RSS-NewsfeedWelcome to the StrokeBack Project
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 288692.
Introduction
The goal of this project is the development of a telemedicine system which supports ambulant rehabilitation at home settings for stroke patients with minimal human intervention.
The StrokeBack system will empower the patient to do more for fast recovery than today, it provides clinical experts with data not available today. By that, it leads also to a better understanding of the stroke recovery process, higher recovery speed and thus, to reduced healthcare cost while improving patients’ quality of life. [read more]
Key Objectives
- Telemedicine supervision of rehabilitation exercise.
- Continuous monitoring of impact of the exercises also in “normal” life situations.
- Integration of telemedicine rehabilitation and Personal Health Records for improved long term evaluation of patient recovery.
- Providing feedback to health care professionals on the impact of rehabilitation exercises.