TY - JOUR
T1 - On the use of natural user interfaces in physical rehabilitation
T2 - a web-based application for patients with hip prosthesis
AU - Rybarczyk, Yves
AU - Cointe, Clément
AU - Gonçalves, Tiago
AU - Minhoto, Vitor
AU - Deters, Jan Kleine
AU - Villarreal, Santiago
AU - Gonzalo, Arián Aladro
AU - Baldeón, Jonathan
AU - Esparza, Danilo
N1 - CEPRA XI-2017-15.
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - This study aims to develop a telemedicine platform for self-motor rehabilitation and remote monitoring by health professionals, in order to enhance recovery in patients after hip replacement. The implementation of such a technology is justified by medical (improvement of the recovery process by the possibility to perform rehabilitation exercises more frequently), economic (reduction of the number of medical appointments and the time patients spend at the hospital), mobility (diminution of the transportation to and from the hospital) and ethics (healthcare democratization and increased empowerment of the patient) purposes. The Kinect camera is used as a Natural User Interface to capture the physical exercises performed at home by the patients. The quality of the movement is evaluated in real-time by an assessment module implemented according to a Hidden-Markov Model approach. The results show a high accuracy in the evaluation of the movements (92% of correct classification). Finally, the usability of the platform is tested through the System Usability Scale (SUS). The overall SUS score is 81 out of 100, which suggests a good usability of the Web application. Further work will focus on the development of additional functionalities and an evaluation of the impact of the platform on the recovery process.
AB - This study aims to develop a telemedicine platform for self-motor rehabilitation and remote monitoring by health professionals, in order to enhance recovery in patients after hip replacement. The implementation of such a technology is justified by medical (improvement of the recovery process by the possibility to perform rehabilitation exercises more frequently), economic (reduction of the number of medical appointments and the time patients spend at the hospital), mobility (diminution of the transportation to and from the hospital) and ethics (healthcare democratization and increased empowerment of the patient) purposes. The Kinect camera is used as a Natural User Interface to capture the physical exercises performed at home by the patients. The quality of the movement is evaluated in real-time by an assessment module implemented according to a Hidden-Markov Model approach. The results show a high accuracy in the evaluation of the movements (92% of correct classification). Finally, the usability of the platform is tested through the System Usability Scale (SUS). The overall SUS score is 81 out of 100, which suggests a good usability of the Web application. Further work will focus on the development of additional functionalities and an evaluation of the impact of the platform on the recovery process.
KW - Artificial intelligence
KW - Therapeutic application
KW - Usability
KW - Web development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85050091404&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.7559/citarj.v10i2.402
DO - 10.7559/citarj.v10i2.402
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85050091404
SN - 1646-9798
VL - 10
SP - 15
EP - 24
JO - Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts
JF - Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts
IS - 2(SI)
ER -