METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE FUNCTIONAL USE OF LIMBS
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring the functional use of limbs, comprising the steps of:
- performing a permanent and unsupervised measuring of movement data, using a measuring unit (2), with at least parts of said measuring unit (2) being carried by the monitored patient (5),analyzing said movement data,determining the movement'"'"'s cyclicity C,determining the movement'"'"'s synchronicity S depending on the movement'"'"'s cyclicity C, andstoring the movement'"'"'s synchronicity value S and/or notifying the patient (5) about the findings.
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Abstract
The invention relates to the area of rehabilitation for patients with motor disabilities, especially for hemiplegic patients. With the present invention a long term, e.g. day and night, patient activity monitoring can be established in a home environment. A core idea of the invention is to evaluate the functional use of a limb by determining the synchronicity of the patient'"'"'s movements depending on the movement'"'"'s cyclicity. With this approach a reliable assessment of limb usage can be made based on the daily living activities of the patient. With the present invention the progress of rehabilitation can be monitored and guidance can be provided to therapists and patients about the state of the rehabilitation process. It further makes them aware of a lack of limb usage.
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12 Claims
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1. A method of monitoring the functional use of limbs, comprising the steps of:
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performing a permanent and unsupervised measuring of movement data, using a measuring unit (2), with at least parts of said measuring unit (2) being carried by the monitored patient (5), analyzing said movement data, determining the movement'"'"'s cyclicity C, determining the movement'"'"'s synchronicity S depending on the movement'"'"'s cyclicity C, and storing the movement'"'"'s synchronicity value S and/or notifying the patient (5) about the findings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system (1) for monitoring the functional use of limbs, comprising a measuring unit (2), with at least parts of said measuring unit (2) being carried by the monitored patient (5), said measuring unit (2) being adapted to perform a permanent and unsupervised measuring of movement data, and a data unit (3), said data unit (3) being adapted
to analyze said movement data, to determine the movement'"'"'s cyclicity C, to determine the movement'"'"'s synchronicity S depending on the movement'"'"'s cyclicity C, and to store the movement'"'"'s synchronicity value S and/or to notify the patient (5) about the result of said determination.
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12. A computer program (18) for monitoring the functional use of limbs, using movement data obtained during a permanent and unsupervised measuring performed by a measuring unit (2), with at least parts of said measuring unit (2) being carried by the monitored patient (5), the program (18) comprising:
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computer instructions to analyze said movement data, computer instructions to determine the movement'"'"'s cyclicity C, computer instructions to determine the movement'"'"'s synchronicity S depending on the movement'"'"'s cyclicity C, and computer instructions to store the movement'"'"'s synchronicity value S and/or to notify the patient (5) about the findings, when the computer program (18) is executed in a computer (17).
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