Development of a Kinect-based exergaming system for motor rehabilitation in neurological disorders

20th Argentinean Bioengineering Society Congress

物理学;生物科学

Estepa, A.^1 ; Sponton Piriz, S.^2 ; Albornoz, E.^1,3 ; Martinez, C.^1,4

Research Institute for Signals, Systems and Computational Intelligence (Sinc(i)), Facultad de Ingenieria y Ciencias Hidricas, Universidad Nacional Litoral CC 217, Ciudad Universitaria Paraje El Pozo, Santa Fe

S300, Argentina^1

Centro de Rehabilitación e Investigación Dr. Esteban L. Maradona, Santa Fe., Argentina^2

CONICET, Argentina^3

Laboratorio de Cibernética, Facultad de Ingenieria, Universidad Nacional de Entre Rios, Argentina^4

关键词: Clinical evaluation;    Clinical routine;    Database and management;    Gait rehabilitation;    Microsoft kinect;    Motor rehabilitation;    Neurological disorders;    Neurological patient;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/705/1/012060/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/705/1/012060

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The development of videogames for physical therapy, known as exergames, has gained much interest in the last years. In this work, a sytem for rehabilitation and clinical evaluation of neurological patients is presented. The Microsoft Kinect device is used to track the full body of patients, and three games were developed to exercise and assess different aspects of balance and gait rehabilitation. The system provides visual feedback by means of an avatar that follows the movements of the patients, and sound and visual stimuli for giving orders during the experience. Also, the system includes a database and management tools for further analysis and monitoring of therapies. The results obtained show, on the one side, a great reception and interest of patients to use the system. On the other side, the specialists considered very useful the data collected and the quantitative analysis provided by the system, which was then adopted for the clinical routine.