S. Albiol-Pérez, Guillermo Palacios Navarro, Nancy Guerrón-Paredes, J. Gil-Gómez, J. Lozano-Quilis, H. G. Gómez, Pilar Manzano-Hernandez
{"title":"The Perfetti method, a novel virtual fine motor rehabilitation system for chronic acquired brain injury","authors":"S. Albiol-Pérez, Guillermo Palacios Navarro, Nancy Guerrón-Paredes, J. Gil-Gómez, J. Lozano-Quilis, H. G. Gómez, Pilar Manzano-Hernandez","doi":"10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255251","url":null,"abstract":"Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) is a disability with a high worldwide incidence that requires the assistance of a multidisciplinary team of clinic specialists. Motor disorders in patients of this type include dysfunctions in upper limbs, arm-hand impairments, spasticity, and functionalities that patients need to recover in order to perform the basic and instrumented activities of daily living. Traditional rehabilitation techniques in upper-limb rehabilitation for improving motor recovery are focused on repetitive and high-intensity task-specific training. Promising new systems based on Virtual Fine Motor Rehabilitation (VFMR) are a novel approach in the rehabilitation process. In this paper, we describe a VFMR system (VPREHAB) for Chronic ABI patients to improve the effectiveness of upper-limb rehabilitation. For this purpose, we are testing the usefulness of the Perfetti method, a cognitive sensory motor therapy.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"102 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124721400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving voluntary pupil size changes for HCI","authors":"Jan Ehlers, Juliane Georgi, A. Huckauf","doi":"10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255312","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255312","url":null,"abstract":"Previous research [11] refers to pupil size as a passive information channel that provides insight into the affective state of the viewer but defies any voluntary control. However, since physiological arousal is influenced by various cognitive processes, we assume that pupil behavior can be brought under control by strategies of emotional regulation and cognitive processing. In the present paper we provide a methodological approach for examining the potentials and limits of active control of pupil dilation. Based on [3], we developed methods applying graphical feedback on systematic pupil diameter changes to utilize mechanisms of operant conditioning to gradually enable voluntary control over pupil size. Calculation models are introduced to carefully disentangle task relevant and irrelevant pupil dynamics. Based on mean values, single measuring and interpolation, we conceived computational rules to validate pupil data in real-time and determine criteria for artefact rejection. Extensive research based on the depicted methodology may shed further light on learning achievements related to emotional control and will reveal the potential of pupil-based input channels for the future development of affective Human-Computer Interfaces.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122330413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Depth images processing algorithm to analyze and correct in real time the verticality of multiple sclerosis patients during exercise","authors":"Gonzalo Eguiluz-Perez, B. G. Zapirain","doi":"10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255322","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255322","url":null,"abstract":"Any person with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), regardless of the severity of their disability, needs regular physical activity. Poorly performed exercises could aggravate muscle imbalances and worsen the patient's health. In this paper, we propose a human body verticality detection system using a time-of-flight camera as a tool to detect incorrect postures and improve them in real time. The prototype uses a depth images processing algorithm to analyze and evaluate the position of patients during exercise. Preliminary results, based on a test with people without musculoskeletal problems and/or neurodegenerative diseases are promising and suggest that the system may be useful both for patients and medical professionals.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130003767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"NFC-based application with educational purposes","authors":"E. Biffi, Peter Taddeo, M. Lorusso, G. Reni","doi":"10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255350","url":null,"abstract":"In the past few years, technology for children and disabilities has proliferated thanks to the development of more and more inexpensive mobile technology and to the availability of free-downloadable software applications. However, at our knowledge a multisensory teaching application for both normal and disabled children still lacks in this landscape. In this work we describe the design and development of an integrated system which combines the use of a tablet, a group of toys (e.g. small plastic animals), Near Field Communication (NFC) technology and a software application with educational purposes to improve the speed of learning and entertainment value for users.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131986196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Movement recognition and preference in home-based robot-assisted stroke rehabilitation","authors":"A. Basteris, F. Amirabdollahian","doi":"10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255314","url":null,"abstract":"Robots can be effective tools for rehabilitation of subjects with stroke. Furthermore, home-based robotic rehabilitation could reduce the costs and improve the therapy outcome. We worked on such a context within the SCRIPT (Supervised Care and Rehabilitation Involving Personal Telerobotics) project. We designed a system composed of a wearable passive orthosis which assists and measures hand and wrist movements, a personal computer and motivational and interactive games. In this paper, we focused on the definition of the movements which are used to play the interactive games. We considered the results of testing our methods on 20 subjects with chronic stroke who completed a six weeks clinical trial and investigated their preference of certain movements. Our results show a tendency to train hand movements among subjects with lower impairment and wrist movements for more impaired participants.