I-Corps: Tele-rehabilitation system for individuals with upper limb motor dysfunction

I-Corps：针对上肢运动功能障碍患者的远程康复系统

• 批准号: 2139697
• 负责人: Charmayne Hughes
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: San Francisco State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-07-15 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2139697&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Tele; rehabilitation; system; individuals

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project focuses on the development of a low-cost tele-rehabilitation system for individuals with motor dysfunction. Numerous technology-enabled tele-rehabilitation systems presently exist, but their relatively high cost, safety concerns, and bulkiness often limit their application in decentralized environments. This project involves the development of a low-cost, sensor-enabled mobile health system that records body movements and derives quantitative metrics that are meaningful to both clinicians and patients. Commercialization of this technology has the potential to improve the way that sensorimotor disorders are managed in individuals with neurological and musculoskeletal impairments. The technology platform could serve as a model for home-based tele-rehabilitation, improving clinical practice and access to care.This I-Corps project is based on the development of a low-cost, sensor-enabled system for upper limb rehabilitation that combines mobile technology, micro-electromechanical system inertial measurement units, sensor-fusion algorithms, and biomechanics. The system provides a way for rehabilitation clinicians to accurately quantify movement quality and monitor patient compliance and quality of life. The technology will be applied to assess motor dysfunction in stroke survivors and patients with acquired traumatic brain injury. Test accuracy, consistency, reliability and validity of the system's measurements will be demonstrated.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

I-Corps项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力侧重于为运动功能障碍者开发低成本远程康复系统。目前存在许多技术支持的远程康复系统，但其相对较高的成本，安全问题和笨重往往限制其在分散环境中的应用。该项目涉及开发一种低成本的传感器支持的移动的健康系统，该系统记录身体运动并得出对临床医生和患者都有意义的定量指标。这项技术的商业化有可能改善神经和肌肉骨骼损伤患者感觉运动障碍的管理方式。 该技术平台可作为家庭远程康复的模式，改善临床实践和获得护理的机会。I-Corps项目的基础是开发一种低成本的传感器上肢康复系统，该系统结合了移动的技术、微机电系统惯性测量单元、传感器融合算法和生物力学。该系统为康复临床医生提供了一种准确量化运动质量并监测患者依从性和生活质量的方法。该技术将用于评估中风幸存者和获得性创伤性脑损伤患者的运动功能障碍。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

项目成果

Design and Evaluation of an IMU Sensor-based System for the Rehabilitation of Upper Limb Motor Dysfunction

基于 IMU 传感器的上肢运动功能障碍康复系统的设计和评估

• DOI: 10.1109/biorob52689.2022.9925549
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: 2022 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob
• 作者: Tran, Bao;Zhang, Xiaorong;Modan, Amir;Hughes, Charmayne M.L.
• 通讯作者: Hughes, Charmayne M.L.