The document describes the FITREHAB project, which aims to develop a telemedicine platform for remote fitness and physical rehabilitation at home under expert guidance. The platform will include a smart suit with motion and physiological sensors, virtual reality scenarios, an avatar that reproduces a subject's movements in real-time, and remote monitoring. A consortium of universities and hospitals will develop and test the platform, with the goals of identifying critical issues and defining policy recommendations to improve remote rehabilitation.

1. The partners
FITREHAB
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REHABilitation at home
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2. The need of rehabilitation at home is MAIN GOAL OF THE PROJECT
dramatically increasing especially in the
The FITREHAB
B PLATFORM
developed countries. Identification of criticalities in the
Identification of criticalities in the
Smart suit with
S platform and in the methodology and
A long rehabilitation period is required to
embedded motion
e definition of policy recommendation
recover after discharge from the hospital
and physiological
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guidelines to the member regions of
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after acute episode, either neurological or
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sensors.
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cardiovascular.
However rehabilitation is costly, it requires The CONSORTIUM
Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality
specialized structures and drop out from
scenario that
treatment is frequent. University of Milano (lead partner).
resembles
Virtual reality applied to medicine.
everyday life.
Elderly people are expected to increase of Cetemmsa. Development of the smart
Development of the smart
5% in the next few years and exercising at garment.
home is required to maintain good health. BDigital. Development of the platform
infrastructure.
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is t to University of UpperAustria. Technical
Ann Avatar that
help clinicians and patients in prolonged evaluation of the platform.
re
eproduces in real‐
rehabilitation and FITREHAB practically DeWever foundation. Pilot testing and
tim
me the subject’s
explores this possibility.
movements.
movements
m definition of the platform
definition of the platform
specifications.
Specifications of protocols and modality of
use will be defined inside a strict Viljiandi hospital. Pilot testing.
cooperation between doctors, therapists, ASL Brescia. Policy recommendation.
psychologists and technicians. A remote Ab.Acus. Project's industrial partner in
monitoring charge of evaluating the future
A pilot test of the platform will be carried station. potential of the project's results.
out in
in:
De Wever foundation (The Netherlands)
Viljiandi hospital foundation (Estonia)