{"id":21302,"date":"2020-11-19T10:34:39","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T15:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=21302"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:04:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:04:42","slug":"dearborn-profs-wearable-technology-improves-at-home-physical-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/11\/19\/dearborn-profs-wearable-technology-improves-at-home-physical-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Dearborn prof&#8217;s wearable technology improves at-home physical therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/umdearborn.edu\/news\/articles\/how-wearable-technology-can-help-you-get-most-out-physical-therapy?maxWidth=80%25&amp;maxHeight=80%25&amp;inline=true&amp;title=Graphic%20by%20Violet%20Dashi#picture-colorbox-q8iD97JwHD\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rehabbuddy_reporter_r3-700x391.jpg\" alt=\"African American man doing exercise with a dumbell\" class=\"wp-image-21303\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rehabbuddy_reporter_r3-700x391.jpg 700w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rehabbuddy_reporter_r3-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rehabbuddy_reporter_r3-200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rehabbuddy_reporter_r3-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rehabbuddy_reporter_r3-665x372.jpg 665w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rehabbuddy_reporter_r3.jpg 894w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>(Violet Dashi\/UM-Dearborn News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Samir Rawashdeh<\/strong>, UM-Dearborn assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and a colleague have developed <a href=\"https:\/\/umdearborn.edu\/news\/articles\/how-wearable-technology-can-help-you-get-most-out-physical-therapy\">RehabBuddy, a physical therapy system that employs a wearable sensor that records a \u201cmap\u201d of the correct movement of exercises<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RehabBuddy system starts with an in-person visit to a physical therapist. The patient wears a small sensor that records a \u201cmap\u201d of the correct movement. Once home, the patient puts on a sensor, opens the RehabBuddy app, and performs an exercise. An on-screen visualization helps the person see if the exercise is being done correctly. The path created by the movement matches the programmed path, making it easy to make on-the-fly corrections.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rawashdeh says RehabBuddy represents a big leap forward over similar products and hopes the system will give patients an experience that closely approximates the high-quality therapy available a therapist\u2019s office. Currently, he and his colleague are conducting a clinical trial to determine its effectiveness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samir Rawashdeh, UM-Dearborn assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and a colleague have developed RehabBuddy, a physical therapy system that employs a wearable sensor that records a \u201cmap\u201d of the correct movement of exercises. The RehabBuddy system starts with an in-person visit to a physical therapist. The patient wears a small sensor that records a \u201cmap\u201d of\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/11\/19\/dearborn-profs-wearable-technology-improves-at-home-physical-therapy\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[69,36,852,891,489],"class_list":["post-21302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-apps","tag-dearborn","tag-engineering","tag-faculty","tag-health-care"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rehabbuddy_reporter_r3.jpg",894,500,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rehabbuddy_reporter_r3-200x112.jpg",200,112,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rehabbuddy_reporter_r3-300x168.jpg",300,168,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rehabbuddy_reporter_r3-768x430.jpg",665,372,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rehabbuddy_reporter_r3-700x391.jpg",600,335,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rehabbuddy_reporter_r3.jpg",894,500,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rehabbuddy_reporter_r3.jpg",894,500,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rehabbuddy_reporter_r3-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rehabbuddy_reporter_r3-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rehabbuddy_reporter_r3-658x300.jpg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rehabbuddy_reporter_r3-665x372.jpg",665,372,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rehabbuddy_reporter_r3.jpg",400,224,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Samir Rawashdeh, UM-Dearborn assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and a colleague have developed RehabBuddy, a physical therapy system that employs a wearable sensor that records a \u201cmap\u201d of the correct movement of exercises. 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