Tailored virtual reality for smart physiotherapy

• Main Author: Postolache, O.
• Publication Date: 2019
• Other Authors: Teixeira, L., Cordeiro, J., Lima, L., Arriaga, P., Rodrigues, M., Girão, P.
• Language: eng
• Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
• Download full: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/18910
• topic: Virtual reality; Remote sensing; Serious game; Physical therapy; Mobile application; Data analysis

Remote sensing and Virtual Reality (VR) are technologies that create new development opportunities in the field of serious games with application in physiotherapy. Thus, during a physiotherapy training session expressed by a game around the remote sensing of user body motion provides measurements that can be used for objective evaluation of physical therapy outcomes. In this work is presented a serious game for physiotherapy characterized by Kinect natural user interface and a set of VR games developed in the Unity3D. To provide patient electronic health record, game remote configuration as well as for data presentation for physiotherapist a mobile application was developed. Additionally, several training results expressed by upper limb, neck and spine angles are included in the paper.