Networking Telemedicine in Portable Rehabilitation Robot Monitor System

This paper outlines our work in developing telemedicine in portable rehabilitation robot monitor system with 3-D Exercise Machine for Upper Limb, coordination, range of motion and other relevant perceptual motor activities. The preliminary result of this study is the initial evaluation of a device for robotic assisted upper extremity repetitive therapy; the robot has four degrees of freedom at shoulder, elbow and wrist; the robot sensors feedback position and force information for quantitative evaluation of task performance. It has the potential of providing a take-home method of supplementing therapy. The telemedicine system consists of a Web-based library of status tests and Single Board computer Monitor, and can be used with a variety of input devices, including a feedback joystick, infrared emitter sensor Bar to integrated therapy games Stepmania and Wii, assisting or resisting in movement. The system enables real-time, interactive integration of medical data, voice and video transmission in the wireless virtual reality environment.