Smart Sensor Egg
Current Project Members:
Nic Krummenacher (Master's Student), Tim Vanbellingen (Senior Researcher), & Stephan Gerber (Post-doc)
Project Start: 01.01.2020
In Switzerland approximately 180’000 people suffering from neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Parkinson Disease, Multiple Sclerosis) whereas in most cases non-motor (e.g., sleep disorders, cognition) and motor symptoms (e.g., coordination, tremor) are affected. Especially, difficulties with precise hand and finger movements during the performance of both basic activities of daily living such as dressing, grooming as well as higher activities of daily living such as cooking, shopping, regular medication intake influence quality of life negatively.
Traditional rehabilitation to improve finger movements such as physical therapy in the clinic in order to train activities of daily living has shown to be effective. However, there is a lack of systems to increase the training intensity of finger movements at home. Therefore to close the gap, the Gerentechnology and Rehabilitation Group has developed a Smart Egg, which is connected via Bluetooth to an Smartphone-App, to train finger movements remotely. To mesure the performance and monitor the improvement of the patient over time, the Smart Egg is based on different sensors (e.g., gyroscope, pressure sensor).
Overall, the aim of this project is to evaluate fine motor skill performance assosicated with different aspects of ADLs by using the Smart Sensor Egg among patients suffering from neurodegenerative.