Abstract

Motor relearning after stroke is a lengthy process which should be continued after patients get discharged from the clinic. This project aims at developing a system for telerehabilitation which enables stroke patients to exercise at home autonomously or under remote supervision of a therapist. The system includes haptic therapy devices which are more promising and beneficial for stroke rehabilitation than non-haptic approaches. In this paper, we present the results of two initial studies investigating specific design solutions for the task’s and feedback’s visualization. In the first study, we followed a participatory design approach to create a set of design solutions for a motivating instant visual feedback for exercising with the haptic devices. In the second study we evaluated the developed visualizations with stroke patients in clinical environment. The current project status and next steps are described.

Highlights

  • Strokes are among the leading causes for acquired disability (Johnston et al, 2009), as well as for deaths worldwide (Murray & Lopez, 1997)

  • Motor rehabilitation aims to help stroke patients in recovering voluntary motor movement capability, so that they can return to an independent lifestyle again

  • A possible solution is an individualized and motivating telerehabilitation system which can be used at home

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Introduction

Strokes are among the leading causes for acquired disability (Johnston et al, 2009), as well as for deaths worldwide (Murray & Lopez, 1997). Motor rehabilitation aims to help stroke patients in recovering voluntary motor movement capability, so that they can return to an independent lifestyle again. It is a lengthy process which can take months, sometimes years. After being discharged from the clinic, severely affected patients still need to continue this training to recover their motor abilities. This happens only rarely as treatments for follow-up rehabilitation at home are sparse. For the rehabilitation after a stroke, training at home is beneficial (Butler et al, 2014; Langhorne et al, 2011) and highly accepted by patients and health professionals (Johansson & Wild, 2011)

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