Ablefit: Development of an Advanced System for Rehabilitation
Bedridden patients risk presenting several problems caused by prolonged immobility, leading to a long recovery process. There is thus a need to develop solutions that ensure the implementation of physical rehabilitation programs in a controlled and interactive way. In this context, the ABLEFIT proje...
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| author | Hugo Neves Arménio Cruz Rafael A. Bernardes Remy Cardoso Mónica Pimentel Filipa Margarida Duque Eliana Lopes Daniela Veiga Cândida Malça Rúben Durães Gustavo Corrente Pedro Parreira João Apóstolo Vitor Parola |
| author_facet | Hugo Neves Arménio Cruz Rafael A. Bernardes Remy Cardoso Mónica Pimentel Filipa Margarida Duque Eliana Lopes Daniela Veiga Cândida Malça Rúben Durães Gustavo Corrente Pedro Parreira João Apóstolo Vitor Parola |
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| description | Bedridden patients risk presenting several problems caused by prolonged immobility, leading to a long recovery process. There is thus a need to develop solutions that ensure the implementation of physical rehabilitation programs in a controlled and interactive way. In this context, the ABLEFIT project aims to develop a medical device to physically rehabilitate bedridden patients with prolonged immobility. A partnership was established between the school of nursing, business enterprises and an engineering institute to develop a prototype. After creating the prototype, a pre-clinical experimental usability study was created using the user-centred multi-method approach (User and Human-Centered Design) to assess the device’s functionality, ergonomics and safety. The pre-clinical stage was initiated with a sample of 12 health professionals (that manipulated the device’s functionalities) and 10 end-users (who used the device). During the pre-clinical stage, the need to incorporate in the final version joint stabilizers was observed. Another important finding was the importance of the continuous monitorization of vital signs on Ablefit, namely, heart rate and SPO<sub>2</sub>. Therefore, the development of the Ablefit system allows the monitoring of a set of variables and conditions inherent to immobility. At the same time, this device will be a dynamic solution (using gamification and simulation technologies) by generating personalized rehabilitation plans. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d5a29fff515b468b94f8a5208ec96e142023-11-17T09:48:46ZengMDPI AGBioMedInformatics2673-74262023-03-013116417610.3390/biomedinformatics3010012Ablefit: Development of an Advanced System for RehabilitationHugo Neves0Arménio Cruz1Rafael A. Bernardes2Remy Cardoso3Mónica Pimentel4Filipa Margarida Duque5Eliana Lopes6Daniela Veiga7Cândida Malça8Rúben Durães9Gustavo Corrente10Pedro Parreira11João Apóstolo12Vitor Parola13Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3000 Coimbra, PortugalHealth Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3000 Coimbra, PortugalHealth Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3000 Coimbra, PortugalHealth Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3000 Coimbra, PortugalHealth Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3000 Coimbra, PortugalHealth Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3000 Coimbra, PortugalHealth Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3000 Coimbra, PortugalHealth Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3000 Coimbra, PortugalMechanical Engineering Department, Institute of Engineering (ISEC), Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (IPC), 3030 Coimbra, PortugalORTHOS XXI, Unipessoal Lda, 4809 Guimarães, PortugalWISEWARE, Lda., 3830 Ílhavo, PortugalHealth Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3000 Coimbra, PortugalHealth Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3000 Coimbra, PortugalHealth Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3000 Coimbra, PortugalBedridden patients risk presenting several problems caused by prolonged immobility, leading to a long recovery process. There is thus a need to develop solutions that ensure the implementation of physical rehabilitation programs in a controlled and interactive way. In this context, the ABLEFIT project aims to develop a medical device to physically rehabilitate bedridden patients with prolonged immobility. A partnership was established between the school of nursing, business enterprises and an engineering institute to develop a prototype. After creating the prototype, a pre-clinical experimental usability study was created using the user-centred multi-method approach (User and Human-Centered Design) to assess the device’s functionality, ergonomics and safety. The pre-clinical stage was initiated with a sample of 12 health professionals (that manipulated the device’s functionalities) and 10 end-users (who used the device). During the pre-clinical stage, the need to incorporate in the final version joint stabilizers was observed. Another important finding was the importance of the continuous monitorization of vital signs on Ablefit, namely, heart rate and SPO<sub>2</sub>. Therefore, the development of the Ablefit system allows the monitoring of a set of variables and conditions inherent to immobility. At the same time, this device will be a dynamic solution (using gamification and simulation technologies) by generating personalized rehabilitation plans.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7426/3/1/12rehabilitationrehabilitation exerciseprogramsbedridden persons |
| spellingShingle | Hugo Neves Arménio Cruz Rafael A. Bernardes Remy Cardoso Mónica Pimentel Filipa Margarida Duque Eliana Lopes Daniela Veiga Cândida Malça Rúben Durães Gustavo Corrente Pedro Parreira João Apóstolo Vitor Parola Ablefit: Development of an Advanced System for Rehabilitation BioMedInformatics rehabilitation rehabilitation exercise programs bedridden persons |
| title | Ablefit: Development of an Advanced System for Rehabilitation |
| title_full | Ablefit: Development of an Advanced System for Rehabilitation |
| title_fullStr | Ablefit: Development of an Advanced System for Rehabilitation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ablefit: Development of an Advanced System for Rehabilitation |
| title_short | Ablefit: Development of an Advanced System for Rehabilitation |
| title_sort | ablefit development of an advanced system for rehabilitation |
| topic | rehabilitation rehabilitation exercise programs bedridden persons |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7426/3/1/12 |
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