The system, developed by the Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos de Toledo and the multinational technology company Indra combines virtual reality and movement training in real time to help home motor rehabilitation for upper limbs – shoulder, arm, forearm and hand.
The main objective of the “Toyra” tool is to help patients continue with rehabilitation treatment after leaving the hospital. Furthermore, it gathers information that helps to carry out clinical tests and exercises.
It thus makes it possible to analyze results in an individualized manner because it provides an electronic therapeutic management and rehabilitation platform. In fact, the data obtained can be integrated into the patient’s electronic health record.
The tool, which has been implemented at different centers in the Spanish city since 2011, uses motion capture techniques with inertial sensors and via the Microsoft Kinect device. The recording devices also connect to the interactive therapy station sending the system the locations and positions it records to recreate on screen the exercises the patient carries out.
The Councilor for Health and Social Affairs, José Ignacio Echániz, said: “We are very proud that the Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos is taking part in a pioneering project that clearly marks the way for the inevitable modernization of healthcare.”
Source: Antena3
