Title :
A serious game for rehabilitation of neurological disabilities: Premilinary study
Author :
Martins, Tiago ; Carvalho, Vitor ; Soares, Filomena
Author_Institution :
Centre Algoritmi, Univ. of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal
Abstract :
Usually the exercises defined in the physical therapy programs for patients with motor disabilities as a result of neurological disease are repetitive and boring. The design and implementation of pleasant environments and contexts to motivate the patients to continue their treatment are needed. Serious games appear as a suitable solution. Therefore, the development of a serious game for physiotherapy and monitoring of people with motor disabilities using image processing techniques is presented.
Keywords :
diseases; medical computing; neurophysiology; patient rehabilitation; patient treatment; serious games (computing); image processing technique; motor disability; neurological disability rehabilitation; neurological disease; patient monitoring; patient treatment; physiotherapy; serious game; Diseases; Games; Joints; Medical treatment; Monitoring; Three-dimensional displays; Tracking; image processing techniques; neurological diseases; physical disabilities; physical therapy; serious games;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering (ENBENG), 2015 IEEE 4th Portuguese Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Porto
DOI :
10.1109/ENBENG.2015.7088843
