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http://dx.doi.org/10.21288/resko.2017.11.3.253

Development of a Mobile Game and Wearable Device for Upper Limb Rehabilitation after Brain Injury  

Lim, Hong Joon (계명대대학교 의학과)
Kang, Youn Joo (을지병원 재활의학과)
Song, Je young (을지병원 재활의학과 작업치료실)
Lee, minbong (을지병원 재활의학과 작업치료실)
Oh, Ji Eun (을지병원 재활의학과 작업치료실)
Ku, Jeonghun (계명대학교 의용공학과)
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Journal of rehabilitation welfare engineering & assistive technology / v.11, no.3, 2017 , pp. 253-259 More about this Journal
Abstract
Conventional upper extremity rehabilitation paradigm after brain injury has several shortcomings that is monotonous, simple, and repetitive in exercises over a long period of time, thereby causing training efficiency to decline as a consequence of low interest and participation. To resolve this issue, this paper proposes a new rehabilitative program integrating a wearable device integrated with EMG and motion sensor and a mobile game for the upper limbs' rehabilitative training. The developed wearable device is manufactured in the form of band, making it easy to wear. The mobile game is designed to enable rehabilitative training through games reflective of flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction identified by motion sensors along with grasp motion recognized by EMG signals measured from the wearable device. It also provides a tailored rehabilitative environment suitable for individual patients based on difficulty adjustments. As a consequence of applying the developed program to 14 brain injury in need of the upper limb rehabilitation and taking surveys on the utility of the developed rehabilitative program, the responses indicated that the developed rehabilitative program is far much more interesting and fun than the conventional rehabilitative program, further to the desire of those surveyed to reuse the developed program in the future.
Keywords
Rehabilitation Program; EMG; Mobile Game; Motion Sensor; Brain injury;
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