High-Tech Peg Measures Palsy Patients' Dexterity
From: Medical Design Technology - 05/13/2014

Rice University students’ Bluetooth-enabled device boosts cerebral palsy
therapy

It looks like a game board and many of its users will find it fun, but
there's serious intent behind a device by Rice University students to test
the abilities of cerebral palsy patients.

At the heart of the DeXcellence platform is a small peg comfortable enough
for a 3-year-old to hold. But packed inside are enough electronics to tell a
nearby computer, tablet or other Bluetooth-enabled device of how the cylinder
is moving in space.

In tandem with a board that directs the patient’s movements, the cylinder
sends a steady stream of data to the computer. That data is analyzed by the
Rice team’s software to give a therapist a clear picture of a patient's
progress in physical therapy.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/05/high-tech-peg-measures-palsy-patients%E2%80%99-dexterity
http://news.rice.edu/2014/05/13/high-tech-peg-measures-palsy-patients-dexterity-2/#
http://www.rdmag.com/videos/2014/05/high-tech-peg-measures-palsy-patients%E2%80%99-dexterity

Links:
Pegging Down a Cerebral Palsy Test
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/05/photos-day-pegging-down-cerebral-palsy-test

Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen
http://oedk.rice.edu/

Rice University students’ Bluetooth-enabled device boosts cerebral palsy
  therapy students’ Bluetooth-enabled device boosts cerebral palsy therapy
  (with video 3:23)
http://oedk.rice.edu/news?mode=PostView&bmi=1552272

George R. Brown Engineering Design Showcase and Poster Competition
http://news.rice.edu/2014/04/17/dexcellence-wins-engineering-design-showcase/

DeXcellence wins Engineering Design Showcase (with video 2:32)
http://www.dmd.umn.edu/2014/student_showcase.html

DeXcellence
http://oedk.rice.edu/Content/Members/MemberPublicProfile.aspx?pageId=1063096&memberId=10927882