Wrist sensor and phone app to track home rehab exercises after stroke
MiGo Tracker: Seamless Remote Therapeutic Monitoring of Exercise Adherence After Stroke
A wrist-worn sensor and Android app to help people recovering from stroke stick with their prescribed home exercises and share progress with their therapists.
Quick facts
| Grant type | Sbir 2 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Flint Rehabilitation Devices NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Irvine, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11196751 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You would wear a small wrist sensor that pairs with an Android app to automatically record your at-home rehab movements and exercise sessions. The device uses Bluetooth to capture motion across many common therapy exercises and sends adherence data to your therapist without extra effort from you. Therapists can use the data to give feedback and use new Medicare Remote Therapeutic Monitoring codes to support remote follow-up. The aim is to make it easier to do your exercises consistently during the important recovery period after a stroke.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Adults recovering from stroke who have a therapist-prescribed home exercise program and can wear a wrist device and use (or have help using) an Android smartphone are ideal candidates.
Not a fit: People with no usable wrist movement, severe cognitive impairment that prevents following instructions, or no access to an Android phone or a participating therapist may not benefit from this approach.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could help you do prescribed home exercises more reliably and speed or improve recovery of movement after stroke.
How similar studies have performed: Wearable sensors and remote monitoring have shown promise for improving rehab adherence in prior work, but using an FDA-listed wrist exercise sensor integrated with RTM billing is a relatively new, less-tested approach.
Where this research is happening
Irvine, United States
- Flint Rehabilitation Devices — Irvine, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Russell, Ian Miles — Flint Rehabilitation Devices
- Study coordinator: Russell, Ian Miles
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.