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

I-Corps项目的广泛影响/商业潜力侧重于为运动障碍患者开发一种低成本的远程康复系统。目前存在许多技术支持的远程康复系统，但它们相对较高的成本、安全问题和体积往往限制了它们在分散环境中的应用。该项目涉及开发一种低成本、传感器启用的移动健康系统，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量化指标。这项技术的商业化有可能改善神经和肌肉骨骼损伤患者的感觉运动障碍的处理方式。该技术平台可以作为家庭远程康复的典范，改善临床实践和获得护理的机会。这个i-Corps项目基于开发一种低成本、传感器使能的上肢康复系统，该系统结合了移动技术、微型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。这项技术将用于评估中风幸存者和后天创伤性脑损伤患者的运动功能障碍。系统测量的测试准确性、一致性、可靠性和有效性将得到证明。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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.