Fourth IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops (PERCOMW'06)
Bio-feedback System for Rehabilitation Based on a Wireless Body Area Network
Pisa, Italy
March 13-March 17
ISBN: 0-7695-2520-2
Davide Brunelli, DEIS - Department of Electronics, Computer Science, Systems, Italy
Laura Rocchi, DEIS - Department of Electronics, Computer Science, Systems, Italy
Marco Dozza, DEIS - Department of Electronics, Computer Science, Systems, Italy
Lorenzo Chiari, DEIS - Department of Electronics, Computer Science, Systems, Italy
Luca Benini, DEIS - Department of Electronics, Computer Science, Systems, Italy
In this paper we describe Bio-WWS, a bio-feedback system for rehabilitation based on a dedicated, wireless, sensor-network architecture. The sensor network is designed to be distributed on the user?s body for balance monitoring and correction. The hardware and software architecture (communication protocols, power management policies and application-level control) have been tuned to optimize cost, battery autonomy and real-time performance required for this application. Bio-WWS is an example of complete vertical integration: the sensor network is fully integrated with processing and auditory feedback generation.
Citation:
Davide Brunelli, Elisabetta Farella, Laura Rocchi, Marco Dozza, Lorenzo Chiari, Luca Benini, "Bio-feedback System for Rehabilitation Based on a Wireless Body Area Network," percomw, pp.527-531, Fourth IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops (PERCOMW'06), 2006