MIPT unveils home-based rehab software with real-time feedback
Researchers at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology unveiled a software package that enables high-quality medical rehabilitation to be conducted at home. The suite uses specialized apps capable of recording patient movements, recognizing mistakes in exercises, and offering corrective guidance in real time, according to the institute’s press service via socialbites.ca.
The World Health Organization notes that roughly 2.4 billion people worldwide require rehabilitation. This need covers not only recovery after injuries or surgeries but also ongoing support for chronic diseases and age-related changes.
Developers from MIPT outlined the intended workflow of the online rehabilitation system. A patient installs the application on a computer or smartphone, creates an account, and selects a rehabilitation doctor from a list of specialists. After identity verification, the user gains access to a set of exercises recommended by the doctor, tailored to the clinical case. The patient performs these activities while the system detects errors and provides real-time corrections. Training data and resulting statistics are accessible to both patient and doctor.
“The system monitors the load against control points and compares it with the reference execution of the exercise. If the aim includes restoring range of motion, the system accounts for the patient’s progress, for example a gradual increase of squat depth in the exercise. The video data stream is transmitted to a server, where it is processed and feedback on the accuracy of the application is generated and sent back to the patient”, explained Andrei Berezovsky, a graduate student at the Faculty of Medical Sciences and project manager for the remote rehabilitation initiative.
According to MIPT experts, a prototype of the new rehabilitation system is expected to be ready for testing within the next six months.
Previously in Russia, a virtual environment for group rehabilitation after stroke was developed.