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Smart Walker

Developing a smart walker that allows for monitoring of patient's rehabilitation progress

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Patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) frequently experience significant trauma followed by intensive rehabilitation aimed at restoring mobility and facilitating a return to daily activities. During rehabilitation, clinicians often face challenges in objectively measuring patient progress, limiting their ability to provide quantifiable feedback and to show insurance providers evidence of improvement, which complicates reimbursement for clinical services. The proposed smart walker accessories will objectively measure pressure applied, walking speed, and distance covered by patients during their daily evaluations. These data will be reported and displayed in real time to support clinicians in monitoring patient progress and enhancing patient motivation. Ultimately, the device is expected to streamline Medicare documentation requirements and provide objective indicators of patient readiness for discharge.

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Team photo: Navya Jain, Shreya Venkatesh, Nicolas Mandonaldo, Xicheng Yang
Team photo: Navya Jain, Shreya Venkatesh, Nicolas Mandonaldo, Xicheng Yang

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