CareToy

A Modular Smart System for Infants' Rehabilitation At Home based on Mechatronic Toys

Coordinatore	SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNA    more  Organization address address: Viale Rinaldo Piaggio, Polo Sant'Anna Valdera 34 city: Pontedera postcode: 56025 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Paolo Cognome: Dario Email: send email Telefono: +39 050 883528 Fax: +39 050 883519
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Italy [IT]
Totale costo	3˙146˙676 €
EC contributo	2˙292˙972 €
Programma	FP7-ICT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies
Code Call	FP7-ICT-2011-7
Funding Scheme	CP
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-11-01   -   2014-10-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNA  Organization address address: Viale Rinaldo Piaggio, Polo Sant'Anna Valdera 34 city: Pontedera postcode: 56025 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Paolo Cognome: Dario Email: send email Telefono: +39 050 883528 Fax: +39 050 883519	IT (Pontedera)	coordinator	0.00
2	Fondazione Stella Maris  Organization address address: Viale del Tirreno city: Pisa postcode: 56118 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Cioni Cognome: Giovanni Email: send email Telefono: +39 050 886230 Fax: +39 050 886301	IT (Pisa)	participant	0.00
3	FONDEN FOR HELENE ELSASS CENTERET  Organization address address: HOLMEGARDSVEJ city: CHARLOTTENLUND postcode: 2920 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Peder Esben Cognome: Bilde Email: send email Telefono: +45 39658500	DK (CHARLOTTENLUND)	participant	0.00
4	M R & D SPA  Organization address address: VIA GIOSUE CARDUCCI city: GALLARATE VA postcode: 21013 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: FEDERICO Cognome: ZANIN Email: send email Telefono: 390332000000 Fax: 390332000000	IT (GALLARATE VA)	participant	0.00
5	STMICROELECTRONICS SRL  Organization address address: VIA C.OLIVETTI city: AGRATE BRIANZA postcode: 20864 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Cristina Cognome: Di Gesu' Email: send email Telefono: +39 095 7408306 Fax: +39 095 7407513	IT (AGRATE BRIANZA)	participant	0.00
6	UNIVERSITAET HAMBURG  Organization address address: EDMUND-SIEMERS-ALLEE city: HAMBURG postcode: 20146 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Tim Cognome: Scharfenberg Email: send email Telefono: +49 40 42883 2203 Fax: +49 40 42883 2206	DE (HAMBURG)	participant	0.00
7	UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI  Organization address address: KONGRESNI TRG city: LJUBLJANA postcode: 1000 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Janez Cognome: NASTRAN Email: send email Telefono: +386 1 4768 211 Fax: +386 1 426 4630	SI (LJUBLJANA)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

Stroke and other neurological conditions affect the population of infants in percentages that cannot be considered marginal. Preterm infants are the highest infants at risk for neurological damage. Currently, infants have rehabilitation sessions few times a week in rehabilitation centres but according to basic neuroscience it would be necessary to provide them with an early, intensive and multiaxial intervention. One option to reduce the cost of the entire European Healthcare System while increasing the practice of rehabilitation is to devise therapies and technologies that can be administered at home by caregivers and telemonitored by rehabilitation staff. The aim of this proposal is to promote early intervention in the first year of life and to reinforce therapy by 'CareToy': a portable low cost smart system telemonitored thus augmenting the clinical effectiveness of the therapy while reducing the cost. The smart system is based on a common baby gym, composed of different modules: a) an instrumented baby gym with mechatronic hanging toys, so that the infants' actions on the gym can be measured and stimulated, b) a vision module, for measuring and promoting infants' attention and gaze movements and c) a sensorized mat for measuring and promoting postural control. Each module will also incorporate built-in signal processor, memory and wireless communication. A fourth telerehabilitation module completes the system that allows the system to remotely communicate with the rehabilitation staff for monitoring and assessing the rehabilitation techniques. CareToy and the effectiveness of home rehabilitation based on this system will be validated by clinical trials on 100 preterm infants with different brain lesions. The result of this project could have a large impact. CareToy may become a commercial product, manufactured on a large scale and distributed not only in rehabilitation centres but also at homes, sold or rented by the Health Care System to families as a therapeutic tool for care intensity.