Development of a back tension change monitoring robotic physiotherapy system

背张力变化监测机器人理疗系统的研制

• 批准号: 830262
• 金额: $ 38.62万
• 依托单位: PACLA MEDICAL LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Innovation Loans
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=830262
• 关键词: Development; back; tension; change; monitoring

Chronic back pain (CBP) is common and the pain it causes can be a great burden on people's lives. A key outcome metric in the treatment of CBP used in clinical settings is soft tissue tension changes in the patient's back. Before and after treatment, physiotherapists carry out manual assessment to evaluate the level of soft tissue tensions in the affected areas such as the neck, shoulders or lower back. Although some existing back therapy devices on the market offer treatment benefits, none of them can monitor back tension changes. We are developing an innovative back therapy robot that can achieve this. By measuring back tension before, during and after the intervention, our innovation offers users an objective measure of the reduction in their back tension and the benefits of the treatment.Back tension is a data category that is not yet available to consumers on any meaningful scale. By measuring the evolution of our users' back tension during treatment, our innovation will allow our back care robot to create this new data set. That data can then feed into the software we employ to offer personalised treatment programs with the robot to users, allowing that treatment to be continually optimised based on the data. The result will be a back therapy robot that's smart enough to design the optimal treatment for your individual back, and then to keep improving that treatment based on an objective measurement of the changes in your back tension.This innovation will be a game changer in the back care industry and create a global leader in the management of CBP and in digital health, based in the UK.

慢性背痛（CBP）是常见的，它引起的疼痛可能是人们生活的巨大负担。在临床环境中使用的CBP治疗中的一个关键结果指标是患者背部的软组织张力变化。治疗前后，物理治疗师会进行手动评估，以评估颈部、肩部或下背部等受影响区域的软组织张力水平。虽然市场上现有的一些背部治疗设备提供治疗益处，但它们都不能监测背部张力的变化。我们正在开发一种创新的背部治疗机器人，可以实现这一目标。通过在干预前、干预中和干预后测量背部张力，我们的创新为用户提供了一个客观的测量方法，以衡量背部张力的减少情况和治疗的益处。背部张力是一个数据类别，目前还没有任何有意义的规模提供给消费者。通过测量我们的用户在治疗过程中背部张力的变化，我们的创新将使我们的背部护理机器人能够创建这个新的数据集。然后，这些数据可以输入到我们使用的软件中，为用户提供个性化的机器人治疗程序，从而使治疗能够根据数据不断优化。这将是一个背部治疗机器人，它足够聪明，可以为您的背部设计最佳治疗方案，然后根据您背部张力变化的客观测量结果不断改进治疗方案。这一创新将改变背部护理行业的游戏规则，并将创建一个位于英国的CBP管理和数字健康的全球领导者。