title: Validation of a Kinect-based telerehabilitation system with total hip replacement patients.
abstract: The evolving telecommunications industry combined with medical information technology has been proposed as a solution to reduce health care cost and provide remote medical services. This paper aims to validate and show the feasibility and user acceptance of using a telerehabilitation system called Kinect Rehabilitation System (KiReS) in a real scenario, with patients attending repeated rehabilitation sessions after they had a Total Hip Replacement (THR). We present the main features of KiReS, how it was set up in the considered scenario and the experimental results obtained in relation to two different perspectives: patients' subjective perceptions (gathered through questionnaires) and the accuracy of the performed exercises (by analysing the data captured using KiReS). We made a full deployment of KiReS, defining step by step all the elements of a therapy: postures, movements, exercises and the therapy itself. Seven patients participated in this trial in a total of 19 sessions, and the system recorded 3865 exercise executions. The group showed general support for telerehabilitation and the possibilities that systems such as KiReS bring to physiotherapy treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Languages and Systems, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, San Sebastian, Spain david.anton@ehu.es.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Antón
authors.affiliation: QEII Jubilee Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.affiliation: Division of Physiotherapy within the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia.
authors.forename: Trevor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Languages and Systems, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, San Sebastian, Spain.
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goñi
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Languages and Systems, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, San Sebastian, Spain.
authors.forename: Arantza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Illarramendi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D000069350:Telerehabilitation / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface
keywords: Kinect; Telerehabilitation; eHealth; hip replacement; physiotherapy