Effectiveness of a Gamified and Home-Based Approach for Upper-limb Rehabilitation

Dias, G.; Adriao, Maria Leonor; Clemente, Paulo; Silva, Hugo Plácido da; Chambel, Goncalo R. R.; Pinto, Joana F.

doi:10.1109/embc48229.2022.9871386

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“…The development of telerehabilitation has increased in recent years, due to factors including technological innovation, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the rising concern about patient-centered treatment [ 3 , 4 ]. Telerehabilitation has been demonstrated to offer enhanced accessibility, affordability, personalization, and real-time monitoring; furthermore, it empowers patients to take charge of their well-being while ensuring convenience, adherence, and motivation [ 3 , 5 ]. Moreover, by reducing wait times, facilitating long-term management, and fostering patient education, telerehabilitation is emerging as an indispensable component of modern healthcare, reshaping the future of physiotherapy services [ 4 ].…”

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Feasibility of 3D Body Tracking from Monocular 2D Video Feeds in Musculoskeletal Telerehabilitation

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Musculoskeletal conditions affect millions of people globally; however, conventional treatments pose challenges concerning price, accessibility, and convenience. Many telerehabilitation solutions offer an engaging alternative but rely on complex hardware for body tracking. This work explores the feasibility of a model for 3D Human Pose Estimation (HPE) from monocular 2D videos (MediaPipe Pose) in a physiotherapy context, by comparing its performance to ground truth measurements. MediaPipe Pose was investigated in eight exercises typically performed in musculoskeletal physiotherapy sessions, where the Range of Motion (ROM) of the human joints was the evaluated parameter. This model showed the best performance for shoulder abduction, shoulder press, elbow flexion, and squat exercises. Results have shown a MAPE ranging between 14.9% and 25.0%, Pearson’s coefficient ranging between 0.963 and 0.996, and cosine similarity ranging between 0.987 and 0.999. Some exercises (e.g., seated knee extension and shoulder flexion) posed challenges due to unusual poses, occlusions, and depth ambiguities, possibly related to a lack of training data. This study demonstrates the potential of HPE from monocular 2D videos, as a markerless, affordable, and accessible solution for musculoskeletal telerehabilitation approaches. Future work should focus on exploring variations of the 3D HPE models trained on physiotherapy-related datasets, such as the Fit3D dataset, and post-preprocessing techniques to enhance the model’s performance.

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“…Human body tracking systems for musculoskeletal rehabilitation purposes include optical marker-based systems [ 8 ], wearables [ 9 , 10 ], markerless 3D or RGB-D (Red Green Blue-Depth) camera-based systems [ 5 , 11 ], and markerless 2D or RGB (Red Green Blue) camera-based systems [ 12 ].…”

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confidence: 99%