Enhancing effectiveness of motor rehabilitation using kinect motion sensing technology

Roy, Anil K.; Soni, Yash; Dubey, Sonali

doi:10.1109/ghtc-sas.2013.6629934

Cited by 74 publications

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“…“Kinect-o-Therapy” [15] is a complex environment consisting of four mini-games, which are gamified versions of the generally prescribed exercises for arms and body. According to the newspaper article found in [24], this system seems to be available on the market, but no updated web page has been found to discover the end results.…”

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New Approaches to Exciting Exergame-Experiences for People with Motor Function Impairments

Eckert

Gómez-Martinho

Meneses

et al. 2017

Sensors

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Abstract:The work presented here suggests new ways to tackle exergames for physical rehabilitation and to improve the players' immersion and involvement. The primary (but not exclusive) purpose is to increase the motivation of children and adolescents with severe physical impairments, for doing their required exercises while playing. The proposed gaming environment is based on the Kinect sensor and the Blender Game Engine. A middleware has been implemented that efficiently transmits the data from the sensor to the game. Inside the game, different newly proposed mechanisms have been developed to distinguish pure exercise-gestures from other movements used to control the game (e.g., opening a menu). The main contribution is the amplification of weak movements, which allows the physically impaired to have similar gaming experiences as the average population. To test the feasibility of the proposed methods, four mini-games were implemented and tested by a group of 11 volunteers with different disabilities, most of them bound to a wheelchair. Their performance has also been compared to that of a healthy control group. Results are generally positive and motivating, although there is much to do to improve the functionalities. There is a major demand for applications that help to include disabled people in society and to improve their life conditions. This work will contribute towards providing them with more fun during exercise.

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New Approaches to Exciting Exergame-Experiences for People with Motor Function Impairments

Eckert

Gómez-Martinho

Meneses

et al. 2017

Sensors

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“…According to Dubey et al [33] the success of rehabilitation resides in three key concepts: feedback, repetition and motivation. Based on this concept Barzilay and Wolf [34] proposed a novel approach to neuromotor training by combining the advantages of a virtual reality platform with biofeedback information on the training subject from biometric equipment and with the computational power of artificial neural networks.…”

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Motor Learning And Virtual Reality In Down Syndrome - A Literature Review

Menezes

Massetti²,

Oliveira³

et al. 2015

Int Arch Med

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Down syndrome (DS) is caused by trisomy of human chromosome 21 (Hsa21) and results in a large number of phenotypes including learning difficulties, cardiac defects and distinguishing facial features. The purpose of this study was to analyse research findings about "motor learning" and "virtual reality" in patients with DS. Relevant studies were identified by searching PubMed, Web of Science and BVS (virtual library in health). Using key words, we searched for articles that included Down syndrome, virtual reality, and motor learning. Only studies on humans were eligible. The search identified seven relevant papers. Most studies showed that individuals with Down syndrome are able to learn new tasks, and that improvements can be enhanced via the use of virtual reality. We conclude that individuals with Down syndrome respond positively and effectively, with improvements in sensory motor control, when stimulated with tasks that are complementary to conventional therapy, including therapy involving virtual reality.

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“…In [16], Huang et al attempted to use the Kinect in their Kinerehab system with promising results. Roy et al [17] also attempted a similar approach using kinect in a very low cost system with good results.…”

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Use of Kinect in a Multicamera setup for action recognition applications

Kayal¹,

Samarabandu²

2014

2014 IEEE 27th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)

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Conventional human action recognition methods use a single light camera to extract all the necessary information needed to perform the recognition. However, the use of a single light camera poses limitations which can not be addressed without a hardware change. In this paper, we propose a novel hardware setup to help solve many of said limitations without changing the available human action algorithms. The setup uses the depth information from the Microsoft Kinect camera for the Xbox 360 gaming console, and a secondary light camera in a stereo camera configuration. In the paper we explain how the configuration is setup, and how it is used to extract the skeletal data from the Kinect camera and project this skeletal data onto the secondary camera's image. The results of the extraction are tested for accuracy, and potential applications are discussed.

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Enhancing effectiveness of motor rehabilitation using kinect motion sensing technology

Cited by 74 publications

References 16 publications

New Approaches to Exciting Exergame-Experiences for People with Motor Function Impairments

New Approaches to Exciting Exergame-Experiences for People with Motor Function Impairments

Motor Learning And Virtual Reality In Down Syndrome - A Literature Review

Use of Kinect in a Multicamera setup for action recognition applications

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