NYU Tandon team devises a smarter way for stroke patients to rehabilitate

(NYU Tandon School of Engineering) A team of students from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering is using smartphones to improve the process patients must typically undergo to relearn the basic skills they lose after suffering a stroke. The centerpieces are wearable mechatronic devices that are connected inexpensively by a smartphone. When a patient performs an exercise assigned by a physician or physical therapist, microcontrollers quantify the action and display the information via smartphone to the patient and medical providers.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news