Performance Analysis for Upper Limb Rehabilitation in Non-Immersive and Immersive Scenarios

Vanesa Herrera, Ana Reyes-Guzmán, David Vallejo, José Jesús Castro-Schez, Dorothy Monekosso, Carlos González-Morcillo, Javier Albusac

2023

Abstract

In recent years, new technologies have contributed to an improvement in the upper limb rehabilitation process as a complement to the conventional therapy received by patients. In this context, technologies should facilitate accurate monitoring of the hands and serve to collect data on patient performance during functional tasks in order to objectively assess the patient’s potential evolution. Mechanical and wearable devices provide greater accuracy in measurements. However, the physical limitations of patients requires the use of hands-free solutions. This article investigates controller-free hand technologies for accurate hand tracking in the Box and Block test (BBT) benchmarked against the real test, validated and standardized in the context of the Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos (Toledo, Spain). In particular, the performance in the execution of therapeutic exercises is analyzed in three different scenarios: i) physical environment without the use of technologies, ii) non-immersive virtual environment and, finally, iii) fully immersive virtual environment. The results demonstrate the similarity between therapies developed in physical scenarios without the use of technologies, and those carried out in virtual reality-based scenarios.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Herrera V., Reyes-Guzmán A., Vallejo D., Jesús Castro-Schez J., Monekosso D., González-Morcillo C. and Albusac J. (2023). Performance Analysis for Upper Limb Rehabilitation in Non-Immersive and Immersive Scenarios. In Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-758-648-4, SciTePress, pages 231-242. DOI: 10.5220/0011711800003467

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis23,
author={Vanesa Herrera and Ana Reyes-Guzmán and David Vallejo and José Jesús Castro-Schez and Dorothy Monekosso and Carlos González-Morcillo and Javier Albusac},
title={Performance Analysis for Upper Limb Rehabilitation in Non-Immersive and Immersive Scenarios},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,},
year={2023},
pages={231-242},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011711800003467},
isbn={978-989-758-648-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,
TI - Performance Analysis for Upper Limb Rehabilitation in Non-Immersive and Immersive Scenarios
SN - 978-989-758-648-4
AU - Herrera V.
AU - Reyes-Guzmán A.
AU - Vallejo D.
AU - Jesús Castro-Schez J.
AU - Monekosso D.
AU - González-Morcillo C.
AU - Albusac J.
PY - 2023
SP - 231
EP - 242
DO - 10.5220/0011711800003467
PB - SciTePress