title: Tele-monitoring of the rehabilitation progress in stroke patients.
abstract: Preservation of mobility in conjunction with an independent life style is one of the major goals of rehabilitation after stroke. The Rehab@Home framework shall support the continuation of rehabilitation in the domestic area. The framework consists of instrumented insoles, wireless linked to a tablet PC, a server and a web-interface for medical experts. The rehabilitation progress is estimated via automated analysis of movement data from standardized assessment tests which are executed via the tablet PC application designed according to the needs of stroke patients. Initial evaluation of the analysis algorithms shows reproducible results for the overall time of the Timed Up &amp; Go Test. Therefore it is assumed that the Rehab@Home framework is applicable as monitoring tool for the gait rehabilitation progress in stroke patients.
authors.affiliation: Center f. Med. Physics and Biomed. Engineering, Medical University Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jagos
authors.affiliation: University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Austria.
authors.forename: Veronika
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: David
authors.affiliation: University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Austria.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reichel
authors.affiliation: Neurologisches Rehabilitationszentrum Rosenhügel Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kotzian
authors.affiliation: A3L e-Solutions GmbH, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schlossarek
authors.affiliation: Center f. Med. Physics and Biomed. Engineering, Medical University Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haller
authors.affiliation: Center f. Med. Physics and Biomed. Engineering, Medical University Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Dietmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rafolt
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*; D059015:Wireless Technology