The Feasibility of Augmented Reality as a Support Tool for Motor Rehabilitation
Contact: Mariolino De Cecco
Mail: mariolino.dececco@unitn.it
Application field
Technology
Activity
Rehabilitation, Health, Industry
Robotics, Human-machine interfaces, Mixed Reality devices applied in industry and
rehabilitation
Condition Monitoring, Data Collection, Shared Augmented Reality based on HoloLens
Keywords
Augmented Reality, HoloLens, Rehabilitation, Data visualizations
Operation of the proposed solution
New technologies can offer more opportunities for improvements and recovery: in particular this innovation is addressed to three stakeholders (patients, caregivers and doctors). The realisation of a collaborative adaptive walker with robotic technologies, which is able to provide stability for the user, corresponds to the improvement of the clinical eye of the therapist. These figures are connected by sharing a mixed-reality interface. AR visualizations can support therapists’ knowledge and direct them with their observations and evaluations throughout training and recovery.
Challenges
Scientific and mechanical issues.
1) Clinical validation of the walker and Shared Augmented Reality
2) For the walker, degrees of freedom of movement should be increased and impedance control
implemented
Bibliography
Butaslac, I. I.; Luchetti, A.; Parolin, E.; Fujimoto, Y.; Kanbara, M.; De Cecco, M.; Kato, H., “The
Feasibility of Augmented Reality as a Support Tool for Motor Rehabilitation” in Lecture Notes in Computer Science
(including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Germania: Springer
Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2020, p. 165-173. – (LECTURE NOTES IN ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE). – ISBN: 978-3-030-58467-2. Atti di: 7th International Conference on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality,
and Computer Graphics, AVR 2020, italia, 2020. – DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-58468-9_13
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