AIM Project A2002: CAMARC-II (computer aided movement analysis in a rehabilitation context-II)

CAMARC-II intends to establish a European network of clinical and research centres, interconnected with the manufacturers of the relevant instrumentation and with 'end-users' like insurance companies, which will allow a standardised approach to the Functional Assessment (FA) of the motor (dis)ability of the motor impaired and/or the elderly. The objectives of the project are: to build-up a Europe-wide network to practice Movement Analysis; to define agreed clinical and experimental protocols; to integrate existing and new instrumentation; to define suitable User Interfaces driving the clinician in the tests; to define a comprehensive Knowledge Base (KB) of the MA experience: to build-up suitable databases (DB) of MA data accessible through the Network; to assess criteria for the definition of normative data for a conventional age-related classification of normality, impairment and disability for the motor behaviour. A number of achievements are mentioned in the paper.