Self-rehabilitation based on user interactive environment

Kaluarachchi, C; Al-Jumaily, A

Self-rehabilitation based on user interactive environment

Kaluarachchi, C Al-Jumaily, A

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Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: i-CREATe 2011 - International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology, 2011, pp. 254 - 257
Issue Date:: 2011-12-28

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Kaluarachchi, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Al-Jumaily, A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0297-2463	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-12-28	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	i-CREATe 2011 - International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology, 2011, pp. 254 - 257	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19246
dc.description.abstract	It has been reported that 53,000 stroke events annually with ongoing costs are nearly $500 million per year for physical therapy care. This paper aims to provide effective and active rehabilitation for patients suffering from upper limb that a slight or partial paralysis, using gaming based a therapy technique. By disguising the tasks into more entertaining, patients are motivated to train for longer and more frequently. The advantage of this system can be a self-managed, at-home therapy system; reducing fatigue for physical therapists, and the time required for therapist-patient sessions. The system incorporates a virtual reality (VR) environment displaying both the games and a human model as feedback of the patients' actions whilst playing the games. Two games were developed; Whack-a-Mouse, and Rolly games, each targeting improvement of muscle strength, control, accuracy and speed. The difficulty of the games can be varied to suit a number of impairments and patient progress is monitored. The games are played using a Nintendo Wii controller. The successful improvements with lower costs associated with this system, are marked improvements for patients suffering from such a debilitating condition.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	i-CREATe 2011 - International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology	en_US
dc.title	Self-rehabilitation based on user interactive environment	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.for	090305 Rehabilitation Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	080101 Adaptive Agents and Intelligent Robotics	en_US
utslib.for	080109 Pattern Recognition and Data Mining	en_US
utslib.for	080108 Neural, Evolutionary and Fuzzy Computation	en_US
dc.location.activity	Bangkok, Thailand	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Biomedical Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHT - Health Technologies
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US

Abstract:

It has been reported that 53,000 stroke events annually with ongoing costs are nearly $500 million per year for physical therapy care. This paper aims to provide effective and active rehabilitation for patients suffering from upper limb that a slight or partial paralysis, using gaming based a therapy technique. By disguising the tasks into more entertaining, patients are motivated to train for longer and more frequently. The advantage of this system can be a self-managed, at-home therapy system; reducing fatigue for physical therapists, and the time required for therapist-patient sessions. The system incorporates a virtual reality (VR) environment displaying both the games and a human model as feedback of the patients' actions whilst playing the games. Two games were developed; Whack-a-Mouse, and Rolly games, each targeting improvement of muscle strength, control, accuracy and speed. The difficulty of the games can be varied to suit a number of impairments and patient progress is monitored. The games are played using a Nintendo Wii controller. The successful improvements with lower costs associated with this system, are marked improvements for patients suffering from such a debilitating condition.

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