Apparatus, a system and a relating method for local or remote rehabilitation and functional evaluation of the hands

PANI, DANILO;BARABINO, GIANLUCA;DESSI', ALESSIA;MATHIEU, ALESSANDRO;RAFFO, LUIGI

2015-01-01

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Abstract

An apparatus for the local and/or remote rehabilitation and functional evaluation of the right and/or left hand of a user includes: a number of gym tools for the execution of hand exercises, each gym tool including a mechanical part, a sensor for the transformation of measured physical parameters into electrical signals; a user interface, configured to guide the user in the use of the gym tools, and providing feedbacks to the sequence of user actions; a first processing unit, configured to manage the apparatus functions, signal processing, storing and forwarding information on the measured physical parameters to at least one external device; a short-range communication module, configured to allow a real-time closedistance control of the apparatus; a wide-range communication module, configured to allow the connection to at least one long-distance tele-monitoring system.