Citation
Molina, F. and Gómez, C. and Ontiveros, J. and Villán Villán, M.A. and Pérez, R. and Martín, C. and Opisso, Eloy and Medina Casanovas, J. and Tormos Muñoz, Josep M. and Gómez Aguilera, Enrique J.
(2015).
Kinect-based occupational therapy virtual environment for functional neurorehabilitation of the upper limb.
In: "International Conference on Recent Advances in Neurorehabilitation (ICRAN2015)", 11/03/2014 - 14/03/20142, Valencia, Spain. pp. 1-3.
Abstract
The use of virtual reality technologies has attracted great interest in the area of functional neurorehabilitation [1]. These technologies have a strong ludic component that can increase motivation. Furthermore, Kinect-based motion tracking enables us to individualize the exercises and to generate knowledge [2]. The aim of this research is to perform a proof of concept test of a virtual environment for upper limb rehabilitation. To this end, we have designed two rehabilitation virtual scenarios based on occupational therapy activities. Activities are monitored by a control system based on Microsoft® Kinect sensor [3], for performing bilateral hand coordination and finger dissociation rehabilitation exercises. Both virtual scenarios have been validated by expert therapists at the Institut Guttmann of Nerurrehabilitación and a preliminary evaluation has been performed with four traumatic brain injury patients.
