Title :
A supplementary system based on wireless accelerometer network for rehabilitation
Author :
Wang, Ren ; Guo, Hang ; Xu, Jiashan ; Ko, Wen H.
Author_Institution :
Pen-Tung Sah Micro-Nano Technol. Res. Center, Xiamen Univ., Xiamen, China
Abstract :
This paper presents a supplementary system for rehabilitation, which is based on the wireless accelerometer network and integrates with remote monitoring and cross-platform intelligent terminal. System features are analyzed, and then hardware, software and different platforms are discussed and developed. Two tested cases are presented. One is for rehabilitation training of a patient with elbow ligament injury, and the other for a hemiplegic patient. Results show that our developed WSN based system has many great advantages over the traditional counterpart for rehabilitation of the patients.
Keywords :
accelerometers; injuries; patient monitoring; patient rehabilitation; wireless sensor networks; cross platform intelligent terminal; elbow ligament injury; hemiplegic patient; patient rehabilitation; remote monitoring; wireless accelerometer network;
Conference_Titel :
Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS), 2010 5th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xiamen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6543-9
DOI :
10.1109/NEMS.2010.5592542