Automated functional upper limb evaluation of patients with Friedreich ataxia using serious games rehabilitation exercises

Bruno Bonnechère, Bart Jansen, Inès Haack, Lubos Omelina, Véronique Feipel, Serge Van Sint Jan and Massimo Pandolfo; Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 201815:87 doi.org/10.1186/s12984-018-0430-7

The use of new technologies in rehabilitation, including SG, is becoming increasingly important. In this study demonstrated that it is possible to combine rehabilitation exercises using SG and automated upper limb functional assessment in FRDA patients in wheelchairs. Future works are needed to determine if such kind of solution can be successfully integrated in the rehabilitation program and whether the kind of data presented in this paper can be used to predict disease progression.


 Automated functional upper limb evaluation of patients with Friedreich ataxia using serious games rehabilitation exercises