Anna Alloni, S. Panzarasa, S. Quaglini, C. Zucchella, D. Tost
{"title":"Enhancing computerized cognitive rehabilitation with 3D solutions","authors":"Anna Alloni, S. Panzarasa, S. Quaglini, C. Zucchella, D. Tost","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2014.255358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2014.255358","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, cognitive rehabilitation is shifting from paper-based to computer-based practice. Computerization entails several advantages, among which the availability of a great amount of stimuli to be used within a wide range of easily customizable exercise types and the possibility to monitor the evolution of a patient's skills through the storage of his performance data into a database. Furthermore, a computerized system can automatically assess the patient and adjust each exercise's difficulty accordingly. Patients undergoing exercises which fail to entertain them and stimulate their curiosity, are very likely to develop fatigue and boredom; besides, perceiving computerized rehabilitation as stressful and uncomfortable could very likely reduce the subject's compliance. For this reason great efforts are to be made in order to avoid the onset of stress states: this is why we chose to differentiate the exercises as much as possible before testing the tool on volunteers and patients. The results led us to improve the system, focusing mainly on the visual aspect of the exercises and to introduce 3D technology into our system.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"94 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":"131013612","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}
Mohamed A. Mashat, H. Fardoun, Lorenzo C. Gonzalez
{"title":"LVRA: low vision reading algorithm","authors":"Mohamed A. Mashat, H. Fardoun, Lorenzo C. Gonzalez","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2014.255254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2014.255254","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the Low Vision Reading Algorithm for people with low vision problems; Low Vision Algorithm is used to reveal the hidden information under the zones in which the user cannot see correctly. This algorithm improves the obtained result when the device is used to read some type of document or web page. Thus, if it is connected with a ocular movement detection application, it aids people to use the devices in a more comfortable way.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"49 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":"121590122","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}
L. Omelina, B. Jansen, B. Bonnechère, M. Oravec, S. Jan
{"title":"Therapeutic interaction detection for serious games in physical rehabilitation","authors":"L. Omelina, B. Jansen, B. Bonnechère, M. Oravec, S. Jan","doi":"10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255352","url":null,"abstract":"Serious games gained popularity in recent years together with the use of modern input devices. Mainly marker-less motion tracking cameras play a special role in the automation of physical rehabilitation. These inexpensive cameras can provide accurate information about the movements and poses of the subject without complicated setup. However, these cameras are still not perfect and experience problems in particular poses, setups or when users are interacting. Interaction between a patient and the therapist is a crucial and inevitable aspect of the therapy and results in frustrations when using new technologies. In this paper we propose a method that can identify whether a therapist is interacting with a patient or not, in order to improve not only the therapy sessions but also the quality of the data collected during the gameplay or assessment, automated with the modern input sensors. We compare our measurement results with a marker based motion tracking system (Vicon) and additional scores to demonstrate the importance of identifying interactions between a therapist and patients.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"63 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":"121832397","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}
J. Heek, A. Schaar, B. Trevisan, Patrycja Bosowski, M. Ziefle
{"title":"User requirements for wearable smart textiles: does the usage context matter (medical vs. sports)?","authors":"J. Heek, A. Schaar, B. Trevisan, Patrycja Bosowski, M. Ziefle","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2014.255179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2014.255179","url":null,"abstract":"Wearable smart textiles are a promising approach to provide health related services (e.g., permanent monitoring of vital parameters), and can be used in different context (such as sports or health care). But so far, smart textiles [ST] have not significantly penetrated the market. To identify possible reasons, the acceptance of important stakeholders must be investigated. This paper offers a first step in this direction by presenting a questionnaire study on user requirements of smart wearable textiles. To find out whether there is a generic attitude towards ST, this study is focused on a comparison of user requirements in two settings, sport and health care, as two central fields of application for this technology. First results show that there are differences in the evaluation of requirements of ST pertaining to ease of use, permanent information provision about one's health status, data security as well as the design of such textiles, based on the usage context.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"29 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":"121904818","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}
Christiana Tsiourti, Emilie Joly, Cindy Wings, M. B. Moussa, K. Wac
