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Intuitively Evaluating Balance Measurement Software Using Kinect2

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ICTs for Improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques (REHAB 2015)

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A balance measurement software based on Kinect2 sensor is evaluated by comparing to golden standard balance measure platform intuitively. The software analysis the tracked body data from the user by Kinect2 sensor and get user’s center of mass (CoM) as well as its motion route on a plane. The software is evaluated by several comparison tests, the evaluation results preliminarily prove the reliability of the software.

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The work is supported by LanPercept, a Marie Curie ITN funded through the 7th EU Framework Programme (316748).

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    Zhihan Lv, Vicente Penades, Sonia Blasco, Javier Chirivella & Pablo Gagliardo

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Lv, Z., Penades, V., Blasco, S., Chirivella, J., Gagliardo, P. (2017). Intuitively Evaluating Balance Measurement Software Using Kinect2. In: Fardoun, H., R. Penichet, V., Alghazzawi, D., De la Guia, M. (eds) ICTs for Improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques. REHAB 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 665. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69694-2_8

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