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<p>This paper describes a framework focused on being a health monitoring platform as well as a source of entertainment for physiotherapy patients, particularly stroke survivors. Using the Microsoft Kinect sensor a serious game captures 3D data during the patient’s session and sends it to a server. Through a web application these data can be further visualized by the physiotherapists on their assessments. Moreover, this framework intends to be a useful and effective tool for remote physiotherapy sessions allowing for a considerable cost reduction. Experimental results related to arms and shoulders rehabilitation are included in this paper.</p>
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This paper describes a framework focused on being a health monitoring platform as well as a source of entertainment for physiotherapy patients, particularly stroke survivors. Using the Microsoft Kinect sensor a serious game captures 3D data during the patient’s session and sends it to a server. Through a web application these data can be further visualized by the physiotherapists on their assessments. Moreover, this framework intends to be a useful and effective tool for remote physiotherapy sessions allowing for a considerable cost reduction. Experimental results related to arms and shoulders rehabilitation are included in this paper.

Kinect Based System and Serious Game Motivating Approach for Physiotherapy Assessment and Remote Session Monitoring

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

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This paper describes a framework focused on being a health monitoring platform as well as a source of entertainment for physiotherapy patients, particularly...

Kinect Based System and Serious Game Motivating Approach for Physiotherapy Assessment and Remote Session Monitoring

Published Online: Feb 15, 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2019-131

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