Project Partners

TZI is dedicated to application-oriented research and development in

computer science and focuses on the application and transfer of new
scientific results into industrial practice, the development of innovative
application-oriented technologies, and application-oriented training.

InfoConsult Gesellschaft fr Informationstechnik mbH is a German

consulting company, dealing with innovation and knowledge management. InfoConsult is specialised in new information technology concepts
e.g. wearable computing applications for healthcare and support of
handicapped persons.

UniGE The Department of Naval, Electrical, Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering (DITEN) of the University of Genova is a continuously
evolving scientific/technical and educational institute. It is picked up on
the research work in the ITC context that was performed by the Dep. of
Biophysical and Electronic Engineering (DIBE).

FDCGO has Rehabilitation Medicine experience in neurological, poststroke rehabilitation, management, rehabilitation services delivery with
30 centres in small/large cities. A multidisciplinary team in the Department of Biomedical Technologies has developed integrated products for
home monitoring of patients.

Netural is developing innovative strategies for Austrias top companies.

It is one of the most successful Austrian digital media specialists. With
offices in Vienna and Linz and more than 50 employees, Netural offers a
wide range of services from online campaigns to mobile and augmented
reality apps.

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Create-Net is a non-profit international organization whose core competences are in the user centric design and implementation of advanced
communication technologies, including broadband, pervasive and interactive solutions, which are tested within realistic global scale operational
environments.

Imaginary is an Italian SME with a multidisciplinary technological, pedagogical and graphical expertise, specializing in design and development
of technology enhanced learning solutions such as simulation systems,
serious games and other digital interactive technologies for multiple sectors including healthcare.

Edna Pasher Ph.D. & Associates is a leading management consultant firm

in Israel. They have been in business for over 34 years and work with private organisations, NGOs, public and governmental organisations which
include the fields of: healthcare, education, municipalities, welfare,
sustainability, social justice and many more.

NTGB Gmunderberg is a member company of the Austrian based VAMED

Group, a well known internationally operating health care provider in
the fields of planning, constructing and operating of healthcare facilities
worldwide.

Engaging Game-based
Home Rehabilitation
for Improved Quality of Life
The research leading to these results has received
funding from the European Union Seventh Framework
Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement
n 306113.


people worldwide
will have a stroke in their lifetime
Project Background

Project Achievements

Stroke affects everybody differently, and it is difficult to say how

much of a recovery is possible. Many stroke survivors experience the most dramatic recovery during their stay in hospital in
the weeks after their stroke. But many also continue to improve
over a longer time, sometimes over a number of years. The goal
of rehabilitation is to help survivors become as independent as
possible and to attain the best possible quality of life.

Rehab@Home aims at dealing with the issue of rehabilitation

from a 360 perspective. A remote healthcare computational
architecture will be provided based on distributed smart sensors
(first processing layer) and personalized physiological assistive
and intelligent algorithms integrated in a multilevel physiological human model.

Project Aims
Rehabilitation does not cure stroke; it does not reverse brain
damage. High quality rehabilitation is essential to regain many
if not all capabilities to lead a meaningful, fulfilling and even
productive life. We aim at a cost effective and sleek infrastructure with integrated sensors. This infrastructure will collect
relevant physical and medical parameters of a patients status
for checkups and relapse prevention. It will support off- and online management and monitoring of the rehabilitation protocol,
promote patients social participation and community building.

Potential applications
Rehab@Home will provide new IT business opportunities in
the field of home rehabilitation and enable new services to be
deployed by rehabilitation centers. Rehab@Home is expected to
decrease the costs for treating diseases common to the elderly.
Rehab@Home will enable active and healthy ageing through
effective and engaging rehabilitation as well as social inclusion
and community building.
Rehab@Home supports the working environment in hospitals
and rehabilitation units reducing private/dedicated transportation to and from rehabilitation facilities.

Facts & Figures

Project title:

Engaging Game-based Home Rehabilitation

for Improved Quality of Life

Acronym: Rehab@home
Contract Number:

306113

EC-contribution:

2.367.090

Duration:

36 month

Starting Date:

October 1st, 2012

Project Web Site:

www.rehabathome-project.eu

Key words:
Stroke relapse prevention, risk monitoring

rehabilitation, serious games-

based rehabilitation environment,

ambient-mediated human-machine
interaction
Contact: Universitt Bremen
Bibliothekstr. 1

28359 Bremen
Germany

Prof. Dr. Michael Lawo

mlawo@tzi.de

Method used
Rehab@Home will use low price medical devices to carry out the
rehabilitation exercises. The feedback to see if the exercises are
done correctly will be monitored via a display. Service providers
are connected via the Internet to the patient. The effectiveness
will be reviewed by medical studies.
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