MOTEX

Goal

The MOTEX knee brace was used to remotely monitor the rehabilitation process of ten total knee replacement patients after surgery. Both quality and quantity.

The physiotherapist can set up an exercise programme via an online browser application. Progression can be viewed later and tailored to the needs of the patient or athlete. The brace provides direct feedback to the user via, on the one hand, a smartphone application (built by Pegus apps) or an app within the Cubigo platform (developed by Cubigo).

Our role

In addition to project leadership, Mobilab & Care played a central role in evaluating the chosen sensors, integrating the technology into the brace and validating it in the lab as well as in practice.

Mobilab & Care on the one hand translated the clinical rehabilitation process into relevant understandable parameters that are monitored by patients in the mobile applications developed by app developers Pegus Apps and Cubigo. On the other hand, we translated the measured data into clinical parameters important to the healthcare professional.

The accompanying clinician, physiotherapist or personal coach can monitor the progression of his patient or athlete in more detail through an online portal. This application was developed entirely by Mobilab & Care and rolled out during the test phase.

Results

Mobilab & Care then coordinated the adaptations for the production of ten braces (in collaboration with NEA International). 

Ten patients were asked to perform their rehabilitation exercises with the MOTEX brace. The patients were sent their customised exercise schedules via the smartphone app by the supervising therapist. The latter could study both the quantity and quality of the exercises performed remotely via the online portal. In case of deviations in the exercise pattern or if a decreasing compliance was observed, it was possible to communicate with the patient.

The MOTEX project was particularly well received by both the patients in the studies and the user group. The project took two awards: the Health & Care Innovation award (2016) and the Techtextil Innovation award (2017).