Introduction
chronic disability, Stroke
STROKE
Stroke is a leading cause of chronic disability in the United States.Recognizing the need for sustainably increasing the amount of movement practice that
individuals undertake, there has been a surge in the development of technologies for
enabling individuals to practice on their own at home.Summary of Recommended Design Features for Home Rehabilitation
Technology.FitMi was designed to incorporate most of these features, except for the
4 that are italicized, which can be grouped into 2 categories: ensuring
that high-quality movements are practiced and facilitating collaboration
with a therapist or caregiver. We generated this table based on a
systematic review of recommendations,FitMi (FitMi (produced by Flint Rehab, LLC) consists of 2 force and motion sensing
pucks and a companion “mixed-reality gym” software application. Top row:
FitMi hardware. Bottom row: FitMi software. Note, FitMi can be used with an
individual’s existing computing hardware (Top Right) or with a custom 10″
touchscreen tablet in a kiosk mode that only requires users to turn the
tablet on and touch an icon to access the application (Top Left).