Project background

Stroke remains a leading cause of disability worldwide. While improved early stroke response has reduced mortality, it has also led to a growing population of stroke survivors, increasing the demand for long‑term rehabilitation and placing significant clinical and economic burden on healthcare systems. The current neurorehabilitation model relies heavily on resource‑intensive, therapist‑led care to meet the growing demand, underscoring the need for scalable, cost‑effective solutions that extend into home settings. To address this gap the first phase of the Future Health Technologies Programme (FHT1) at the Singapore‑ETH Centre (SEC) developed and piloted innovative upper‑limb rehabilitation technologies and evaluated them in a clinical context, both in the hospital and at the home of post‑stroke subjects. Building on this progress, FHT2 seeks to scale up these technologies and conduct more extensive clinical evaluation to promote integration of techno...