Assessment of Haptic Interaction for Home-Based Physical Tele-Therapy using Wearable Devices and Depth Sensors
by Barmpoutis, Angelos | Alzate, J. | Beekhuizen, S. | Delgado, H. | Donaldson, P. | Hall, A. | Lago, C. | Vidal, K. | Fox, Emily
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, IOS press, vol. 220, April, 2016, pp. 33-38. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-625-5-33
Funded by: J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Institute of Informatics Seed Fund at the University of Florida
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, IOS press, vol. 220, April, 2016, pp. 33-38. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-625-5-33
Funded by: J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Institute of Informatics Seed Fund at the University of Florida
Description
In this paper a prototype system is presented for home-based physical tele-therapy using a wearable device for haptic feedback. The haptic feedback is generated as a sequence of vibratory cues from 8 vibrator motors equally spaced along an elastic wearable band. The motors guide the patients’ movement as they perform a prescribed exercise routine in a way that replaces the physical therapists’ haptic guidance in an unsupervised or remotely supervised home-based therapy session. A pilot study of 25 human subjects was performed that focused on: a) testing the capability of the system to guide the users in arbitrary motion paths in the space and b) comparing the motion of the users during typical physical therapy exercises with and without haptic-based guidance. The results demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed system.
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| Funding | J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Institute of Informatics Seed Fund at the University of |
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| Volume | 220 |
| Journal | Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, IOS press |
| Month | April |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 33-38 |
| Author | Barmpoutis, Angelos, Alzate, J., Beekhuizen, S., Delgado, H., Donaldson, P., Hall, A., Lago, C., Vidal, K., Fox, Emily |
| URL | http://www.iospress.nl/bookserie/studies-in-health-technology-and-informatics/ |
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Citation
Barmpoutis, A., Alzate, J., Beekhuizen, S., Delgado, H., Donaldson, P., Hall, A., Lago, C., Vidal, K. and Fox, E., 2016. Assessment of Haptic Interaction for Home-Based Physical Tele-Therapy using Wearable Devices and Depth Sensors. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, IOS press, vol. 220, pp. 33-38. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-625-5-33
BibTex
@article{digitalWorlds:106,
doi = {https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-625-5-33},
author = {Barmpoutis, Angelos and Alzate, J. and Beekhuizen, S. and Delgado, H. and Donaldson, P. and Hall, A. and Lago, C. and Vidal, K. and Fox, Emily},
title = {Assessment of Haptic Interaction for Home-Based Physical Tele-Therapy using Wearable Devices and Depth Sensors},
journal = {Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, IOS press},
month = {April},
volume = {220},
year = {2016},
pages = {33-38}
} 
