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Monitoring Arm Use In Daily Life Via Rfid Tracking Of Household Objects, Joydip Barman
Monitoring Arm Use In Daily Life Via Rfid Tracking Of Household Objects, Joydip Barman
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After stroke, capacity to complete tasks in the treatment setting with the moreaffected arm is an unreliable index of actual use of that extremity in daily life. Available objective methods for monitoring real-world arm use rely on placing movement sensors on patients. These methods provide information on amount but not type of arm activity, e.g., functional vs. nonfunctional movement. This paper presents an approach that places sensors on patients and household objects, overcoming this limitation. An accelerometer and the transmitter component of a radio-frequency proximity sensor are attached to objects; the receiver component is attached to the arm of interest. …