title: [A technological platform for cerebral palsy - the ICT4Rehab project].
abstract: The musculoskeletal system (MSS) is essential to allow us performing every-day tasks, being able to have a professional life or developing social interactions with our entourage. MSS pathologies have a significant impact on our daily life. It is therefore not surprising to find MSS-related health problems at the top of global statistics on professional absenteeism or societal health costs. The MSS is also involved in central nervous conditions, such as cerebral palsy (CP). Such conditions show complex etiology that complicates the interpretation of the observable clinical signs and the establishment of a wide consensus on the best practices to adopt for clinical monitoring and patient follow-up. These elements justify the organization of fundamental and applied research projects aiming to develop new methods to help clinicians to cope with the complexity of some MSS disorders. The ICT4Rehab project (www.ict4rehab.org) developed an integrated platform providing tools that enable easier management and visualization of clinical information related to the MSS of CP patients. This platform is opened to every interested clinical centre.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'anatomie, biomécanique et organogenèse, CP 619, faculté de médecine, Université libre de Bruxelles ULB, 808 route de Lennik, 1070 Bruxelles, Belgique. siintjans@ulb.ac.be
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Van Sint Jan
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wermenbol
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Van Bogaert
authors.forename: Kaat
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Desloovere
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Degelaen
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dan
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Salvia
authors.forename: Els
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ortibus
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bonnechère
authors.forename: Yann-Aël
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Le Borgne
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bontempi
authors.forename: Stijn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vansummeren
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sholukha
authors.forename: Fédor
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moiseev
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rooze
mesh_terms: D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D055991:Health Records, Personal; D006801:Humans