Frontiers in Digital Health
Digitization of rehabilitation evaluation and activity monitoring using thermography: protocol for a mixed-methods randomized multiple baseline study in inpatient rehabilitation
Background Patients in inpatient rehabilitation spend significant time of their day in sedentary activities, limiting recovery potential. Current monitoring relies on manual, intermittent nursing observations that are labor-intensive and produce fragmented data. Thermography-based artificial intelligence (AI) monitoring offers a privacy-preserving, continuous alternative; however, its impact on rehabilitation engagement when combined with patient-facing feedback has not been rigorously evaluated. Conventional pre-p …