Health Care Professional-Supported Co-Design of a Mime Therapy-Based Serious Game for Facial Rehabilitation

Daniel Lima Sousa; Silmar Teixeira; José Everton Fontenele; Renato Mendes Santos; Leynilson Pereira; Rodrigo Baluz; Victor Hugo Bastos; Ariel Soares Teles

doi:10.2196/52661

Health Care Professional-Supported Co-Design of a Mime Therapy-Based Serious Game for Facial Rehabilitation

JMIR Serious Games. 2024 Jan 24:12:e52661. doi: 10.2196/52661.

Authors

Daniel Lima Sousa¹, Silmar Teixeira¹, José Everton Fontenele¹, Renato Mendes Santos¹, Leynilson Pereira¹, Rodrigo Baluz^{1

2}, Victor Hugo Bastos¹, Ariel Soares Teles^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Parnaíba Delta Federal University, Parnaíba, Brazil.
² State University of Piauí, Campus Parnaíba, Parnaíba, Brazil.
³ Federal Institute of Maranhão, Campus Araioses, Araioses, Brazil.

PMID: 38265856
PMCID: PMC10851117
DOI: 10.2196/52661

Abstract

This research letter presents the co-design process for RG4Face, a mime therapy-based serious game that uses computer vision for human facial movement recognition and estimation to help health care professionals and patients in the facial rehabilitation process.

Keywords: co-design; computer vision; exergame; face; face estimation; facial palsy; facial paralysis; facial recognition; facial rehabilitation; human face estimation; mime therapy; motor rehabilitation; participation; physiotherapists; physiotherapy; psychologists; rehabilitation; serious game; serious games.

©Daniel Lima Sousa, Silmar Teixeira, José Everton Fontenele, Renato Mendes Santos, Leynilson Pereira, Rodrigo Baluz, Victor Hugo Bastos, Ariel Soares Teles. Originally published in JMIR Serious Games (https://games.jmir.org), 24.01.2024.