A Novel Big Data-Enabled Approach, Individualizing and Optimizing Brain Disorder Rehabilitation

Brain disorders occur when our brain is damaged or negatively influenced by injury, surgery, or health conditions. This chapter shows how the combination of novel biofeedback-based treatments producing large data sets with Big Data and Cloud-Dew Computing paradigms can contribute to the greater good of patients in the context of rehabilitation of balance disorders, a significant category of brain damage impairments. The underlying hypothesis of the presented original research approach is that detailed monitoring and continuous analysis of patient´s physiological data integrated with data captured from other sources helps to optimize the therapy w.r.t. the current needs of the patient, improves the efficiency of the therapeutic process, and prevents patient overstressing during the therapy. In the proposed application model, training built upon two systems, Homebalance—a system enabling balance training and Scope—a system collecting physiological data, is provided both in collaborating rehabilitation centers and at patient homes. The preliminary results are documented using a case study confirming that the approach offers a viable way towards the greater good of a patient.