Virtual games based self rehabilitation for home therapy system

Kaluarachchi, C; Aung, YM; Al-Jumaily, A

Virtual games based self rehabilitation for home therapy system

Kaluarachchi, C Aung, YM Al-Jumaily, A

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Citation:: Proceedings of the 2011 11th International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems, HIS 2011, 2011, pp. 653 - 657
Issue Date:: 2011-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Kaluarachchi, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Aung, YM	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Al-Jumaily, A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0297-2463	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the 2011 11th International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems, HIS 2011, 2011, pp. 653 - 657	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781457721502	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19241
dc.description.abstract	It has been reported that 53,000 stroke events annually with ongoing costs are nearly $500 million per year for physical therapy care. This paper aims to provide effective and active rehabilitation for patients suffering from upper limb paresis, using gaming based a therapy technique. By disguising the tasks into more entertaining, patients are motivated to train for longer and more frequently. The advantage of this system can be a self-managed, at-home therapy system; reducing fatigue for physical therapists, and the time required for therapist-patient sessions. The system incorporates a virtual reality (VR) environment displaying both the games and a human model as feedback of the patients' actions whilst playing the games. Two games were developed, each targeting improvement of muscle strength, control, accuracy and speed. The difficulty of the games can be varied to suit a number of impairments and patient progress is monitored. The games are played using a Nintendo Wii controller. The successful improvements with lower costs associated with this system, are marked improvements for patients suffering from such a debilitating condition. © 2011 IEEE.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the 2011 11th International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems, HIS 2011	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1109/HIS.2011.6122183	en_US
dc.title	Virtual games based self rehabilitation for home therapy system	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.for	090305 Rehabilitation Engineering	en_US
dc.location.activity	Malacca, Malaysia	en_US
dc.location.activity	University of Melbourne
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Biomedical Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHT - Health Technologies
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US

Abstract:

It has been reported that 53,000 stroke events annually with ongoing costs are nearly $500 million per year for physical therapy care. This paper aims to provide effective and active rehabilitation for patients suffering from upper limb paresis, using gaming based a therapy technique. By disguising the tasks into more entertaining, patients are motivated to train for longer and more frequently. The advantage of this system can be a self-managed, at-home therapy system; reducing fatigue for physical therapists, and the time required for therapist-patient sessions. The system incorporates a virtual reality (VR) environment displaying both the games and a human model as feedback of the patients' actions whilst playing the games. Two games were developed, each targeting improvement of muscle strength, control, accuracy and speed. The difficulty of the games can be varied to suit a number of impairments and patient progress is monitored. The games are played using a Nintendo Wii controller. The successful improvements with lower costs associated with this system, are marked improvements for patients suffering from such a debilitating condition. © 2011 IEEE.

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