Validation of a home rehabilitation system for range of motion measurements of limb functions

Author

Daponte, P. ; De Vito, L. ; Sementa, C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Sannio, Benevento, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

4-5 May 2013

Firstpage

288

Lastpage

293

Abstract

Home rehabilitation systems have already made their way into widely accepted medical practices, and their further diffusion will help limit healthcare-related costs and improve treatment conditions. For a therapy to successfully rely on a rehabilitation system, this should provide support that can be proven to meet treatment-specific purposes. This work deals with the validation of a home rehabilitation system designed to assist therapists in limb motor dysfunction treatment by providing joint angle measurements. The system under test has been compared with two commercial systems, commonly used in rehabilitation laboratories.

Keywords

biodiffusion; biomechanics; health care; medical disorders; motion measurement; patient rehabilitation; patient treatment; diffusion; healthcare-related costs; home rehabilitation system; improve treatment conditions; joint angle measurements; limb functions; limb motor dysfunction treatment; medical practices; motion measurement range; rehabilitation laboratories; system under test; Elbow; Joints; Magnetometers; Monitoring; Sensors; Shoulder; Trajectory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Medical Measurements and Applications Proceedings (MeMeA), 2013 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Gatineau, QC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5195-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MeMeA.2013.6549754

Filename

6549754