MFID: um identificador de fadiga muscular aplicado à reabilitação física de indivíduos amputados

Abstract

It is known that today, computing is increasingly integrated with other areas of knowledge, providing practical and innovative solutions for several kind of problems. In the health area this also occurs, from equipment for surgeries, tools for diagnosing diseases, to systems for monitoring and processing data. In this sense, the amputees physical rehabilitation process is also an important area for the tools development that help the professional physiotherapists, since this rehabilitation process is generally long lasting and exhaustive for patients. Thus, the present work describes the development of a solution for amputee’s physical rehabilitation process improvement, from the muscle fatigue detection during physical exercise sessions, once unidentified, can cause patient’s injuries and pain, further prolonging the treatment. The system developed consists in the sensor’s integration, the Arduino electronic prototyping platform, a visualization and data storage software. Thus, it was possible to perform the monitoring and identification of the occurrence of muscle fatigue during patient’s physical exercise sessions, allowing the physiotherapist evaluate the treatment using this tool.