| dc.description.abstract | Telerehabilitation is a new field of the rehabilitation in recent years. Through the combination of rehabilitation medicine and engineering, a new way to provide patients with rehabilitation is available now.
In this study, we used inertial sensors to design a miniature telerehabilitation equipment, which was able to detect the motion of knee joint and further to design a telerehabilitation system for measuring and following the effectiveness of rehabilitation program. The telerehabilitation system was made as a Graphical User Interface(GUI), which make the observers more easily to monitor the effectiveness of rehabilitation. We used Fast Fourier Transform(FFT) and prototype wave to analyze all the motions. Finally , we discussed the feasibility of IMU as the sensors of telerehabilitation.
This research is in collaboration with Cathay General Hospital. All informed contents were obtained before participants receiving tests. Then, we choice the patients who would receive total knee replacement and patients with muscle weakness due to brain injury.
In this study, we proposed IMU is a potential tool for the telerehabilitation. It could be reliable, to save time and reduce the cost of rehabilitation and reduce the burden of clinical health providers. Compared with traditional telerehabilitation sensors, IMU seems more convenient, reliable and useful.. | en_US |