Integrating the ReJoyce Workstation into the ProMote Tele-Rehabilitation 2.0 Platform

Patients when they are discharged from hospital following a stroke can benefit greatly from a program of rehabilitation to help restore function. Often one of the patient’s arms is affected and this affects many activities of daily living. For patients who live in rural areas it is often very difficult to get access to expert rehabilitation assessments and treatment. Travelling frequently to urban centres is usually out of the question. Rehabtronics has developed a workstation called ReJoyce that has the potential to be used as part of a virtual care program for patients who have had a stroke that affects one of their arms. The University of Alberta team has developed a virtual care platform that the ReJoyce workstation could be linked to enabling virtual rehabilitation sessions to be held. The intern in for this project will establish the regulatory requirements that need to be met to enable the ReJoyce workstation and a sensor the UofA team has developed, so that they can be introduced into routine clinical practice.

Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Ferguson-Pell

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Partner:

Rehabtronics Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Alberta

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