Unit:
Library of the School of Health SciencesΚατεύθυνση Σύγχρονη Τεχνολογία και Πληροφορική στην Αποκατάσταση
Supervisors info:
Σεραφείμ Νανάς, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Ιωάννης Βασιλειάδης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Σταυρούλα Γεωργοπούλου, Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Λογοθεραπείας, ΤΕΙ Δυτικής Ελλάδος
Original Title:
Διερεύνηση ικανότητας επικοινωνίας και ενεργητικής συμμετοχής στην αποκατάστασή τους, ασθενών με σύνδρομο εγκλεισμού - Μελέτη περιπτώσεων
Translated title:
Exploring abilities in communication and functional participation during rehabilitation of patients with Locked In Syndrome - Cases study
Summary:
The burst of technology in the last decade and the ongoing of projects like “Design for All” globally, give us accessible technologies- along with assistive technologies and enhance the efforts to bring rehabilitation, especially to patients with severe motor disabilities such as Locked-in Syndrome. Applying new technologies, like eye gaze and brain - computer interface, appears to be more than a helping hand to the rehabilitation team.
The aim of this thesis is to describe most of the Assistive Technology devices and software that can be used in order to facilitate the rehabilitation process of patients with locked in syndrome. Studying elements such as time, place and the way of assessing and supplying Assistive Technologies makes it clear that delivering services like that to patients require specialized team.
In the second part we study the way Assistive Technology services were delivered in fifteen patients with Locked-in Syndrome. Six of them had cerebral vascular accident, five amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, three head injuries and one head tumor. The whole procedure toοκ place either in hospital either as inpatients or outpatient, or at their homes. Six (6) of them finally managed to have and use the equipment and nine (9) had problems with funding or had to have further training.
In conclusion the disruption that patients with locked in syndrome and their families meet can be eliminated by using appropriate technology. By doing that they are more likely to be able to participate in several levels of everyday life (communication, activities of daily living, school, work, leisure, entertainment, community integration, etc.) and fight isolation and depression.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Locked in Syndrome, Assistive technologies, Rehabilitation
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