A real-time monitoring platform for assessing rehabilitation of the lower extremities in athletes

Glaros, C; Fotiadis, DI; Likas, A; Hantes, M; Stafylopatis, A

dc.contributor.author	Glaros, C	en
dc.contributor.author	Fotiadis, DI	en
dc.contributor.author	Likas, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Hantes, M	en
dc.contributor.author	Stafylopatis, A	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:49:22Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:49:22Z
dc.date.issued	2003	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/34557
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dc.subject	Decision support	en
dc.subject	Gait and motion analysis	en
dc.subject	Injury and rehabilitation	en
dc.subject	Multi-modal signal analysis	en
dc.subject	Real-time wearable monitoring	en
dc.subject.other	Computer simulation	en
dc.subject.other	Data processing	en
dc.subject.other	Electromyography	en
dc.subject.other	Gait analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Microoptics	en
dc.subject.other	Neural networks	en
dc.subject.other	Patient rehabilitation	en
dc.subject.other	Real time systems	en
dc.subject.other	Aerobic training	en
dc.subject.other	Gait patterns	en
dc.subject.other	Multi-modal signal analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Real-time monitoring platforms	en
dc.subject.other	Biomechanics	en
dc.title	A real-time monitoring platform for assessing rehabilitation of the lower extremities in athletes	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.publicationDate	2003	en
heal.abstract	The first prototype of a real-time monitoring platform for assessing rehabilitation of injuries in the lower extremities in athletes is presented. The system provides patients, their doctors and trainers with real-time monitoring, alerting and medical decision support feedback during exercise. It aims to help optimize treatment and training procedures during rehabilitation, to reduce the instances of injury relapse and to enable a prompt return to peak athletic condition. This first prototype is a hybrid portable/wearable version, the final aim being to make it completely wearable. The platform is composed of a sensing unit, a wearable processing unit and a remote monitoring unit. The sensing unit includes six goniometers for monitoring motion parameters, two temperature thermistors for assessing the condition of the injury, and an event ""pain"" marker button for monitoring pain. The wearable processing unit performs preliminary processing of the received signals, generates alerts and provides feedback and wireless data transfer to the rehabilitation unit. The rehabilitation unit is the main control, access and communication point of the system carrying out most of the data processing. The measurements are fed into an intelligent module, providing monitoring, alerting and decision support feedback to the athletes, trainers and doctors through a virtual reality interface and instant display of the monitored parameters.	en
heal.journalName	Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Biomechanics	en
dc.identifier.spage	184	en
dc.identifier.epage	189	en