Bonato Paolo
Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2009;2009:6580-3. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333997.
An important factor contributing to the process involved in choosing a rehabilitation intervention is the assessment of its impact on the real life of patients. Therapists and physicians have to infer the effectiveness of rehabilitation approaches from observations performed in the clinical setting and from patients' feedback. Recent advances in wearable technology have provided means to supplement the information gathered using tools based on patient's direct observation as well as interviews and questionnaires. A new generation of wearable sensors and systems has recently become available thus providing clinical personnel with a "window of observation" in the home and community settings. These tools allow one to capture patients' activity level and exercise compliance, facilitate titration of medications in chronic patients, and provide means to assess the ability of patients to perform specific motor activities. In this paper, we review recent advances in the field of wearable technology and provide examples of application of this technology in rehabilitation.
选择康复干预措施所涉及过程中的一个重要因素是评估其对患者现实生活的影响。治疗师和医生必须从临床环境中的观察以及患者反馈来推断康复方法的有效性。可穿戴技术的最新进展提供了补充信息的手段，这些信息是通过基于患者直接观察以及访谈和问卷的工具收集的。新一代可穿戴传感器和系统最近已经问世，从而为临床人员提供了家庭和社区环境中的“观察窗口”。这些工具能够捕捉患者的活动水平和运动依从性，有助于对慢性病患者进行药物滴定，并提供评估患者进行特定运动活动能力的手段。在本文中，我们回顾了可穿戴技术领域的最新进展，并给出了该技术在康复中的应用实例。
