Motor functional rehabilitation monitoring system design and implementation based on wearable body area network

The purpose of this study is to develop a multi-physiological parameters monitoring system using wireless body area network (WBAN), which is aided to assess motor functional rehabilitation process in robot-aided rehabilitation training. Firstly, electrocardiogram (ECG), pulse, skin resistance, and body-temperature physiological parameters monitoring hardware modules are designed. Then, system software including WBAN nodes communication and monitoring software are programmed. Finally, experiments based on a healthy subject are conducted and the discussed multi-physiological parameters are real-time acquired and analyzed. Experimental results verify the effectiveness of the proposed monitoring system, and the measured multi-physiological parameters can be potentially used to remotely and continuously monitor and assess of stroke rehabilitation process.