Video game interfaces for interactive lower and upper member therapy

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2013:184:465-7.

Abstract

With recent advances in electronics and mechanics, a new trend in interaction is taking place changing how we interact with our environment, daily tasks and other people. Even though sensor based technologies and tracking systems have been around for several years, recently they have become affordable and used in several areas such as physical and mental rehabilitation, educational applications, physical exercises, and natural interactions, among others. This work presents the integration of two mainstream videogame interfaces as tools for developing an interactive lower and upper member therapy tool. The goal is to study the potential of these devices as complementing didactic elements for improving and following user performance during a series of exercises with virtual and real devices.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Actigraphy / instrumentation*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Humans
  • Lower Extremity / physiopathology*
  • Man-Machine Systems
  • Movement Disorders / rehabilitation*
  • Therapy, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*
  • Transducers
  • Upper Extremity / physiopathology*
  • User-Computer Interface*
  • Video Games*