A remote monitoring system for a mechanotherapy device in neuromuscular rehabilitation

Author

Trujillo-Caballero, Mario A. ; Posada-Gómez, Ruben ; Sandoval-González, Oscar Osvaldo ; Sibaja, Albino Martínez ; Sánchez, Blanca E González ; Trujillo-Caballero, Juan Carlos

Author_Institution

Div. de Estudios de Posgrado e Investig., Inst. Tecnol. de Orizaba, Orizaba, Mexico

fYear

2012

fDate

27-29 Feb. 2012

Firstpage

55

Lastpage

58

Abstract

Motor disability is one of the most pressing health issues, that is why there is a great interest in the development of tools helping patients who suffer a temporary disability to have a proper rehabilitation, otherwise could result in a permanent disability of the patient. Mechanotherapy is one of the most common therapies and the pulleys apparatus is one of the most used tools due to their effectiveness and versatility. However it is based purely with mechanical elements. The developed system allows to monitoring the pulleys apparatus during a rehabilitation sessions at the same time that records the evolution of patient in a virtual environment.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; handicapped aids; neurophysiology; patient care; patient rehabilitation; telemedicine; mechanical element; mechanotherapy device; motor disability; neuromuscular rehabilitation; pulley apparatus; remote monitoring system; virtual environment; Mechanical variables measurement; Medical services; Muscles; Performance evaluation; Pulleys; Remote monitoring; Rehabilitation; mechanotherapy; virtual environment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Communications and Computers (CONIELECOMP), 2012 22nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cholula, Puebla

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1326-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CONIELECOMP.2012.6189881

Filename

6189881