Title :
Instrumental Kinesiology Approach in Neurorehabilitation Follow-up
Author :
Pistarini, Caterina ; Maggioni, Giorgio ; Giorgino, Toni ; Quaglini, Silvana
Author_Institution :
IRCCS Foundation "S. Maugeri", Pavia, Italy. phone: +390382592080; fax: +390382592080; e-mail: cpistarini@fsm.it
Abstract :
Stroke is a serious neurological accident which accounts for a wide fraction of the healthcare costs. Recovery from stroke includes motor rehabilitation. The MyHeart consortium is addressing several aspects of Neurological Rehabilitation (NR) management by combining clothes with embedded biomedical sensors. This Poster describes how MyHeart¿s Concept NR is structured to support motor rehabilitation.
Keywords :
Accidents; Biosensors; Clothing; Costs; Hospitals; Instruments; Medical services; Patient monitoring; Plastics; Usability;
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Rehabilitation, 2007
Conference_Location :
Venice, Italy
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1204-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1204-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICVR.2007.4362135