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129593513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interactive speech therapy for children","authors":"H. Fardoun, Iyad A. Katib, Antonio Paules Ciprés","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2014.255378","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2014.255378","url":null,"abstract":"Sound formation is a process involving both the brain and the phonetic organs. This paper presents a study on the ways in which sound creation develops. The main aim is to create an application to aid speech therapy as part of the rehabilitation process that works on patients' phonation. In this case, children with speech problems play games that may affect the teaching and learning process by participating in the research study.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132944811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Janko Timmermann, Benjamin Poppinga, Wilko Heuten, Susanne CJ Boll
{"title":"HeartBeat demonstrator: tactile support for keeping a target heart rate","authors":"Janko Timmermann, Benjamin Poppinga, Wilko Heuten, Susanne CJ Boll","doi":"10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255386","url":null,"abstract":"Physical activity should be performed within certain intensity limits. In this paper, we present a demonstrator which encodes different heart rate zones with continuous vibrotactile feedback. The demonstrator uses a tactile design created in a participatory design study and has shown to raise the awareness of the heart rate in a user study.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132706129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Designing for collaborative reflection","authors":"Gabriela Marcu, A. Dey, S. Kiesler","doi":"10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.254987","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.254987","url":null,"abstract":"A significant problem with electronic health records (EHRs) has been their failure to fit into existing workflows because they do not support informal documentation and communication. We used qualitative fieldwork and participatory design to investigate how EHRs could be designed to meet these needs. The contributions of this work are twofold: we identified and described the informal processes of documentation and communication that we refer to as collaborative reflection, and then developed design recommendations for EHRs to support these existing workflows. We studied treatment teams providing behavioral and mental health services as part of integrated school programs for children with special needs. To make ongoing treatment decisions, team members document progress daily and communicate frequently with one another. Based on our fieldwork findings, we describe this process of collaborative reflection as (1) unstructured, (2) mobile, (3) reciprocally interdependent, and (4) long-term. We engaged the treatment teams in a participatory design process to understand how EHRs could be designed to fit this process, culminating in seven design recommendations. Our work suggests that by supporting the process of collaborative reflection, EHR-related information technology could significantly improve the efficiency and effectiveness of treatment teams.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116045153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rehab-aaService: a cloud-based motor rehabilitation digital assistant","authors":"G. Fortino, Raffaele Gravina","doi":"10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255273","url":null,"abstract":"Body Sensor Networks (BSNs) are playing an important role in the ongoing revolution of the health-care system, introducing the domain of the so-called m-Health. The integration of BSN applications with Cloud-computing technologies is an emerging approach, promising to favor the diffusion of many m-Health services in real life. Among them, motor rehabilitation is one of the application areas where this is particularly true. Monitoring rehabilitation patients via communication networks and mobile computing systems is a crucial aspect since the idea of tying the opportunity to follow and monitor the patient at all post-admission stages through remote monitoring allows to substantially reduce the costs associated with the process. On the other hand, patients that can safely perform rehabilitation and be monitored remotely will get benefit in terms of comfort, physical stress, and economic cost. This paper introduces a motor rehabilitation digital assistant, called Rehab-aaService, based on a three-tier architecture that includes wearable motion sensor nodes, a personal mobile device, and a Cloud-based back-end supported by the BodyCloud middleware.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133978317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tauhidur Rahman, Mi Zhang, Stephen Voida, Tanzeem Choudhury
{"title":"Towards accurate non-intrusive recollection of stress levels using mobile sensing and contextual recall","authors":"Tauhidur Rahman, Mi Zhang, Stephen Voida, Tanzeem Choudhury","doi":"10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.254957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.254957","url":null,"abstract":"Existing user input sampling methods used for stress-related psychotherapy are plagued with problems of low recall accuracy and high intrusiveness. In this paper, we propose a contextual recall-based self-report method using mobile sensing technology that captures contextual cues including location, activity, and environmental acoustics to aid accurate recollection of stress levels. We conducted a controlled study with 36 participants. Our experimental results suggest that contextual recall outperforms recall-based self-report method by both increasing the recall accuracy and minimizing intrusiveness to participants at the same time. Moreover, we quantified the contribution of each individual contextual cue in recollecting stress levels. We found that although participants perceived all of the contextual cues to be useful, in reality, not all the contextual cues are weighted equally during the recollection process.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126418386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}