Research Article
Out-ward monitoring of neurorehabilitation in subacute stroke
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.20-5-2019.2283544, author={Silvia I. Franco-Pastrana and Felipe Orihuela-Espina and Patrick Heyer-Wollenberg and Javier Herrera-Vega and Luis Enrique Sucar and Luis Castrej\^{o}n and Mayela Saucedo and Lorena Palafox and Jorge Hern\^{a}ndez-Franco}, title={Out-ward monitoring of neurorehabilitation in subacute stroke}, proceedings={13th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare - Demos and Posters}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH - EAI}, year={2019}, month={6}, keywords={stroke neurorehabilitation home monitoring index of limb usage accelerometry cloud computing}, doi={10.4108/eai.20-5-2019.2283544} }- Silvia I. Franco-Pastrana
Felipe Orihuela-Espina
Patrick Heyer-Wollenberg
Javier Herrera-Vega
Luis Enrique Sucar
Luis Castrejón
Mayela Saucedo
Lorena Palafox
Jorge Hernández-Franco
Year: 2019
Out-ward monitoring of neurorehabilitation in subacute stroke
PERVASIVEHEALTH - EAI
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.20-5-2019.2283544
Abstract
Validated clinical scales of functional dexterity of stroke patients provide only sparse and controlled observations of the neurorehabilitation process. Continuous naturalistic monitoring the progress during the rehabilitation therapy of out-patients remains unsatisfactorily resolved. We pro- pose a new indicator of functional performance capitalizing on smart devices and the cloud services. The new index of limb usage balance (ILUB) derived from accelerometry data, provides an objective scalar that it is easy to estimate and interpret, and adequate for continuous uncontrolled moni- toring. Three studies for the veri cation and validation of the index and accompanying platform are presented. We show that the index is unbiased to handedness dominance and provide preliminary evidence that it is appropriate for patients even during the subacute stage. The new index can complement clinical scales to observe the patient progress.