title: Balance recovery through virtual stepping exercises using Kinect skeleton tracking: a follow-up study with chronic stroke patients.
abstract: Stroke patients often suffer from hemiparesis, which affects their balance condition and consequently their self-dependency and quality of life. Balance rehabilitation can be a long and tedious process. Virtual rehabilitation systems have been reported to provide therapeutic benefits to the balance recovery of stroke patients while increasing their motivation. This paper presents a follow-up study involving chronic stroke patients to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of a virtual stepping exercise using skeleton tracking through a low-cost Kinect depth sensor.
authors.affiliation: Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain. rllorens@labhuman.13bh.es
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lloréns
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alcañiz
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Colomer
authors.forename: María Dolores
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Navarro
mesh_terms: D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010291:Paresis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology*; D020521:Stroke / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D014584:User-Computer Interface