TY - GEN
T1 - Pre-clinical study of a customized rehabilitation device prototype for patients with immobility syndrome
AU - Ribeiro, T.
AU - Roseiro, L.
AU - Silva, M.
AU - Santos, F.
AU - Bernardes, R.
AU - Cardoso, R.
AU - Parola, V.
AU - Neves, H.
AU - Cruz, A.
AU - Xavier, W.
AU - Durães, R.
AU - Malça, C.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding:. This research was co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the partnership agreement Portugal 2020-Operational Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalization (COMPETE2020) under the project POCI-01–0247-FEDER-047087ABLEFIT: Desenvolvimento de um Sistema avançado para Reabilitação.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - To reduce the dreadful consequences of immobility syndrome in the elderly population and adults and young people with some restriction of mobility or disability, an innovative device - ABLEFIT - was designed. This biomechanical device aims to provide an advanced solution to support a customized physical rehabilitation, combining a physical system to aid physical exercise, in passive and active modes, in bed and in a wheelchair, a control system for monitoring and storing biofeedback variables and motivational stimulus through interaction with gamification. After prototype construction, a preliminary usability study was carried out to evaluate the developed prototype, namely regarding its functionality, ergonomics and safety, both from the point of view of the end user and health professionals’ perspectives. The results from pre-clinical studies will allow the optimization of the ABLEFIT device by developing solutions that ensure the implementation of customized physical rehabilitation programs in a controlled and interactive way.
AB - To reduce the dreadful consequences of immobility syndrome in the elderly population and adults and young people with some restriction of mobility or disability, an innovative device - ABLEFIT - was designed. This biomechanical device aims to provide an advanced solution to support a customized physical rehabilitation, combining a physical system to aid physical exercise, in passive and active modes, in bed and in a wheelchair, a control system for monitoring and storing biofeedback variables and motivational stimulus through interaction with gamification. After prototype construction, a preliminary usability study was carried out to evaluate the developed prototype, namely regarding its functionality, ergonomics and safety, both from the point of view of the end user and health professionals’ perspectives. The results from pre-clinical studies will allow the optimization of the ABLEFIT device by developing solutions that ensure the implementation of customized physical rehabilitation programs in a controlled and interactive way.
KW - Active/Passive Training
KW - Gamification
KW - Immobility Syndrome
KW - IoT
KW - Pre-Clinical Tests
KW - Rehabilitation Customized Plan
KW - Rehabilitation Devices
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-32446-8_10
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-32446-8_10
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85161179424
SN - 9783031324451
T3 - Mechanisms and Machine Science
SP - 90
EP - 98
BT - New Trends in Medical and Service Robotics - MESROB 2023
A2 - Tarnita, Daniela
A2 - Dumitru, Nicolae
A2 - Geonea, Ionut
A2 - Pisla, Doina
A2 - Carbone, Giuseppe
PB - Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
T2 - 8th International Workshop on New Trends in Medical and Service Robots, MESROB 2023
Y2 - 7 June 2023 through 10 June 2023
ER -