TeleRehaBrain

Motor dysfunction following acquired brain injury such as stroke is a major cause of permanent care needs and reduction in quality of life in Europe. Physiotherapy and occupational therapy could reduce the need for care and improve the quality of life. Currently, both forms of therapy often cannot be implemented in a sufficient way. Often therapies are not adequately continued with the end of inpatient treatment and concepts for independent training of patients are not yet sufficiently established. Our proposal therefore focuses on the research of a platform that enables the technologically supported transfer of personalized intensive motor rehabilitation strategies into the home environment. This should complement clinical treatment and achieve sustainable therapeutic success.

The basis for cross-sector care is an efficient telematics infrastructure. As a rule, this is not available in the domestic sector. We want to realize a proof-of-principle solution for the development of telemedicine applications within the framework of a platform. This will address the above problems for patients with acquired brain injury, including: 1. improving therapy availability in time and space through telemedicine connectivity and home training, 2. personalized and differentiated motivational strategies, and 3. personalized adaptive therapy strategies.

The primary scientific benefit of such a platform is the possibility of comprehensive research on medium- and long-term home therapy effects, which have been severely underrepresented in the scientific literature. Similarly, the platform will enable the exploration of individualized motivational strategies and individualized therapeutic strategies.

Within the framework of this project, a European consortium of interdisciplinary partners is to be established and a joint application for an EU project is to be prepared. The initial consortium includes eight interested partners from Serbia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine and Germany.