International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN'06)
Using Wearable Sensors to Measure Motor Abilities following Stroke
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A
April 03-April 05
ISBN: 0-7695-2547-4
Todd Hester, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston MA
Metin Akay, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology, Cambridge MA
Joel Stein, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston MA
Paolo Bonato, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology, Cambridge MA
Motor abilities of stroke survivors are often severely affected. Post-stroke rehabilitation is guided by the use of clinical assessments of motor abilities. Clinical assessment scores can be predicted by models based on features extracted from the wearable sensor data. Wearable sensors would allow monitoring of subjects in the home and provide accurate assessments to guide the rehabilitation process. We propose the use of a wearable sensor system to assess the motor abilities of stroke victims. Preliminary results from twelve subjects show the ability of this system to predict clinical scores of motor abilities.
Index Terms:
Wearable Sensors, Stroke, Clinical Assessment
Citation:
Todd Hester, Richard Hughes, Delsey M. Sherrill, Bethany Knorr, Metin Akay, Joel Stein, Paolo Bonato, "Using Wearable Sensors to Measure Motor Abilities following Stroke," bsn, pp.5-8, International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN'06), 2006