A Home Rehabilitation System Motivating Stroke Patients with Upper and/or Lower Limb Disability

Upper Limb Physical Rehabilitation Using Serious Videogames and Motion Capture Systems: A Systematic Review

“…Different works implemented IMUs due to their potential, such as the case presented in [ 9 ], in which a rehabilitation system that integrates videogames and portable technology was proposed, allowing exercises to be realized at home, in order to help the remote recuperation of stroke patients presenting a disability in the upper limbs. The system developed had two principal components: the game engine environment and the software of the therapist to remotely track and follow the progress and achievements of the patients.…”

“…In the review, it was identified that most of the works were geared toward the support of motor rehabilitation treatments in post-stroke patients, as is the case of [ 9 , 14 , 16 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 25 ], and the five cases presented in [ 15 ]. These works described different experiments that involved videogames and motion capture systems in the motor recovery of neurological patients to contribute to the improvement in their quality of life and facilitate the work of the medical staff involved.…”

“…Concerning the evaluation and analysis of the range of movement, and the lesions in the upper limbs derived from different clinical conditions, in [ 7 , 9 , 12 , 16 ], and in one of the experiments presented in [ 15 ], it was identified that the contribution of these technologies to a patient’s motor recovery is positive, as it helps to overcome the limitation of traditional rehabilitation methods.…”

“…Commercial video games were used in [ 7 , 12 , 19 , 20 , 21 ], which, despite encouraging the execution of physical activity and supporting the player’s motivation, were not adapted to the particular characteristics of physical rehabilitation. For this reason, most of the studies proposed active video games specifically for rehabilitation, to increase motivation and adherence to therapies [ 8 , 11 , 13 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 22 , 23 , 25 ], in some cases associated with a configuration module allowing the health professional to adjust the characteristics of the game according to the diagnosis and progress of the patient in treatment [ 9 , 10 , 14 , 24 ]. In the particular case of commercial rehabilitation products, such as ArmeoSenso, Bimeo, or JRS Wave, they respond adequately to such requirements in the area of physical rehabilitation, although the additional costs involved must be taken into account.…”

“…In this sense, out of the works included in this review only five presented home rehabilitation systems that allow the therapist to remotely adjust and monitor the configuration of the game according to the patient’s rehabilitation objectives, incorporating the recording of information in an associated computer system. Out of these, in [ 8 ], IMUs are used, in [ 9 , 13 , 20 ] the Kinect sensor was used, and two of the three works analyzed in [ 23 ] used the 5DT Data Glove Ultra and the Nintendo Wiimote. Moreover, in four of these five works, videogames developed specifically for rehabilitation were proposed.…”