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To reduce the dreadful consequences of immobility syndrome in the elderly population and adults and young people with some restriction of mobility or disability, an innovative device - ABLEFIT - was designed. This biomechanical device aims to provide an advanced solution to support a customized physical rehabilitation, combining a physical system to aid physical exercise, in passive and active modes, in bed and in a wheelchair, a control system for monitoring and storing biofeedback variables and motivational stimulus through interaction with gamification. After prototype construction, a preliminary usability study was carried out to evaluate the developed prototype, namely regarding its functionality, ergonomics and safety, both from the point of view of the end user and health professionals’ perspectives. The results from pre-clinical studies will allow the optimization of the ABLEFIT device by develo** solutions that ensure the implementation of customized physical rehabilitation programs in a controlled and interactive way.
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This research was co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the partnership agreement Portugal 2020-Operational Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalization (COMPETE2020) under the project POCI-01–0247-FEDER-047087ABLEFIT: Desenvolvimento de um Sistema avançado para Reabilitação.
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Ribeiro, T. et al. (2023). Pre-clinical Study of a Customized Rehabilitation Device Prototype for Patients with Immobility Syndrome. In: Tarnita, D., Dumitru, N., Pisla, D., Carbone, G., Geonea, I. (eds) New Trends in Medical and Service Robotics. MESROB 2023. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 133. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32446-8_10
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