title: Introducing a feedback training system for guided home rehabilitation.
abstract: As the number of people requiring orthopaedic intervention is growing, individualized physiotherapeutic rehabilitation and adequate postoperative care becomes increasingly relevant. The chances of improvement in the patients condition is directly related to the performance and consistency of the physiotherapeutic exercises.In this paper a smart, cost-effective and easy to use Feedback Training System for home rehabilitation based on standard resistive elements is introduced. This ensures high accuracy of the exercises performed and offers guidance and control to the patient by offering direct feedback about the performance of the movements.46 patients were recruited and performed standard physiotherapeutic training to evaluate the system. The results show a significant increase in the patient's ability to reproduce even simple physiotherapeutic exercises when being supported by the Feedback Training System. Thus physiotherapeutic training can be extended into the home environment whilst ensuring a high quality of training.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Rehabilitation- and Prevention Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Helmholtz Institute, Pauwelsstr 20, Aachen, 52074, Germany. kohler@hia.rwth-aachen.de
authors.forename: Fabian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kohler
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schmitz-Rode
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Disselhorst-Klug
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D056228:Feedback, Sensory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface