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MIT Aids Unsupervised Physical Therapy with IoT, AI, and VR Systems

October 11, 2022 By Raulf Hernes

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According to Interesting Engineering, about 75% of the years spent with chronic disability go untreated because there aren't enough physical therapists to treat all of the chronic impairments that could benefit from physical therapy. Due to the increased documentation of serious illnesses and the fact that the number of patients is increasing at a rate that is consistent with population growth and aging, the problems facing the profession are getting worse. The lack of muscle-motion treatment plans or the language a physical therapist (PT) is taught to understand led to the development of an unsupervised physical rehabilitation system. MIT Aids Unsupervised Physical Therapy with IoT, AI, and VR Systems

MIT Aids Unsupervised Physical Therapy with IoT, AI, and VR Systems

As first reported by Interesting Engineering, scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have created a tool called MuscleRehab that intends to help patients find relief even without a physical therapist. Motion tracking is used to record movement, Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT), a muscle activity measurement imaging technology, and a virtual reality (VR) headset and tracking suit are the other two forms of capture. With the help of VR and a customized suit, the patient may watch their performance alongside a physical therapist. Under those two conditions, the exercise's accuracy could be evaluated by the researchers, who also had a licensed therapist go at the results. Which muscle groups to engage in for each exercise would subsequently be specified by the physical therapist. The display of both muscle engagement and motion data during an unsupervised exercise program boosted the programme's overall accuracy by 15%.

By Raulf Hernes

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MIT Aids Unsupervised Physical Therapy with IoT, AI, and VR Systems

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