mHealth tOol for parkinsOn’s disease training and rehabilitation at Patient’s home (HOOP)
Third Party Funds Group - Overall project
Acronym: HOOP
Start date : 01.02.2018
End date : 31.01.2019
Website: http://hoop.lst.tfo.upm.es/
Project details
Short description
HOOP is an mHealth platorm for Parkinson's disease patients' training and rehabilitation, based on music and haptic stimulation, to be used in the patient’s home employing a set of sensors and exercises to evaluate the performance. HOOP will become a commercial product which will enable Parkinson's patients' rehabilitation at home in a cost-effective basis. It is based on the use of acoustic and haptic stimulation techniques during the performance of motor (upper and lower limbs) and nonmotor exercises (cognitive tests). According to the high versatility of the product, HOOP will create a sustainable business plan which will introduce into several target markets, including but not limited to Parkinson’s patients.
Scientific Abstract
The HOOP project aims to:
1) Develop of a universal platform to train PD patients. Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients
repeatedly report great disparities in access to, and quality of, the full range of
Parkinson’s disease services. This represents a social risk for them in terms of access to
medical specialists, caregivers or medical therapy. The value of therapy services in PD
has outlined the importance of having access to these interventions from an early
stage of the disease. A solution which improves the delivery of training to PD patients,
and represents an opportunity to enroll and follow-up, personalized physical therapy
programs at home are important for promoting patient’s long-term engagement and
self-management of their own health.
2) Improve the quality of life of PD patients through the platform. In addition to the
benefits provided to Parkinson’s patients and according to recent studies showing that
in 2016 a 39,3% of the population in Europe is over 50 years old, which means that
there will be an increase in the mobility and fragility issues due to the aging. In this
sense, it is very important to promote systems and solutions that encourage healthy
living habits with the aim of improving the quality of life.
3) Provide a final product available and ready for market u p-take. During 2017, HOOP is
being developed from a research laboratory prototype to a semi-commercial product.
Various exploitation plans are being investigated and several potential target markets
related to Parkinson’s disease have shown interest in our product. This means that
HOOP is a mature project, which is close to achieving commercialisation. However, in
order to achieve the latest and most important goals of the project, a commercial
version of the prototype must be finalised, tested and validated. Moreover, the
possibility to extend the target markets would increase the added value of the
product.
Involved:
Contributing FAU Organisations:
Lehrstuhl für Informatik 14 (Machine Learning and Data Analytics)
Machine Learning and Data Analytics Lab