2. Introduction Adherence to home exercise regimens a huge problem for physical therapy Patients unclear if they are doing it right Boring and repetitive Painful Difficult to perceive short-term benefits Difficult to monitor patients from home Patient self-report only data available
3. What is Needed Focus on home exercise (without supervision) Engaging virtual environment Unobtrusive and low-cost sensing Guidance to perform exercise correctly Objective data collection Strong patient-clinician interaction
4. Our Solution for Knee Rehab A fun game to improve adherence Engage and motivate patients Guide them through the exercises Provide feedback to make the impact tangible Motion sensing to track the exercise Quantifiable data about patient progress Strong doctor-patient interaction component Adherence more likely when therapist monitors
8. CollaboRhythm Open source platform for doctor-patient interaction Patient-controlled health record Synchronized interface between doctor and patient Communication between patient-clinician In-built static and dynamic visualizations
9. Vision Patient-clinician testing at Mayo Clinic A platform for virtual rehabilitation Change the way we think about and experience physical therapy Long-term monitoring of not just exercise but all activities Aggregated data can provide novel insights, help design best practices and enable real-time feedback
10. Thank you visit us at: http://newmed.media.mit.edu/ oovit-pt: http://newmed.media.mit.edu/oovit-pt collaborhythm: http://newmed.media.mit.edu/collaborhythm follow us at: http://newmed.media.mit.edu/blog http://twitter.com/newmediamed contact me at: sai@media.mit.edu
