Rehabilitation, Anytime and Anywhere
There is a serious shortage of medical staffs due to the aging population. In particular, efficient ways to privide medical services at home are still in the exploratory stage.
"Rehabilitation, Anytime and Anywhere" is our ultimate goal. We have been trying to develop devices that can provide automated rehabilitation in order for a patient to undergo a rehabilitation without the restriction of time, place and human resources.
Hand Rehabilitation Robot for Hemiplegic Patient for Use at Home
Hemiplegic hand is known as the body part which takes a long time to recover. Furthermore, since the rehabilitation often begins with body parts close to the trunk such as the shoulders and thus there are many cases in which a patient ends him/her hospital stay with inadequate intervention for hands. In this study, we have been developing the hand rehabilitation robot which enables a patient to undergo continuous rehabilitation under the situation without medical staffs such as home.
Lower-limb Training System for A Patient with Impairment or for Care Prevention of People with Frailty
Since the lower-limb function plays important role as the basis of activities of daily living such as sit-to-stand and walking, its improvement is crucial from aspects of care prevention or excercise therapy for a patient with impairment. Proper body movement is important when subjects train him/her lower-limb, but the guidance from specialists is not usually available at home. Therefore, we have been developing the system to train lower-limb function while receiving instruction on correct body movement through game.
Research poster
45th International Conference the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC2023)
Development of a Medical ICT Education Curriculum in Vocational School That Train Physical and Occupational Therapists
This study aims to introduce the engineering perspective to the students majoring in rehabilitation. This is due to the rapid spread of many technologies in a clinical practice such as rehabilitation robots and remote monitoring devices. Also, some examples exist of occupational therapists creating self-help devices with 3D printers and incorporating e-sports based rehabilitation for patients with rare diseases. To respond to these times, we develop the curriculum so that the students can know the basis of technologies such as programming and electrical circuit. We hope that the robot will open up new possibilities from a rehabilitation perspective.
More information (summary of Medical ICT Education)