SINGAPORE - An avatar mirrors a patient as he repeats a guided knee exercise. A wearable sensor strapped to the patient’s shin transmits real-time data about the degree to which he is able to extend his limb to an app, which displays the avatar and progress of the exercises.

This app-sensor solution, the development of five-year-old Singapore health tech startup Rebee, has provided over 200 physiotherapy exercises to strengthen the knees, shoulders and arms of some 850 patients at nine public hospitals here.

The solution also called Rebee is going places, specifically Malaysia and Australia, on the heels of the firm receiving S$1.18 million in seed funding in June.

Said Rebee co-founder and chief operating officer Seet Yu Qing: “Australia’s market faces the same issue as Singapore, where there is a lack of allied healthcare workers.”

In Australia, patients in rural areas have to travel long distances to get physiotherapy, she said.

In Malaysia, where demand is driven by rapidly ageing populations and rising chronic disease, the company is already in talks with private hospitals to deploy its physiotherapy technology.

The investment was led by Singapore venture capital funds Paragon Ventures I and SEEDS Capital. It also comprised angel funds from Malaysia-based venture capital firm 1337 Capital 1, local investment group LAB9, and Polish global consultancy firm C Shark.