Reabilitação de pacientes com desordens de equilíbrio utilizando kinect

Abstract

Many activities like walk, run or jump can damage the knees, and so it is an recurrent problem in the population. The treatment for this injury varies according to its severity, that may be treated according to it (Silva, 2007). One common step in many rehabilitation process is the cinesioterapy, where the patient is treated by repetitive movements. Because of this many technologies where developed to make this exercices more fun. But these technologies are mostly paid, making it difficult to achieve it. So we have made in this work a game, in a partnership between HUSM and UFSM, to help treat patients. In this work we developed a game that aims to assist physiotherapists to rehabilitate athletes who have suffered some type of knee injury. To made this game we have studied the knee injuries, as its traditionally treatement and then we developed it using Kinect. To evaluate the system requirements, we have performed a usability test with specialization physical therapy students.