The Neurorehabilitation Training Toolkit (NTT): A NovelWorldwide AccessibleMotor Training Approach for At-Home Rehabilitation after Stroke

Internet training, all we need is for our stroke associations to get this before it goes private and the costs go out of sight. Of course this would reduce the payments to our therapy staff. I won't recommend you use this without your doctor/therapists guidance because I don't know why.  I'm sure its because of the danger involved with you maybe falling out of your chair with excitement. But wink,wink the url is listed below. Never mind it's password protected. And this come from Portugal.
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2.Materials andMethods
The NTT is a software-based motor training toolkit that
is accessed and executed from Internet as a web applet by
means of an Internet browser (Figure 1(A)). NTT has been
verified to work with the most commonly used browsers such
as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and
Opera. In this context, the web browser serves as the interface
to the training toolkit, allowing its execution without
needing local installation or additional software besides the
NTT applet itself. In addition to a PC with an Internet connection,
the NTT user needs a working email account for
communication and user support if needed.
On the hardware side, the NTT can run on any modern
computer with Windows O.S. (Windows XP, Vista, or
7) (Figure 1(B)). The only requirement for the PC is to
have two mice connected to it. Computer mice are widespread,
reliable, and extremely low-cost devices that will
serve to track the physical movements of the arms of
the patients, which in turn will be used to interact with
the NTT. Technically, the main advantage of the NTT is
the ability to capitalize on existing common hardware to
deliver personalized and continued training. This is achieved
by the low hardware requirements and the accessibility
of our online system (Figure 1(C)). Internet serves as the
distribution channel for the NTT, offering its training and
other advantages to any patient anywhere in the world with
access to a PC and an Internet connection. Furthermore,
NTT upgrades are immediately deployed to the user’s home
without requiring action from their side. The NTT can be
accessed at http://neurorehabilitation.m-iti.org/NTT/.
Our web services serve a threefold mission: instruction,
training and feedback. The NTT site provides detailed instruction
on how to use and operate the NTT. After giving
informed consent, access to the NTT training is granted.
The NTT runs as an embedded application on our site
and delivers the training, logs data, and communicates with
patients (Figure 1(D)). A remote data server is used to store
log files after each training session containing relevant information
such as the training date, user ID, data on the physical
movements during training, game events, performance
measures, and hardware configuration. Email services
are used to communicate access codes and relevant user
questionnaires after specific NTT training sessions.