I-Corps: Rehabilitation Technologies using Smart Insoles and a Smartphone for Treatment of Children with Idiopathic Toe Walking

I-Corps：使用智能鞋垫和智能手机的康复技术治疗特发性足趾行走儿童

• 批准号: 2224325
• 负责人: Marybeth Grant-Beuttler
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Chapman University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-07-01 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2224325&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Rehabilitation; Technologies; using; Smart

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of wearable technological advancements in the rehabilitation of children who toe walk (such as Idiopathic Toe Walking (ITW), Cerebral Palsy (CP) and children with autism). The proposed technology, consisting of computer vision algorithms in smartphones and smart shoe insoles, may enable the health care community to implement widespread gait evaluations as part of the clinical decision-making process. The long-term broader impact is the applicability of computer vision algorithms in medical diagnoses and foot contact assessment in patients with gait deficits. In addition, by providing access to large-scale objective data, gait patterns during toe walking that have previously been difficult to document objectively may become the basis for understanding the suitable options for clinical assessment, rehabilitation, and care of children. In addition, since 5% of children are diagnosed with toe walking, a potential product may have applications for home-based interventions. It is anticipated that cost of care for treating toe walking children may be reduced and quality of life may be improved.This I-Corps project is based on the development of computer vision algorithms for objective gait assessments and intervention using smart insoles. The proposed technology has potential for both societal benefits and technological advancements in rehabilitation for toe walking. The proposed technology uses a readily accessible smartphone application that may objectively quantify toe walking biomarkers and active ankle range for clinical decision-making. Over time, clinical decisions may be enhanced with increased accuracy in detecting more minor improvements in heel placements and efficient treatment of children who toe walk. In addition, the proposed system may be used to identify and track toe contact steps, detect foot angle at contact, and treat toe walking in children. The long-term objectives of this effort are to improve treatment outcomes and quality of life by replacing subjective clinical assessments with objective, information-rich evaluations and interventions. Integration of the smartphone camera-based gait analysis with smart insole based rehabilitation of children who toe walk may transform current clinical practice by providing accurate and objective information regarding foot progression and reducing the long-term cost of toe walking rehabilitation and care.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.

该 I-Corps 项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是可穿戴技术的进步，用于踮脚走路儿童（例如特发性踮脚走路 (ITW)、脑瘫 (CP) 和自闭症儿童）的康复。所提出的技术由智能手机和智能鞋垫中的计算机视觉算法组成，可以使医疗保健界能够实施广泛的步态评估，作为临床决策过程的一部分。长期更广泛的影响是计算机视觉算法在医学诊断和步态缺陷患者的足部接触评估中的适用性。此外，通过提供对大规模客观数据的访问，以前难以客观记录的脚趾行走期间的步态模式可能成为了解儿童临床评估、康复和护理的合适选择的基础。此外，由于 5% 的儿童被诊断为踮脚行走，因此潜在产品可能适用于家庭干预。预计治疗踮脚走路儿童的护理成本可能会降低，生活质量可能会得到改善。这个 I-Corps 项目基于计算机视觉算法的开发，用于客观步态评估和使用智能鞋垫进行干预。所提出的技术在脚趾行走康复方面具有社会效益和技术进步的潜力。所提出的技术使用易于访问的智能手机应用程序，可以客观地量化脚趾行走生物标志物和活动脚踝范围，以进行临床决策。随着时间的推移，临床决策可能会随着检测脚跟位置的更微小改善的准确性的提高以及对踮脚走路的儿童的有效治疗而得到增强。此外，所提出的系统可用于识别和跟踪脚趾接触步骤、检测接触时的脚角度以及治疗儿童的脚趾行走。这项工作的长期目标是通过用客观、信息丰富的评估和干预措施取代主观临床评估来改善治疗结果和生活质量。将基于智能手机摄像头的步态分析与基于智能鞋垫的儿童踮步康复相结合，可以提供有关足部进展的准确客观信息，并降低踮脚康复和护理的长期成本，从而改变当前的临床实践。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。