Conference paper
Modular robotics for playful physiotherapy
We developed modular robotic tiles to be used for playful physiotherapy, which is supposed to motivate patients to engage in and perform physical rehabilitation exercises. We tested the modular robotic tiles for an extensive period of time (3 years) in daily use in a hospital rehabilitation unit e.g. for cardiac patients.
Also, the tiles were tested for performing physical rehabilitation of stroke patients in their private home. In all pilot test cases qualitative feedback indicate that the patients find the playful use of modular robotic tiles engaging and motivating for them to perform the rehabilitation. Also, initial pilot test data suggest that some playful exercises on the tiles demand an average heart rate of 75% and 86% of the maximum heart rate.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | IEEE |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Pages: | 571-575 |
| Proceedings: | 2009 IEEE 11th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics |
| ISBN: | 1424437881 , 142443789X , 9781424437887 and 9781424437894 |
| ISSN: | 19457901 and 19457898 |
| Types: | Conference paper |
| DOI: | 10.1109/ICORR.2009.5209517 |
| ORCIDs: | Lund, Henrik Hautop |
Batteries Feedback Heart rate Magnets Performance evaluation Rehabilitation robotics Robots Shape measurement Testing Tiles cardiac patients health care hospital rehabilitation medical robotics modular robotics patient rehabilitation physical rehabilitation playful physiotherapy qualitative feedback
