Pilot study
Kinecting the Moves: The kinematic potential of rehabilitation-specific gaming to inform treatment for hemiplegia
Glegg SMN, Hung CT, Valdés BA, Kim BDG, & Van der Loos HFM
International journal of child health and human development 9(3):351-360 · September 2016
Objective: For upper extremity rehabilitation candidates, can the development of data capture and analysis systems contribute to better rehabilitation game treatment decisions?
Process: to use video games with an additional data collector (Kinect sensor) to promote bimanual therapy, improve data collection and identify therapist-relevant data. Three subjects completed a 90 minute session of game play.
Findings: “With the integration of the Kinect sensor, motion tracking data can be harvested to inform treatment program development and progression by therapists”. This paper supplements the groundwork for further rehabilitation-specific videogame development.