. Regardless of the cause, offering a limited amount of rehab and doing home training often results in patients not recovering at the highest level. [0003] Traditionally, home functions a...

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Problems solved by technology

Some of the main reasons that hinder the addition of ADL-based (and / or iADL-based) exercises to a patient's home rehabilitation regimen can include: (1) The clinician's inability to receive information related to the performance of ADL- and / or iADL-specific home exercises; Sufficient amount of information, and (2) patient does not receive sufficient feedback related to training for this ADL / iADL

Therefore, unless the patient is performing an ADL or iADL task, and the clinician is actually watching the patient during the videoconference, the clinician has no way of knowing about the violation in motion

However, because videoconferencing provides a single view of the patient, subtle movement violations go unnoticed and the opportunity for greater improvement from neurological damage is lost

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