Motor function rehabilitation system and method

A method for improving individual's motion ability, the method comprising:

• determining force adjustment data based at least in part on individual-related data, said force adjustment data being indicative of a maximal applicable force value applicable to at least a portion of the individual's body for limiting error augmenting forces of a predetermined error regulating profile associated with an exercise performed by the individual;
• generating first measurement data comprising error-related data indicative of deviations of said at least portion of the individual's body from a desired trajectory, velocity and/or acceleration associated with said exercise, and second measurement data indicative of adaptive response of the individual to the force applied to said at least portion of the individual's body during the exercise;
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• analyzing at least one of the first and second measurement data to determine an average error value, and determining based on said average error value at least one slope of an error-augmenting function or of an error-correcting function of the error regulating profile and its maximal applicable force value, and generating in real-time operational data for effecting said error augmenting forces to apply the force within said range of the error regulating profile.

A method for determining competence of an individual to a motion improving treatment, the method comprising:

• providing an error regulating profile defining at least one interfering force segment in which error augmenting forces are applied over at least one body portion of said individual during performance of an exercise, and a maximal applicable force value limiting the error augmenting forces of said error regulating profile;
• measuring error-related data indicative of deviations of the at least portion of the individual's body from a desired trajectory, velocity and/or acceleration, associated with an exercise without application of the error regulating forces defined by said error regulating profile, and determining an average error value for exercise performance without application of error regulating forces based thereon;
• measuring error-related data in association with the individual's performance of the exercise with real-time application of the error regulating forces defined by said error regulating profile, and determining an average error value for exercise performance with real-time application of error regulating forces based thereon;
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• determining said competence based on a relation between the average error values determined for exercise performance with and without the error regulating forces.