Feasibility study of the development of a verbally interactive back care robot

慢性背痛（CBP）很常见，它引起的疼痛会给人们的生活带来很大的负担，因为这种情况会导致他们的行动能力和独立生活能力的降低。临床环境中CBP管理的一个重要组成部分是物理治疗师和患者之间的语言互动。双方就患者提出的背部问题进行对话。临床医生首先评估症状的原因，并制定治疗方案。治疗后，物理治疗师进行定期评估，以评估治疗的效果，包括减轻疼痛和改善受影响区域的活动能力。虽然市场上现有的一些背部治疗设备提供治疗效果，但它们都没有提供临床医生和患者在会诊期间的对话互动。因此，提供给用户的治疗是一套标准方案，缺乏任何互动或个性化的方法。我们正在开发一种创新的软件系统，使用户和背部治疗机器人能够在口头物理治疗咨询中进行互动，为用户提供高度个性化的治疗，在他们自己的家中舒适。这项创新将改变背部护理行业的游戏规则，并在CBP管理和数字健康方面创造一个全球领导者，总部设在英国。

Chronic back pain (CBP) is common and the pain it causes can be a great burden on people's lives as the condition can cause reduction in their mobility and independent living. A crucial component of the management of CBP in clinical settings is verbal interaction between physiotherapists and their patients. Both parties take part in a conversation related to the back problems presented by the patient. The clinician begins by assessing the cause of the symptoms and devises a treatment plan to treat them. After treatment, physiotherapists carry out regular assessments to evaluate the effects of the treatment, including pain reduction and mobility improvements in the affected areas. Although some existing back therapy devices on the market offer treatment benefits, none of them offer the conversational interaction between clinician and patient during a consultation. As a result, the treatment offered to their users consists of a set of standard programmes, lacking any interaction or personalised approach. We are developing an innovative software system that enables the user and the back therapy robot to interact in a verbal physiotherapy consultation, offering users highly personalised therapy in the comfort of their own home. 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.