AI Article Synopsis
- Stroke patients frequently experience hemiparesis, impacting their balance, self-sufficiency, and overall quality of life.
- Virtual rehabilitation systems have shown promise in improving balance recovery and enhancing patient motivation during the rehabilitation process.
- This study assesses the effectiveness of a virtual stepping exercise with skeleton tracking, utilizing an affordable Kinect depth sensor for chronic stroke patients.
Article Abstract
Stroke patients often suffer from hemiparesis, which affects their balance condition and consequently their self-dependency and quality of life. Balance rehabilitation can be a long and tedious process. Virtual rehabilitation systems have been reported to provide therapeutic benefits to the balance recovery of stroke patients while increasing their motivation. This paper presents a follow-up study involving chronic stroke patients to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of a virtual stepping exercise using skeleton tracking through a low-cost Kinect depth sensor.
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