Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 3474: Bilateral Tactile Feedback-Enabled Training for Stroke Survivors Using Microsoft KinectTM

Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 3474: Bilateral Tactile Feedback-Enabled Training for Stroke Survivors Using Microsoft KinectTM Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19163474 Authors: Abbas Orand Eren Erdal Aksoy Hiroyuki Miyasaka Carolyn Weeks Levy Xin Zhang Carlo Menon Rehabilitation and mobility training of post-stroke patients is crucial for their functional recovery. While traditional methods can still help patients, new rehabilitation and mobility training methods are necessary to facilitate better recovery at lower costs. In this work, our objective was to design and develop a rehabilitation training system targeting the functional recovery of post-stroke users with high efficiency. To accomplish this goal, we applied a bilateral training method, which proved to be effective in enhancing motor recovery using tactile feedback for the training. One participant with hemiparesis underwent six weeks of training. Two protocols, “contralateral arm matching” and “both arms moving together”, were carried out by the participant. Each of the protocols consisted of “shoulder abduction” and “shoulder flexion” at angles close to 30 and 60 degrees. The participant carried out 15 repetitions at each angle for each task. For example, in the “contralateral arm matching” protocol, the unaffected arm of the participant was set to an angle close to 30 degree...
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