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<p>Minimally-supervised home rehabilitation has become an arising technological trend due to the shortages in medical staff. Implementing such requires providing advanced tools for automatic real-time safety monitoring. The paper presents an approach to designing the mentioned safety system based on measurements and modelling the interface between a patient’s musculoskeletal system and a rehabilitation device. The content covers the segmentation of patients regarding their health conditions and assigns them suitable measurement techniques. The defined groups are described by the hazards with which they are most endangered and their causes. Each case is correlated with the appropriate data type that may be used to detect potential risk. Moreover, a concept of using presented knowledge for tracking the safety of bones and soft tissues according to the biomechanical standards is included. The paper forms a set of guidelines for designing safety systems based on measurements for robot-aided home kinesiotherapy. It can be used to select an appropriate approach regarding a specific case; which will decrease costs and increase the accuracy of the designed tools.</p>
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Minimally-supervised home rehabilitation has become an arising technological trend due to the shortages in medical staff. Implementing such requires providing advanced tools for automatic real-time safety monitoring. The paper presents an approach to designing the mentioned safety system based on measurements and modelling the interface between a patient’s musculoskeletal system and a rehabilitation device. The content covers the segmentation of patients regarding their health conditions and assigns them suitable measurement techniques. The defined groups are described by the hazards with which they are most endangered and their causes. Each case is correlated with the appropriate data type that may be used to detect potential risk. Moreover, a concept of using presented knowledge for tracking the safety of bones and soft tissues according to the biomechanical standards is included. The paper forms a set of guidelines for designing safety systems based on measurements for robot-aided home kinesiotherapy. It can be used to select an appropriate approach regarding a specific case; which will decrease costs and increase the accuracy of the designed tools.

The Overview of Challenges in Detecting Patients’ Hazards During Robot-Aided Remote Home Motor Rehabilitation

Journal of Automation, Mobile Robotics and Intelligent Systems

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Minimally-supervised home rehabilitation has become an arising technological trend due to the shortages in medical staff. Implementing such requires providing...

The Overview of Challenges in Detecting Patients’ Hazards During Robot-Aided Remote Home Motor Rehabilitation

Published Online: Mar 14, 2024

Page range: 17 - 27

Received: Sep 13, 2022

Accepted: Mar 06, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14313/jamris/4-2023/27

Keywords
Biosignals, Biomechanics, Home rehabilitation, Kinesiotherapy, Minimally-supervised treatment, Rehabilitation robotics

© 2023 Julia Wilk et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Overview of Challenges in Detecting Patients’ Hazards During Robot-Aided Remote Home Motor Rehabilitation

Published Online: Mar 14, 2024

Page range: 17 - 27

Received: Sep 13, 2022

Accepted: Mar 06, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14313/jamris/4-2023/27

KeywordsBiosignals, Biomechanics, Home rehabilitation, Kinesiotherapy, Minimally-supervised treatment, Rehabilitation robotics

© 2023 Julia Wilk et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Biosignals, Biomechanics, Home rehabilitation, Kinesiotherapy, Minimally-supervised treatment, Rehabilitation robotics