Rehabilitation at home: AI for personal monitoring and coaching after heavy surgery or stroke recovery
For people recovering from major oncological surgery or a stroke, new AI‑based tools are being developed to support personalised rehabilitation at home. These patient‑friendly tools focus on collecting symptom data, monitoring health, and providing tailored coaching during recovery. The projects are part of RehabAI@Home, unique public–private partnerships taking place in Amsterdam. Find out more below!
A strong collaboration between researchers from various institutes
These three projects bring AI-supported rehabilitation out of the lab and into people’s homes, where innovations can be used as part of everyday life:
- trAIn@home develops a personalized AI coaching platform for people with acquired brain injury, integrating wearable data and patient-reported outcomes to guide safe home exercise.
Collaboration: Karin Gerrits (VU), Floor Hettinga (VU), Kristel Lankhorst (HvA) and Erwin van Wegen (AUCM), and the company Orikami.
- AAA RehabTwin focuses on stroke rehabilitation, combining wearable sensing, AI-based movement analysis, and augmented feedback to improve movement quality, adherence, and remote therapist monitoring. Collaboration: Bin Yu (HvA) and Thomas Janssen (VU), and the company wearm.ai
- OPRAH 2.0 targets recovery after major oncological surgery, using symptom monitoring and conversational AI to deliver personalized, multilingual coaching and inclusive support.Collaboration: Marike van der Leeden (AUMC), Marike van de Schaaf (AUCM/HvA), Marijke de Leeuwerk (AUMC), Carel Meskers (AUMC), Edwin Gelein (AUMC), Jesse Aarden (HvA), Charlotte van Westerhuis (HvA), Maarten van Egmond (HvA) and the companies Viduet and Dawn Technology.
With RehabAI@Home we are developing intelligent technologies that allow patients to train effectively in their own daily environment, while health care professionals can still monitor progress and personalize treatment.
Partners in RehabAI@Home
With RehabAI@Home, the goal is to elevate innovation in rehabilitation care by combining science, artificial intelligence (AI), and entrepreneurship. From nine positively-rated applications, three collaborative projects have been selected for funding and all start in February and March 2026.
The RehabAI@Home program brings together Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, and ROM InWest to develop scalable AI technologies for home rehabilitation. Supported by a €1.5 million Health Holland PPP grant, the program aims to empower patients and reduce pressure on healthcare systems through user-friendly AI innovations.
Go-to-contact for public-private partnerships
Paul de Vries, Programme Manager Public Private Partnerships at IXA, is the go-to-contact for public private partnerships and proposal preparation processes. If you are interested in RehabAI@Home, feel free to reach out to Paul.
