Kinect as an access device for people with cerebral palsy: A preliminary study

Cabrera, Rafael Barroso; Molina, Alberto; Gómez, I.; García-Heras, J.

doi:10.1016/j.ijhcs.2017.07.004

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“…Examples of integration of Kinect, gaming and virtual reality for motor rehabilitation purposes of patients with brain injuries can be found in, Pyk, P., Cabrera, R., Jung, I., Jonsdottir, J. et al [23,27,28,29]. They have been designed to simply encourage patients to do exercises, without keeping a precise control of the movement.…”

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A RGBD-Based Interactive System for Gaming-Driven Rehabilitation of Upper Limbs

Muñoz¹,

Mollineda

Casero

et al. 2019

Sensors

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Current physiotherapy services may not be effective or suitable for certain patients due to lack of motivation, poor adherence to exercises, insufficient supervision and feedback or, in the worst case, refusal to continue with the rehabilitation plan. This paper introduces a novel approach for rehabilitation of upper limbs through KineActiv, a platform based on Microsoft Kinect v2 and developed in Unity Engine. KineActiv proposes exergames to encourage patients to perform rehabilitation exercises prescribed by a specialist, controls the patient′s performance, and corrects execution errors on the fly. KineActiv comprises a web platform where the physiotherapist can review session results, monitor patient health, and adjust rehabilitation routines. We recruited 10 patients for assessing the system usability as well as the system performance. Results show that KineActiv is a usable, enjoyable and reliable system, that does not cause any negative feelings.

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A RGBD-Based Interactive System for Gaming-Driven Rehabilitation of Upper Limbs

Muñoz¹,

Mollineda

Casero

et al. 2019

Sensors

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“…However, some solutions have been developed to reduce this gap. In particular, the Xbox Adaptive Controller provides players with a customized controller, or Kinect [60,61] has demonstrated efficacy in improving motor functions in individuals with levels I-III in GM-FCS. Other games can easily be played by this population [62] or designed considering the universal access principle, which means that the game can be used by any user [63].…”

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A Study on Physical Exercise and General Mobility in People with Cerebral Palsy: Health through Costless Routines

Molina

Merino-Monge

Castro-García

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Sedentary behavior (SB) is a common problem that may produce health issues in people with cerebral palsy (CP). When added to a progressive reduction in motor functions over time, SB can lead to higher percentages of body fat, muscle stiffness and associated health issues in this population. Regular physical activity (RPA) may prevent the loss of motor skills and reduce health risks. In this work, we analyzed data collected from 40 people (20 children and teenagers, and 20 adults) who attend two specialist centers in Seville to obtain an up-to-date picture regarding the practice of RPA in people with CP. Roughly 60% of the participants showed mostly mid/severe mobility difficulties, while 38% also had communicative issues. Most of the participants performed light-intensity physical activity (PA) at least once or twice a week and, in the majority of cases, had a neutral or positive attitude to exercising. In the Asociación Sevillana de Parálisis Cerebral (ASPACE) sample test, the higher the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), the higher the percentage of negative responses to doing exercise. Conversely, in the Centro Específico de Educación Especial Mercedes Sanromá (CEEEMS), people likes PA but slightly higher ratios of positive responses were found at Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels V and II, agreeing with the higher personal engagement of people at those levels. We have also performed a literature review regarding RPA in CP and the use of low-cost equipment. As a conclusion, we found that RPA produces enormous benefits for health and motor functions, whatever its intensity and duration. Costless activities such as walking, running or playing sports; exercises requiring low-cost equipment such as elastic bands, certain smartwatches or video-games; or therapies with animals, among many others, have all demonstrated their suitability for such a purpose.

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“…Anton et al [14] proposed a Kinect-based telerehabilitation framework supporting realtime transmission of video, audio and depth data for remote physical therapy sessions. Cabrera et al [15] developed a software (KiSens Numeros) to show that Kinect can be used for monitoring disabled patients without the capability of controlling their movements completely. Yavsan and Uçar [16] presented a framework using an humanoid robot equipped with an Xbox 360 Kinect sensor to catch upper-body human motions.…”

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Real-time Motion Tracking Enhancement via Data-Fusion based Particle Filter

2021

Turk J Elec Eng & Comp Sci

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Motion tracking is a well-defined yet application-specific problem of computer vision field, mostly entailing real-time constraints. Methods addressing such problems are expected also to ensure achievements such as high accuracy and robustness. A probabilistic estimation-based approach is proposed in this paper, in order to enhance the real-time motion tracking process of an RGB-Depth device, in terms of accuracy. A novel method is presented for tracking hand-palm of a moving human subject to this end, under a sequence of assumptions such as indoor environment, single object, smooth movement and stable illumination. Tracking accuracy is improved within a particle filter framework by fusing device output with the newly-extracted information from RGB and depth images. Experimental results are shared revealing the advantages of the proposed method over the built-in device algorithms. The results demonstrate that the proposed method produces smaller RMSE values both for single implementations and multi-execution trials without violating real-time constraints.

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Kinect as an access device for people with cerebral palsy: A preliminary study

Cited by 16 publications

References 22 publications

A RGBD-Based Interactive System for Gaming-Driven Rehabilitation of Upper Limbs

A RGBD-Based Interactive System for Gaming-Driven Rehabilitation of Upper Limbs

A Study on Physical Exercise and General Mobility in People with Cerebral Palsy: Health through Costless Routines

Real-time Motion Tracking Enhancement via Data-Fusion based Particle Filter

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