Home-Based Robotic Upper Limbs Cardiac Telerehabilitation System

Bogdan Mocan, Mihaela Mocan (), Mircea Fulea, Mircea Murar and Horea Feier
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Bogdan Mocan: Department of Design Engineering and Robotics, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 400020 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Mihaela Mocan: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Hatieganu Cluj-Napoca, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Mircea Fulea: Department of Design Engineering and Robotics, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 400020 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Mircea Murar: Department of Design Engineering and Robotics, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 400020 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Horea Feier: Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases Timisoara, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Gheorghe Adam Nr. 13A, 300310 Timisoara, Romania

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 18, 1-21

Abstract: This article proposes a new, improved home-based cardiac telerehabilitation system enhanced by a robotic and Virtual Reality module for cardiac patients to be used in their rehabilitation program. In this study, a novel strategy was used to integrate existing equipment and applications with newly developed ones, with the aim of reducing the need for technical skills of patients using remote control. Patients with acute or chronic heart diseases require long-term, individualized rehabilitation in order to promote their motor recovery and maintain an active and independent lifestyle. This will be accomplished by creating a system for at-home cardiac telerehabilitation augmented by a VR and cobot systems, which can be used long-term at home by each individual patient. In the pre-feasibility study carried out on healthy volunteers familiar with software applications and robotic systems, we demonstrate that RoboTeleRehab could be technically feasible both hardware and software.

Keywords: telerehabilitation; robotic system; patients management; online communication (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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