LOW COST SOC IMPLEMENTATION OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR REHABILITATION AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

A recent trend in therapy emphasizes the effectiveness of engaging in goal-directed activities, such as playing games, to promote coordination. Patients in rehabilitation for physical, neurological as well as vision related disorders may have difficulty with their basic lifestyle activities whether at home, work or leisure. So in this paper we use the Xilinx Spartan 3AN Series FPGA and propose its use for developing a SoC that eliminates the need of therapists on a daily basis thus providing an opportunity to the patient to be actively involved in the rehabilitation process.