%0 Conference Paper
%A Molina, F.
%A Gómez, C.
%A Ontiveros, J.
%A Villán Villán, M.A.
%A Pérez, R.
%A Martín, C.
%A Opisso, Eloy
%A Medina Casanovas, J.
%A Tormos Muñoz, Josep M.
%A Gómez Aguilera, Enrique J.
%B International Conference on Recent Advances in Neurorehabilitation (ICRAN2015)
%C Valencia, Spain
%D 2015
%F upm:41801
%P 1-3
%T Kinect-based occupational therapy virtual environment for functional neurorehabilitation of the upper limb
%U https://oa.upm.es/41801/
%X 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.