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Kinect Based System and Serious Game Motivating Approach for Physiotherapy Assessment and Remote Session Monitoring

2014; Exeley Inc; Volume: 7; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.21307/ijssis-2019-131

1178-5608

Francisco Cary, Octavian Postolache, Pedro Silva Girão,

Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts

Abstract This paper describes a framework focused on being a health monitoring platform as well as a source of entertainment for physiotherapy patients, particularly stroke survivors. Using the Microsoft Kinect sensor a serious game captures 3D data during the patient’s session and sends it to a server. Through a web application these data can be further visualized by the physiotherapists on their assessments. Moreover, this framework intends to be a useful and effective tool for remote physiotherapy sessions allowing for a considerable cost reduction. Experimental results related to arms and shoulders rehabilitation are included in this paper.