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"""Ubiquitous eHealth Solution for Fracture Orthopaedic Rehabilitation"""

Project description

Mobile rehabilitation solution

Older adults are more prone to bone fractures, usually as a result of osteoporosis. Funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the ROBUST project aims to address the healthcare and socioeconomic impact of bone fractures in this often frail population. The ROBUST scientific team proposes to develop a smart mobile eHealth system for remote monitoring of the patients’ healing processes. The system will use radio-frequency sensing technology to provide information on complex situations, while maintaining safety and privacy. The idea is to offer immediate feedback and assistive instructions to the patients.

Objective

The population in Europe is living longer and healthier, and that is a great achievement. On the other hand, an ageing population raises major financial and social challenges. One in four (25%) persons living in Europe could be aged 65+ by 2050. The greater expectancy of life in Europe is posing serious challenges to healthcare, namely through the associated increasing incidence of various diseases, as well as health conditions, which the elderly are mostly prone. One of the latter conditions is bone fractures, which can typically occur as a consequence of osteoporosis. Furthermore, the consequences of associated complications in fracture recovering include further costs, not only for the patient but also for the European society in general. To address such growing issue, the multidisciplinary consortium of ROBUST takes this as a challenging use case for demonstrating the relevance and proficiency of smart mobile eHealth systems as innovative solutions to address surging issues in our ageing society.
ROBUST targets developing a new concept and platform for remote monitoring of patients’ healing process, in the eHealth domain. An integrated mobile eHealth system will be devised exploiting recent advances in RF-based sensing technologies, which are being investigated in this consortium. The system will be able to respond promptly to dynamic and complex situations, while preserving control, safety and privacy, in a reliable and energy efficiency manner. The ROBUST system will include a fast feedback loop that dynamically processes sensing information to generate, accordingly, instructions to the patient, encompassing cognitive and learning capabilities as well. ROBUST is committed to create an exceptional network, which is multidisciplinary and intersectoral in nature, for staff exchange in the mobile eHealth field, namely targeting structure training and knowledge sharing towards enhancing the European innovation capacity in relevant eHealth systems and applications.

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Funding Scheme

HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-SE - HORIZON TMA MSCA Staff Exchanges

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Call for proposal

(opens in new window) HORIZON-MSCA-2021-SE-01

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Coordinator

INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICACOES
Net EU contribution
€ 220 800,00
Address
CAMPUS UNIVERSITARIO DE SANTIAGO UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO
3810-193 GLORIA E VERA CRUZ
Portugal
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