Our project consists of a home-care system capable of applying electrotherapy and heat therapy, per the supervising of subsequent exercises to assess correctness and completeness of the session
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Rehab-to-Go! A Mobile Rehabilitation Unit(Tecnológico de Monterrey)
The project proposed here consists of a mobile rehabilitation units designed to carry all the equipment and the staff necessary to give physical therapies.
DermaShift: Diagnostic Device for Pressure Ulcer Prevention [Rice University]
Abstract Pressure ulcers (PUs), i.e. bed sores, are chronic injuries largely affecting over 2.5 million patients annually.[1] Although considered preventable, present standards to detect PUs have low specificity and sensitivity or are difficult to implement due to time or cost constraints. PUs are caused by prolonged pressure, resulting in ischemia and tissue necrosis. Since pressure-induced […]
Device to Detect Foot Strike Pattern and Provide Instantaneous Feedback (The Ohio State University)
Michelle Cullen, Matthew Keller, Eli Brantingham, John Bartholomew, Sarah Levine, Michael Guthrie Abstract Although running is associated with positive health benefits, many runners experience running-induced injuries. Research demonstrates that a rear-foot strike pattern is a common factor amongst these injuries and may increase one’s likelihood of sustaining another in the future. Current technology to assess foot strike pattern and running […]
Motion Path Analysis Tool for Cerebral Palsy Patients (Rice University)
Shaurya Agarwal, Allison Garza, Sonia Garcia, Vivaswath Kumar, Andrew Schober ABSTRACT Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a congenital non-progressive disorder that causes physical disabilities in motor development through damage to the motor control centers of the brain, and affects over 10,000 infants each year. The disability most commonly affects […]
The PushTracker: An Activity Monitor for Manual Wheelchair Users
To assist manual wheelchair users in avoiding upper limb pain and pathology we created a device that can track their activity level throughout and across several months. To do this we custom designed and built a printed circuit board with associated circuit components.