PhysiTable: Tangible Interactive System for Physical Rehabilitation of Children with Cerebral Palsy

Abstract

Cerebral Palsy is a permanent movement and posture related disorder. It happens by birth so generally physiotherapy starts at a very early age. So many of the patients are kids. Treatment involves a lot of physiotherapy which further includes varied exercise with different equipment. These equipment lags engagement and for kids it becomes very important. From many physiotherapy we have chosen fine motor skill development, precisely improving hand rotation. Solution targets the kids and uses light and sound feedback to enhance their engagement. This solution also helps in eye hand coordination and color concept. Further evaluation was done with some kids at a NGO and results came to be positive. Kids showed interest in playing with the board. Though no statistical analysis could be done as every individual is different and have different severity of diseases so analysis was difficult.