Smart Rehabilitation Solutions Through IoT and Mobile Devices

Abstract

Hand injuries are a frequent problem in actual society. These are often caused while working or exercising, but simple everyday activities can also be the cause. The most common injuries are those related to soft tissue; specifically, muscles, tendons, and ligaments. To improve therapy results and reduce its cost and needed time, a self-rehabilitation system for soft tissue injuries in the hands was developed. The proposed system is meant to be implemented on Smart TVs and can be used in the home of the injured people. To identify the most common movements of the injured limbs, and design proper therapies to be displayed by the system, an exoskeleton prototype which supports four degrees of freedom of the hand was constructed. We examined scenarios to provide services for individuals and created a scenario-based prototype, which was tested by an exercise therapist to verify compliance with the requirements of users.

A Multi-Agent System for Data Fusion Techniques Applied to the Internet of Things Enabling Physical Rehabilitation Monitoring

“…Among IoT systems, there are those dedicated to monitoring movements made by different parts of the body to check that movements are carried out properly. These works are focused on the development and use of the so-called exoskeletons [23,24]. Erdogan et al [25] developed a system based on an exoskeleton for the rehabilitation of the ankle.…”