The RPM3D project: 3D Kinematics for Remote Patient Monitoring
This could improve medical efficiency and reduce costs in remote healthcare, but it appears incremental as it builds on existing kinematic theory and focuses on validation.
The RPM3D project tackles remote patient monitoring by analyzing 3D movements from smartwatches, showing promising results in a stroke rehabilitation case study.
This project explores the feasibility of remote patient monitoring based on the analysis of 3D movements captured with smartwatches. We base our analysis on the Kinematic Theory of Rapid Human Movement. We have validated our research in a real case scenario for stroke rehabilitation at the Guttmann Institute5 (neurorehabilitation hospital), showing promising results. Our work could have a great impact in remote healthcare applications, improving the medical efficiency and reducing the healthcare costs. Future steps include more clinical validation, developing multi-modal analysis architectures (analysing data from sensors, images, audio, etc.), and exploring the application of our technology to monitor other neurodegenerative diseases.