Human Empowerment Aging and Disability (HEAD): New Technologies for Neurorehabilitation

Human Empowerment Aging and Disability (HEAD): New Technologies for Neurorehabilitation

Congenital or acquired neurological disorders could lead to consistent motor and cognitive disabilities. The continuity and persistency of a tailored home rehabilitation protocol after recovery is crucial to prevent disease aggravation or relapses. The integration of a web-based new technology in home rehabilitation programme can constitute a functional low cost resource by offering patients off-line (and on-line) monitoring and by proposing new motivating ways of rehabilitation through high tech tools such as serious games.

Inclusion Criteria:

• age range 18-85
• Parkinson Disease (PD - mild to moderate) in stable treatment for at least 3 months
• Multiple Sclerosis (MS) without relapses in the last 3 months (EDSS ≤ 6)
• post stroke ( ≥ 6 months after the acute event)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Mini Mental State Examination < 20
• limited range of motion
• severe pain
• severe deficit of visual acuity or auditory perception or communication and severe dysmetry