AI-HAND is a cross-border research and innovation project in the Interreg Germany–Netherlands programme area aimed at improving home-based hand rehabilitation after traumatic injuries as well as in chronic functional impairments, based on robust evidence. The goal is to develop and validate a safe, clinically deployable system that enables patients to perform high-frequency, structured training at home while making the quality of exercise execution objectively verifiable.<\/p>\n
At its core is an integrated “closed-loop” approach: a conversational AI supports the delivery of protocol-based exercise programmes, explains therapy goals, reminds patients of training schedules, and responds to warning signs using rule-based logic. In parallel, laptop-based computer vision captures hand and finger movements in real time, derives clinically interpretable kinematic parameters, and identifies erroneous and compensatory movement patterns to provide immediate, quality-assured feedback. Where medically appropriate, an available assistive glove is conservatively integrated to support assist-as-needed active movements; an optional VR module can enhance task-oriented practice scenarios and motivation.<\/p>\n
The project will deliver an implementable prototype with practice-oriented maturity in the range of TRL 6–7, building on an initial development stage of TRL 3, harmonised evaluation and outcome standards for cross-border application, and automated multilingual training and progress reports to support therapists, physicians, and case management. AI-HAND thus lays the foundation for scaling, transfer into routine care, and improved return-to-work pathways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","pr-category":[278],"pr-priority":[288],"pr-stat":[315],"class_list":["post-44766","projects","type-projects","status-publish","hentry","pr-category-health-care-3","pr-priority-a-more-innovative-programme-area","pr-stat-new"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deutschland-nederland.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/44766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deutschland-nederland.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deutschland-nederland.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/projects"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deutschland-nederland.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pr-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deutschland-nederland.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pr-category?post=44766"},{"taxonomy":"pr-priority","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deutschland-nederland.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pr-priority?post=44766"},{"taxonomy":"pr-stat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deutschland-nederland.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pr-stat?post=44766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}