We need objective diagnosis like this so we can get protocols prescribed for us that correct such damage diagnosis. Doe no one in stroke understand cause and effect?
Unobtrusive Sensing for Home - Based Post - Stroke Rehabilitation
1 © 2018 , Idongesit Ekerete, Chris Nugent & Jim McLaughlin . Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of British HCI 2018 . Belfast , UK. Unobtrusive Sensing for Home - Based Post - Stroke Rehabilitation Idongesit Ekerete Chris Nugent Jim McLaughlin Ulster University Ulster University Ulster University Sch ool of Computing Sch ool of Computing NIBEC ekerete - i@ulster.ac.uk c d .nugent@ulster.ac.uk jad.mclaughlin@ulster. ac.uk ac.uk This paper proposes the fusion of low - cost unobtrusive heterogeneous sensors (MEMS thermal and radar sensors) to monitor the rehabilitation activities of post - stroke sufferers within home - based settings. Results of the proposed approach are planned to be compared with a standard EMG sensor newly introduced sensing solution. MEMS, unobtrusive, Radar, Thermal, Sensing, Post - 1. INTRODUCTIONa cerebrovascular disease which interrupts the flow of oxygenated blood to certain regions of the brain. This often results in sudden loss of neurological functions making it difficult for the sufferer to carry out certain activit ies of daily liv
ing (ADL ) (D’Aliberti et al., 2017) . Post - stroke rehabilitation has witnessed the use of Isokinetic dynamometers , low - frequency trans cutaneous electrical nerve stimulation , and EMG devices, amongst others , to assist in retraining the affected muscles group(s). This is often performed within a laboratory setting , a hospital facility or through the use of wearable sensors at home . While the lab and hospital environments may seem rigorous to post - stroke patients and pose a range of logistical complexities , wearable sensors suffer from a range of problems relating to battery life, wearability and adoption. The resultant effect of these being the discontinuation of the rehabilitation process (Igual et al., 2013) . Opportunities therefore exist for the use of alternative and unobtrusive sensing solutions that can be used within home based settings . These have the potential to avoid the aforementioned issues of wearable technologies and also offer the added advantage of being able to be used within the home environment avoiding logistical issues for post stroke sufferers.
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