Abstract

LOMBANA, C et al. DEVELOPMENT OF A REMOTE ELECTROTHERAPY DEVICE TO TREAT PATIENTS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS BY USING A MOBILE DEVICE. Rev. ing. biomed. [online]. 2015, vol.9, n.18, pp.21-25. ISSN 1909-9762.

Osteoarthritis is a highly disabling condition, mostly prevalent in adults over 60 years old. Unfortunately, there is no cure for osteoarthritis, it is only possible to treat the symptoms and pain caused by the illness with countless treatments in which the patient must be mobilized to the doctor's clinic by a guardian, a highly expensive process. The main goal of the research presented in this article is to design and manufacture a tool to be used remotely by the patient, which has been previously programmed by a healthcare professional with predefined electrotherapies. The result of this research was the design, simulation and manufacturing of a platform consisting of electrotherapy software and hardware for patients with knee osteoarthritis. On the patient's initial visit to the treating physician, a medical history is created and the therapy is programmed on the platform executing the reminders in the patient's mobile device. At home, the patient will be informed by an alarm on the scheduled time for the therapy and the type of therapy to be applied. After the patient applies the pre-programmed therapy, the device sends a complete report to the healthcare professional for therapy follow-up and an analysis of the patient's progress.

Keywords : Knee Osteoarthritis; Electrotherapy; Portable device; TENS; EMS; Iontoforesis.

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