Stroke patients may be able to recover at home soon, thanks to rehabilitation sessions via “teleconference”, which allow therapists to monitor their progress remotely.
A team from the National University of Singapore has started conducting clinical trials, during which iPads are used to guide patients through exercises on videos, with data captured on motion sensors.
The first three to six months post-stroke is an important period during which patients must seek rehabilitation to ensure improvement of their functional mobility. However, many stroke patients currently encounter difficulties in continuing with rehabilitation after being discharged from hospital.
“With home-based tele-rehabilitation, patients do not need to face physical barriers, their caregivers do not need to accompany them to the rehabilitation centre and their therapists do not need to visit them at home to provide rehabilitation,” says Associate Professor Gerald Koh from the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, who led the study on stroke patients.
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