Patent ID: 9460266
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: G16H

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for computerized scoring at least one functional ability of a patient, comprising: using at least one computing unit, said computing unit including at least one processor in communication with at least one sensor located on a robotic rehabilitation platform, and with a non-transitory computer readable medium storing program code for implementation by said at least one processor, to perform the following: a) receiving an output of said at least one sensor configured for measuring an applied force applied by a patient exercising on said robotic rehabilitation platform configured to be manipulated by said patient by moving a mechanism module of said robotic rehabilitation platform according to a predefined exercising pattern defining a trajectory of a limb manipulation, wherein said trajectory extends between at least two points in a space; b) identifying at least one manipulation of at least one limb of said patient during said predefined exercising pattern by analyzing said received output of said at least one sensor; c) computing a functional evaluation score for said at least one functional ability according to said at least one identified manipulation, said functional evaluation score computed according to a function based on a plurality of sub-scores including at least one sub-score calculated from said measured applied force, each sub-score defining a functional component of said at least one manipulation of said at least one limb during said at least one trajectory performed by said patient compared to a full performance capability reference value, and said at least one sub-score includes at least one member selected from the group consisting of: a quality of movement score, an active range of motion score, and passive range of motion score; and d) converting said computed functional evaluation score to a respective score of a manual rehabilitation evaluation scale using at least one correlation value obtained from a database storing correlation values between functional ability scores and said manual rehabilitation evaluation scale, to generate an objective evaluation of said patient based on said manual rehabilitation evaluation scale; wherein said manual rehabilitation evaluation scale comprises a member selected from a group consisting of: an action research arm test (ARAT), a stroke impact scale (SIS), a motor assessment scale (MAS), a wolf motor function test (WMFT), a motor status score for the Upper Extremity (MSS), and a manual function test (MFT).