Bases para Reabilitação Assistida

Hugo Nicolau hman@vimmi.inesc-id.pt

Spinal Cord Injury.

Rehabilitation.

Hard and lengthy processes.

Monotonous.

For the Patients.....

.....and the Therapists.

Observe.

Interpret.

Act.

Task Analysis

Rehabilitation Centre.

ten days

valuable for all (?)

focused on tetraplegic

unique rehabilitation characteristics

7 patients.

3 therapists.

To better understand the rehabilitation process and highlight the major

requirements for a technology-enhanced tool

Questionnaires.

Observation.

Interviews.

Relevant issues

Exercises close to the therapist.

Local and global exercises.

Subjective and uncertain measurement.

Lack of feedback to the patient.

a computer platform supported with an accurate tracking system is a valuable addition to the current rehabilitation

procedures

Requirements

data persistence

motion capture

accuracy

reproduction

comparison

automatic info extraction

The system

Tracking the patient’s movements

The Interface.

Record movements.

Replay movements.

Compare movements.

Preliminary Evaluation

A lot quicker!

More precise.

Complete and accurate information.

A significant improvement.

Conclusions

current rehabilitation procedures are limited concerning the accurate

evaluation of the patients’ capabilities and evolution patterns

a virtual tracking-based platform enables the therapists to have immediate and on-

recall detailed information about the patients’ motions, evolution and overall

history

Future Work

evaluate in a rehabilitation centre thoroughly

use the information to lighten the process (rehabilitation games)

Questions?

Hugo Nicolau hman@vimmi.inesc-id.pt