Publications by authors named "Gabriela Varga"

Rheumatoid arthritis is a common disease which affects the joints of the wrist, fingers, feet and in the end the daily activities. Nowadays, gestures and virtual reality are used in many activities supporting recovery, games, learning as technology is present more and more in different fields. This paper presents results related to the grip movement detected by a Leap Motion device using binary classification and machine learning algorithms.

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This paper presents a current situation of studies and applications which are using serious games and artificial intelligence (AI) in rehabilitation of rheumatoid arthritis, and possible future directions. The objectives of this paper are: to highlight the technologies used for recovery of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), to summarize the state of the art of existing applications and to present the authors work, a software application that aims contributing to the recovery of the specific patients. At this stage the application was tested by a group of 10 patients from Medical Centre Sf.

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This paper presents a complex application for rehabilitation of patients with first and second stage rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The application contains a module for the doctor, for the kinetotherapist, and a module as a game matching the symptoms for each stage of RA. The purpose of this application is to achieve the rehabilitation of the RA hand with support of digital technology and multimodal interaction: leap motion, serious gaming, and neuronal networks.

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