<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>For the surviving stroke patients that are affected physically and mentally, they are required rehabilitation after the stroke. Rehabilitation can be quite expensive on the patient and their families. The augmented reality rehabilitation gaming system aims to decrease the dependency on supervised therapy. This paper presents two augmented reality games. The games focus on rehabilitating stroke patients affected with upper limb disabilities. The games simulate current physical therapy techniques in an interactive augmented environment. The benefits of using a gaming platform are to provide the user with increased motivation, as well as a cost effective rehabilitation solution. The games can be used with or without a hand held roller-ball device, which can change the movement and focus of the exercise.</p></abstract>

For the surviving stroke patients that are affected physically and mentally, they are required rehabilitation after the stroke. Rehabilitation can be quite expensive on the patient and their families. The augmented reality rehabilitation gaming system aims to decrease the dependency on supervised therapy. This paper presents two augmented reality games. The games focus on rehabilitating stroke patients affected with upper limb disabilities. The games simulate current physical therapy techniques in an interactive augmented environment. The benefits of using a gaming platform are to provide the user with increased motivation, as well as a cost effective rehabilitation solution. The games can be used with or without a hand held roller-ball device, which can change the movement and focus of the exercise.

Augmented Reality Game Based Multi-Usage Rehabilitation Therapist For Stroke Patients

Faculty of Engineering University of Technology

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

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For the surviving stroke patients that are affected physically and mentally, they are required rehabilitation after the stroke. Rehabilitation can be quite...

Augmented Reality Game Based Multi-Usage Rehabilitation Therapist For Stroke Patients

Pubblicato online: 01 set 2014

Pagine: 1044 - 1058

Ricevuto: 04 mag 2014

Accettato: 01 set 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2017-693

Parole chiave
Augmented Reality (AR), Stroke Rehabilitation, Virtual Reality, Upper Extremity, Mixed Reality

© 2014 N.I. De Leon et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Augmented Reality Game Based Multi-Usage Rehabilitation Therapist For Stroke Patients

Pubblicato online: 01 set 2014

Pagine: 1044 - 1058

Ricevuto: 04 mag 2014

Accettato: 01 set 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2017-693

Parole chiaveAugmented Reality (AR), Stroke Rehabilitation, Virtual Reality, Upper Extremity, Mixed Reality

© 2014 N.I. De Leon et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Parole chiave
Augmented Reality (AR), Stroke Rehabilitation, Virtual Reality, Upper Extremity, Mixed Reality