POST STROKE REHABILITATION DEVICE

Stroke is a medical condition that is the fifth cause of death and a leading cause of disability. The different reasons for stroke are high B.P, obesity, smoking, etc. recovery can only be sped up by regular physiotherapy and willpower of the patient. Regular physiotherapy can be interrupted by other commitments of the patient or by the doctor's unavailability. This may lead to a delay in the recovery process. Therefore, the efforts are needed to tackle the problem. The proposed device can be used to monitor and carry out selected exercises advised by the doctor. Here the upper right limb is our focus because it is the most common area to be affected. Furthermore, android application is also designed which have different consoles for doctor and patient. The patient’s app shows the history and progress of the patient while the doctor sets the time and can also see the progress. Firstly, the unit tracks finger and wrist movements and the signal strength of the muscles being exercised, and then performs assisted flexion / extension manipulation of the limb. The results are shown in the app using the graphs so that the patient and the doctor can both monitor the progress. Thus, this design gives ease to the patient as well as the doctor. With the world shifting towards smart devices and remote monitoring and control, there is a need to apply modern technology in the health dept. using the platform of IOT, certain medical treatments can be made easier for the doctors and effective for the patients. By using different sensors, a microcontroller, Arduino software, mobile application, the patient’s physiotherapy exercises can be monitored, recorded and assisted.