Edukad projektid

eesti keeles / in English

A novel Wireless, wearable Shoe-based system for real time monitoring of Energy Expenditure and Gait parameters for Sport and Medical Applications

acronym: Wi-Shoe
start: 2014-01-01
end: 2015-12-31
 
programme: FP7 - Euroopa Liidu 7. raamprogramm
sub-programme: SME - Väikese ja keskmise suurusega ettevõtetele suuantud teadustegevused (VKEd)
instrument: BSG-SME - Teadustöö VKE huvides
call identifier: FP7-SME-2013
project number: 605777
duration in months: 24
partner count: 10
 
abstract: Gait parameters monitoring and energetic expenditure (EE) calculation is of high importance for patients recovering from diseases that affect movement (e.g. stroke). The same applies to professional athletes either in the phase of recovery from a lower limb injury or performing a sport requiring precise body posture and movement control. Currently, gait parameters’ monitoring is made either using the physicians experience or specialised equipment that, apart from being expensive, requires the subject to wear a belt with a data acquisition system and cables running on his legs. The Wi-Shoe project aims in the development of a completely non-invasive wearable shoe-based system for measuring gait parameters and EE during walking. The system to be developed integrates miniature load cells and ICT solutions in a custom designed sole. The sole is used to develop different shoe types. The project answers the actual need of the rehabilitation and sport sectors for a person-centric product that will allow continuous monitoring of the subject without an expert’s intervention, promoting the role of “home as care environment”. Data from the shoes is sent to a nearby Personal Device (e.g. Smartphone) for immediate basic analysis and warning generation. Data can be afterwards sent through a cloud application to a sector expert where novel analysis models are used to evaluate the subject’s status and performance. The SME participants will obtain the advantage of using and trading a unique product with clear benefits for rehabilitation and sport centres and most importantly for the end users (patients, athletes). The system will address key challenges faced by the SMEs: minimize the need for continuous expert assistance and consequently cost; improve the patient’s sense of independence; assist the expert in acquiring critical information about the subject’s status using a centralized system; allow precise identification of body posture deficiencies to improve athletic performance.
partner no and role partner name country contact person web page
1 coordinator CNE Κέντρο Έρευνας και Καινοτομίας CY Panayiotis Philimis http://www.cneric.eu
2 partner PODARTIS SRL IT Claudia Berdusco http://www.podartis.it
3 partner Electronics Design Ltd EE Alexander Girfanov http://www.electronics.ee
4 partner A. POTAMITIS MEDICARE LTD CY Michael Potamitis http://www.potamitismedicare.com
5 partner CHRISTOS PAPADOPOULOS & SIA O.E. (BIOMECHANICAL SOLUTIONS) EL Dimitrios Tsaopoulos http://www.biomechanical-solutions.com
6 partner APOLLON CLUB CY Andreas Papadouris http://www.apollon1954.com
7 partner ΑΝΙΜΟΥΣ ΑΕ ΚΕΝΤΡΟ ΑΠΟΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΠΟΘΕΡΑΠΕΙΑΣ EL Catherine Saramourtsi http://www.animus.com.gr
8 partner INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU MECATRONICA SI TEHNICA MASURARII RO Mihai Margaritescu http://www.incdmtm.ro
9 partner CENTRE DE RECERCA I INNOVACIO DE CATALUNYA S.A. ES Josep Perelló http://www.cric.cat
10 partner KENTRO EREVNAS TECHNOLOGIAS KAI ANAPTYXIS THESSALIAS EL Giannis Giakas http://www.cereteth.gr