Abu Dhabi start-up revolutionizes physiotherapy with AI-powered home recovery solution
Abu Dhabi: Shamma Alsaedi often found herself in the waiting room when her mother and grandmother went to physiotherapy. She accompanied them to their appointments and watched how their treatment unfolded. What caught her attention was not what happened in the clinic, but what came after. After each session, the two women were sent home with a sheet of exercises. That is where a large part of…
Abu Dhabi-based start-up Limb is revolutionizing physiotherapy through an AI-powered home recovery solution. Co-founded by Shamma Alsaedi and Aisha Alraeesi, both graduates of the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), the company aims to bridge the gap in patient recovery after physiotherapy sessions.
Alsaedi noticed that after each physiotherapy appointment, patients were sent home with a sheet of exercises, but it was during the home recovery period that the physiotherapist was absent. This observation led to the development of Limb, which uses computer vision to track key points on the body during exercises and compares them to prescribed movements.
The app provides real-time feedback and pain scores to both the patient and the physiotherapist, ensuring proper recovery without compromising the physiotherapist's role. The challenge of loose-fitting traditional clothing led Limb to collect its own movement data from UAE patients, ensuring accurate feedback despite varied attire.
Alsaedi emphasizes that Limb is not meant to replace physiotherapists but to extend their reach and provide more effective recovery outside of clinic walls.
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