US 2026/0306910 A1 · GAMIFIED PHYSICAL THERAPY REHABILITATION SYSTEM

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for improved patient/user compliance, adherence, and/or engagement with exercise regimens, including via interactive gamification and real-time sensing. For example, a gamified physical therapy system may include an EMG device with an EMG sensor to sense EMG signals representative of muscle engagement by a user. A wearable article may be dimensioned to be worn by the user at a first body position and to hold the EMG device at a position relative to a given target muscle. A memory may store user data including a user profile, exercise regimen parameters, and the EMG signals. Software may run to output an interactive digital game to a display, which may have an avatar and/or game elements corresponding to the exercise regimen parameters. The system may receive sensed EMG signals during the game, compute muscle engagement signals in real time, translate them into avatar control signals, and depict avatar movement relative to the game elements so as to convey performance feedback to the user in real time relative to the exercise regimen parameters. Session metadata, muscle engagement signals, and data indicative of performance are stored in a datastore which may be accessible by a provider.

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A method for providing guided therapeutic rehabilitation with improved patient interactivity and compliance, comprising:

accessing stored patient exercise regimen data from a data storage, the patient exercise regimen data comprising at least a first gamification parameter, a first exercise motion, and at least a first EMG sensor position relative to muscles engaged by the first exercise motion;
confirming placement of a wearable EMG device on a patient's limb at the first EMG sensor position;
receiving a real time readout of measurement data from the EMG device;
communicating a digital game environment to a display screen for viewing by a patient, including at least one instruction, the digital game environment having exercise gamification elements configured to influence the patient to perform exercises according to the patient exercise regimen data;
computing change features in the readout of measurement data, and transforming the change features into game control signals corresponding to a patient movement characteristic;
changing at least one game element in the digital game environment according to the game control signal;
and
displaying to the patient in real time, using the exercise gamification elements, feedback information comparing performance of the exercises relative to the patient exercise regimen data.

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A gamified physical therapy system, comprising,

an EMG device comprising:
at least one EMG sensor configured to sense EMG signals representative of muscle engagement by a user;
and
a data link to a processor, to communicate the EMG signals to the processor in real-time;
a wearable article dimensioned to be worn by the user at a first body position, and having a compartment for the EMG device so as to position the EMG device relative to a given target muscle of interest when the wearable article is worn at the first body position;
and
a memory comprising a datastore configured to store user data including:
a user profile, an exercise regimen, and the EMG signals;
wherein the memory further comprises software instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the system to:
output an interactive digital game to a user interface including a display, the game having an avatar and game elements defined according to parameters of the exercise regimen;
receive the sensed EMG signals during the game, and compute muscle engagement signals from the sensed EMG signals in real time;
translate the muscle engagement signals into avatar control signals;
depict movement of the avatar in the game on the display in real time according to the avatar control signals, wherein depiction of movement of the avatar is relative to the game elements so as to communicate performance feedback to the user in real time relative to the exercise regimen;
and
store in the data store:
metadata concerning use of the game;
the muscle engagement signals;
and data indicative of performance.

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