@inproceedings{e4fc9adc2ed348998f5e260f87405ee6,
title = "Design of a customized rehabilitation device for patients with prolonged immobility syndrome",
abstract = "The device presented here—ABLEFIT—provides customized physical exercises, in active and passive modes, for patients permanently or temporarily bedridden or in a wheelchair. The device incorporates an intelligent platform for control, evaluation and record of the patient's performance during the rehabilitation process, making possible the permanent assessment of the patient's performance and thus contributing for an integrated knowledge of their condition by health professionals. Furthermore, the generation of simulation environments and the creation of interactive models to stimulate and motivate the user is also possible. A feasible contribution is thus expected to counteract the immobility syndrome and the morbidity and mortality associated with the complications resulting from prolonged inactivity or even sedentary lifestyle that can be seen both in elderly population and in adults and young people with some type of restriction of mobility or disability. Additionally, it is expected that the advanced system of physical rehabilitation presented here opens a unique opportunity for technological evolution in: (i) hospitals and clinics; (ii) homes for the elderly and continuing care centers; (iii) physical rehabilitation centers and (iv) home care.",
keywords = "Active/passive customized training plans, Gamification, Immobility syndrome, IoT, Rehabilitation devices",
author = "C. Mal{\c c}a and T. Ribeiro and M. Silva and F. Santos and R. Bernardes and A. Cruz and W. Xavier and R. Dur{\~a}es and L. Roseiro",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.; 10th Congress of the Portuguese Society of Biomechanics, CNB 2023 ; Conference date: 05-05-2023 Through 06-05-2023",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-47790-4\_20",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783031477898",
series = "Lecture Notes in Bioengineering",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH",
pages = "207--217",
editor = "\{Martins Amaro\}, Ana and Luis Roseiro and Messias, \{Ana L{\'u}cia\} and Beatriz Gomes and Henrique Almeida and \{Ant{\'o}nio Castro\}, Maria and Neto, \{Maria Augusta\} and \{de F{\'a}tima Paulino\}, Maria and V{\'i}tor Maranha",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 10th Congress of the Portuguese Society of Biomechanics, CNB 2023",
address = "Germany",
}