Wearable tech aids stroke patients

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http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43146117

Wearable tech aids stroke patients

By Pallab Ghosh
Science correspondent, BBC News, in Austin, Texas

24 February 2018

Scientists in the US are developing wearable sensors to speed up the recovery of stroke patients. The sensors are able to send information to doctors continuously. The team developing the system says it could allow therapists to more closely monitor the effectiveness of their care. Details of the study were released at the recent annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Texas.

Lizzy McAninch had a stroke two years ago. She could not move or speak or swallow for several weeks. Lizzy is testing out wearable sensors that might speed her recovery. They look like small white sticking plasters, but they send information wirelessly to her medical team. She is a doctor herself and can see how they could help her.
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The sensors continue to send back readings even after she has finished her exercises. This means that her therapist Kristen Hohl, from the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago, can monitor her progress at home. "As a therapist, I think about what my patients are doing at home. Are they able to carry through the recommendations I'm giving them as a therapist to do more? Do we see that they are walking more or do we see them engaging in conversations? Those are the types of things that I can get feedback from the sensors where currently I have to rely on what they tell me they have done."
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[MichMary]

1. Well,

I misread that headline as "Wearable tech AIDES stroke patients," which changes the entire meaning in a really, really creepy way.