  Recent advancements in technology have improved the connectivity between
humans enhancing the transfer of information. Leveraging these technological
marvels in the healthcare industry has led to the development of telehealth
allowing patients and clinicians to receive and administer treatment remotely.
Telerehabilitation is a subset of telehealth that facilitates remote
rehabilitation treatment for patients. Providing rehabilitative services to the
aging baby boomer population requires tech-savvy solutions to augment the
therapists and clinicians for effective remote monitoring and tele-medicine.
Hence, this thesis develops easy-to-use exergames for low-cost mechatronic
devices targeting rehabilitation of post-stroke patients. Specifically, it
demonstrates wearable inertial sensors for exergames consisting of an animated
virtual coach for providing patients with instructions for performing range of
motion exercises. Next, a gaming environment is developed for task-specific
rehabilitation such as eating. Finally, exergames are developed for
rehabilitation of pincer grasping. In addition to gamified interfaces providing
an engaging rehabilitation experience to the user, the data acquired from the
mechatronic devices facilitate data-driven telerehabilitation.
