Reabilitação motora e telemetria para deficientes com kinect

Abstract

Accessibility and inclusivess of people with disabilities is a recurring theme that is already perceived as an issue in the field of human rights. Ramps, elevators, among other devices are present in our daily lives, aiming at the inclusion of these individuals with limited mobility. Various types of motor limitations, especially the partial ones, are very involved with physical-motor rehabilitation processes, with the purpose of reducing or eliminating the patient’s dependence on a caregiver or devices for adaptation, ensuring the well-being and self esteem of the individual. People who lose their body movements, either entirely or partially, must have medical follow-up to properly check their physical condition and to recap their movements. This process is based on exercises and procedures that are performed manually, with an empirical evaluation of the physiotherapist. This brings the possibility of misinterpretation when reading past records of a treatment, for example, if there is a change in the physiotherapist in charge. For more accurate analysis, physiotherapists use a range of devices that allow patient data to be acquired, such as the spirometer, which allows the physician to acquire the patient’s breath intensity and lung capacity. Similarly, there are technologies capable of acquiring motion data and quantifying them, which may prove useful for a more accurate recording of data obtained numerically, avoiding possible misinterpretations. This work aims to create a system that, together with an exercise game project (exergames), can acquire and transmit this data for easier and faster analysis, relying on graphs, tables, and other visual indicators to improve the evaluation of physiotherapeutic treatments. Use together with an exergame also has benefits such as increased patient compliance with treatment and improvements in well being.