Salud y Termovisión: Aplicaciones de la imagen térmica en la Medicina Predictiva, Preventiva, y Personalizada
La importancia de optimizar el control de la temperatura ha adquirido gran relevancia en el actual escenario climático. El confort térmico es un factor humano crucial en la realización de tareas, relacionado muchas veces con la seguridad del usuario y la minimización de errores y accidentes. Es una variable que depende de muchos parámetros físicos, desde la temperatura del aire hasta la regulación de la temperatura corporal, pasando por el género, la edad, la vestimenta y otras características generales y locales del cuerpo. Analizando la respuesta termorreguladora del cuerpo y midiendo las temperaturas superficiales y su evolución, el Instituto de Biomecánica (IBV) ha creado una metodología que permite detectar diferencias en mapas térmicos, debidas a patologías, afecciones de la piel o lesiones articulares. A partir de una enorme base de datos de infrarrojos (>300.000 imágenes), se han entrenado modelos para estimar parámetros como el sexo, la edad, el termotipo y la identificación del usuario que facilitan la predicción del disconfort a partir de la imagen térmica. Utilizando tecnología sin contacto e inteligencia artificial, se han implementado aplicaciones en el ámbito de la Salud y el Bienestar para ayudar a los profesionales (clínicos, médicos, etc.) a diagnosticar ciertas enfermedades, como problemas circulatorios y vasculares y el efecto de terapias o productos cosméticos, o prevenir riesgos como golpes de calor.
eyeturf, the tool that efficiently monitors artificial turf football pitches
Developed by the Institute of Biomechanics (IBV), the eyeturf app has been specifically designed to make it easier to efficiently monitor the condition of artificial turf football pitches. It allows the user to easily check the condition of the playing surface of this type of facility - at a very low cost. eyeturf is aimed at maintenance companies in particular and indeed any actor related to these pitches, whether they are a manufacturer, a sports club or a public body. The application integrates the wealth of knowledge and experience that the IBV has accumulated in the area of sports surfaces over more than thirty years.
How can I incorporate an exoskeleton into my organization and which exoskeleton would be the most suitable?
While new technologies have undoubtedly led to a significant increase in process automation in the industrial sector, certain jobs still involve a high physical workload. Together with the ageing of the working population, this means that solutions such as exoskeletons are becoming more and more common in organizations. Selecting and properly fitting exoskeletons to suit the characteristics of the task and the person in question is key to ensuring that it has a positive effect, both in terms of muscle load and worker acceptance.
Clinical usefulness of NedCodo/IBV in the assessment of elbow pathologies: A case report.
A rupture of the distal biceps brachii tendon usually occurs when the elbow is in flexion and the forearm in supination. When such a rupture occurs, it tends to cause chronic pain and loss of strength, which is why surgeons recommend surgery for this pathology. The NedCodo/IBV software performs a quantitative assessment of mobility and strength in elbow pathologies in an easy, streamlined and simple way thanks to its reduced number of markers, its test recommendation system, and its ability to compare the results with a normalcy database segmented by age, sex and dominance in terms of the movement performed, thus assisting professionals in the diagnosis and follow-up of this type of pathology. A clinical case follows below, in which a patient’s biomechanical limitations are analyzed and the clinical usefulness of this tool for clinical professionals is presented.
