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Advantages and limitations of leap motion for developing physical rehabilitation exergames (PREGs)

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Andres Serrato,

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REHAB '19: Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques

Pages 43 - 46

https://doi.org/10.1145/3364138.3364149

Published: 29 January 2020 Publication History

REHAB '19: Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques

Advantages and limitations of leap motion for developing physical rehabilitation exergames (PREGs)

Pages 43 - 46

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Physical Rehabilitation Exergames (PREGs) are suitable for motivating patients towards treatments. Thus, motion sensors are used to enable patients' interaction with a PREG. Leap Motion is a motion sensor that may be useful for developing PREGs targeted at hands and fingers rehabilitation. Knowing the advantages and limitations of Leap Motion may be relevant for developers to understand under which conditions or in which cases this sensor may be suitable. In this paper, we present a qualitative study, which included a series of interviews with a group of PREGs developers and a physiotherapist, to identify the main advantages and limitations of Leap Motion for developing PREGs. We employed Thematic Analysis to analyse the collected data. We found that the limitations and advantages of Leap Motion are related to technology maturity, and characteristics as development and/or rehabilitation tool. The findings showed that Leap Motion is suitable for developing comfortable PREGs for some hand and fingers rehabilitation movements with a moderate development effort. However, the development maturity of the technology may represent limitations related to reliability and robustness. Our findings may allow PREG developers to guide decision making during feasibility analysis and design stages of PREGs targeted at hands and fingers.

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Advantages and limitations of leap motion for developing physical rehabilitation exergames (PREGs)
1. Hardware
  1. Emerging technologies
    1. Analysis and design of emerging devices and systems
      1. Emerging tools and methodologies
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Development frameworks and environments
      1. Application specific development environments
    2. Software libraries and repositories

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REHAB '19: Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques

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Palombo RWeber SWyszynski MNiehaves B(2024)Glove versus controller: the effect of VR gloves and controllers on presence, embodiment, and cognitive absorptionFrontiers in Virtual Reality10.3389/frvir.2024.13379595Online publication date: 26-Mar-2024
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Nown TUpadhyay PKerr AAndonovic ITachtatzis CGrealy M(2023)A Mapping Review of Real-Time Movement Sonification Systems for Movement RehabilitationIEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering10.1109/RBME.2022.318784016(672-686)Online publication date: 2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/RBME.2022.3187840
Alnajjar MAbutabikh AIssa ADebeljak MCikajlo I(2020)Development of 3D Exergame for Upper Limbs Rehabilitation Using Leap Motion Controller and Unity2020 International Conference on Assistive and Rehabilitation Technologies (iCareTech)10.1109/iCareTech49914.2020.00011(24-29)Online publication date: Aug-2020
https://doi.org/10.1109/iCareTech49914.2020.00011

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