Authors:
Leonardo Sestrem
;
Raul Kaizer
;
João Paulo Gonçalves
;
Paulo Leitão
;
João Paulo Teixeira
;
José Augusto Lima
;
Tiago Franco
and
José Augusto Carvalho
Affiliation:
Research Center in Digitalization and Intelligent Robotics (CeDRI), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal
Keyword(s):
Wearable Bioestimulation, Data Acquisition, Electromyography, Artificial Intelligence.
Abstract:
Data acquisition by electromyography, as well as the muscle stimulation, has become more accessible with the new developments in the wearable technology and medicine. In fact, for treatments, games or sports, it is possible to find examples of the use of muscle signals to analyse specific aspects related, e.g., to disease, injuries or movement impulses. However, these systems are usually expensive, does not integrate data acquisition with the muscle stimulation and does not exhibit an adaptive control behaviour that consider the pathology and the patient response. This paper presents a wearable system that integrates the signal acquisition and the electrostimulation using dry thin-film titanium-based electrodes. The acquired data is transmitted to a mobile application running on a smartphone by using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology, where it is analysed by employing artificial intelligence algorithms to provide customised treatments for each patient profile and type of patholog
y, and taking into consideration the feedback of the acquired electromyography signal. The acquired patient’s data is also stored in a secure cloud database to support the physician to analyse and follow-up the clinical results from the rehabilitation process.
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