Extending upper limb rehabilitation for stroke survivors by the Habilis Platform

Within the European project CLEAR, a rehabilitation program for stroke survivors with paresis of the upper limb has been designed and implemented. The core idea was to extend hospital rehabilitation practice by integrating hospital treatment, with home practice and with an intermediate moment called “kiosk”. The kiosk is an environment conveniently located near home, where patients can perform continuous and intensive practice and receive the necessary supervision and assessment by health professionals by a Tele-Rehabilitation Service based on the Habilis Platform. Preliminary data indicate that the rehabilitation program is effective and safe. Further studies are planned to verify the efficacy of the rehabilitation program, patients´, caregivers´ and clinicians´ satisfaction, factors which influence treatment outcome and adherence.