Towards a Motor Ability Training Table for Rehabilitating Children with Obstetric Brachial Plexus Lesion

摘要

Obstetric Brachial Plexus Lesion (OBPL) is an injury of the cervical spine and chest characterized by blockage of one or more brachial plexus nerves, usually during the child delivery procedure. Research indicates that the number of infant OBPL cases has being growing in a much faster rate than the population growth. Despite that, most of the equipment and electronic devices employed to help and accelerate the OBPL treatment are designed for adult use, treating kids as a miniaturized adult. This work proposes a simple yet efficient motor ability training table, specifically designed for infant use. The training table uses games, with light, sound and several complexity levels to arouse the child interesting and to make the treatment more challenging. On the top of that, a computer system that presents patient progress through graphical reports helps the professional to further analyzed the treatment result.