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# Shoulder-Rehabilitating Smart Boards
The RAPAEL Smart Board Uses Connected Games to Aid Healing

By Joey Haar | Published 2017-12-04 | Tech
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rapael-smart-board
References: [neofect](http://www.neofect.com/en/product/boards/)

After injuries or surgery, people lose a great deal of the [mobility and precision](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mobility-rehabilitation) that they previously had, and the RAPAEL Smart Board is a new piece of technology that gamifies the process of regaining those abilities. The connected device includes dozens of different games specifically made to function with a connected grip and board, and those games require players to move through exercises that will help them to rehabilitate their [upper limbs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sleev-1) in the process.

There are two key outcomes that the RAPAEL Smart Board is aiming to engender: enhancing the patient's active joint movement range and improving their control ability. Games targeted toward the former include things like a cartoon-style ping pong match and cooking games that require motions like stirring. Games designed for improving control include takes on games like 'Bejeweled' and 'Pong'.

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 1.1/10
- Popularity: 6% | Activity: 19% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women
- Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X
- Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia

## Categories

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## Key Themes

### Why This Trend Is Growing

- **Smart Rehabilitative Gaming:** Opportunity to leverage connected devices and gamification to enhance the rehabilitation process and improve patient outcomes.
- **Enhancing Upper Limb Mobility:** Opportunity to develop technology and games specifically designed to help patients regain mobility and precision in their upper limbs after injury or surgery.
- **Precision Rehabilitation Gaming:** Opportunity to create games that require specific movements and exercises to improve control and coordination of the upper limbs.

### Industries Being Reshaped

- **Healthcare:** Potential for healthcare providers to adopt smart rehabilitative gaming technology to improve patient rehabilitation outcomes.
- **Gaming:** Opportunity for gaming companies to develop and market specialized games for upper limb rehabilitation.
- **Digital Health:** Potential for digital health companies to innovate in the field of connected devices and gamification for rehabilitation purposes.

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