{"title":"Virtual assistive companions for older adults: qualitative field study and design implications","authors":"Christiana Tsiourti, Emilie Joly, Cindy Wings, M. B. Moussa, K. Wac","doi":"10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.254943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.254943","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a qualitative study conducted to explore perceptions, attitudes and expectations for a virtual assistive companion designed to supplement human caregiving and facilitate an improved quality of life and long-term health benefits for older adults. The study was conducted adopting a human-centred approach; employing focus groups and individual interviews with older adults, professional caregivers and psychologists specialized in the aging process. Results indicated that users were in favour of a virtual companion and highlighted its potential to assist the accomplishment of daily activities and make more efficient use of human care services. Humanlike communication and behaviour were desirable whereas mixed opinions were expressed about humanlike appearance. The ramifications of the study are discussed in the form of design implications for the development of a virtual assistive companion that possesses the appropriate \"social skills\" to establish and maintain comfortable and acceptable long-term interaction and offers \"useful\" support to older adults.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"18 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":"117184791","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":"Consonantal phonation rehabilitation","authors":"H. Fardoun, A. Al-Ghamdi, Antonio Paules Ciprés","doi":"10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255391","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255391","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an innovative system for tablets aiming at facilitating and supporting speech therapists and teachers towards the diagnosis and treatment of vocalization problems with particular interest in consonantal phonemes. As such, cloud technologies provide the appropriate place to host a platform supporting the system with the associated features due to the wider development and distribution for tablets cloud computing provides. Up to now, related resources presentation and utilisation for these vocalization difficulties are limited to pictograms and static web pages developed by speech therapists. Therefore, it is impossible to take advantage of their full potentiality for professional and practical Web and even less cloud-based environments utilisation.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"1 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":"129592392","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}
Andreas Tsipouriaris, A. Kogkas, C. Triantafyllou, K. Moustakas, Constantinos Koutsojannis
{"title":"Simulation of ACL reconstruction dynamics for optimal rehabilitation planning","authors":"Andreas Tsipouriaris, A. Kogkas, C. Triantafyllou, K. Moustakas, Constantinos Koutsojannis","doi":"10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255284","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a framework for simulated evaluation of the biomechanics of the human knee after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear. Following the notion of the Virtual Physiological Human (VPH), a computational model of both the kinematics and dynamics of the human knee is developed that is subsequently simulated for typical motions and activities. The proposed scheme provides a feasibility study on how VPH simulations can be used in a pre-surgical step for optimal planning of several parameters related to the surgical procedure (e.g. physical vs. synthetic reconstruction, positioning, etc.). The effect of the choice of these parameters on the motor behaviour of the knee can be estimated through the proposed simulation scheme, thus leading to a powerful clinical decision support system. Experimental evaluation demonstrates the clinical potential of the proposed framework.","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":"128710319","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":"Smart rehabilitation garment design for arm-hand training","authors":"Qi Wang, P. Markopoulos, Wei Chen","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2014.255256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2014.255256","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the design of a smart rehabilitation garment (SRG) to support posture correction during rehabilitation training. The garment is equipped with accelerometers in various positions and is controlled by an Arduino processor. It connects with Bluetooth to a smartphone or a personal computer in order to provide feedback to patients. The garment can provide reminders to users by vibration. We discuss the placement of sensing modules, the garment design and the integration of smart textiles and wearable electronics. The garment has been designed to support posture feedback during rehabilitation training, e.g., in the context of arm-hand training, or to be used as a posture correction aid worn throughout the day. We argue that wearability and comfort are major requirements in order to achieve acceptance by users.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"14 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":"116986649","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}
J. Alves, A. Vourvopoulos, Alexandre Bernardino, S. Badia
{"title":"Eye gaze patterns after stroke: correlates of a VR action execution and observation task","authors":"J. Alves, A. Vourvopoulos, Alexandre Bernardino, S. Badia","doi":"10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255288","url":null,"abstract":"The concept of a partially shared neural circuitry between action observation and action execution in healthy participants has been demonstrated through a number of studies. However, little research has been done in this regard utilizing eye movement metrics in rehabilitation contexts. In this study we approach action observation and action execution by combining a virtual environment and eye tracking technology. Participants consisted of stroke survivors, and were required to perform a simple reach-and-grab and place-and-release task with both their paretic and non-paretic arm. Results showed congruency in gaze metrics between action execution and action observation, for distribution and duration of gaze events. Furthermore, in action observation, longer smooth pursuit segments were detected when observing the representation of the paretic arm, thus providing evidence that the affected circuitry may be activated during observation of the simulated action. These results can lead to novel rehabilitation methods using virtual reality technology.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"83 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":"131796172","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}
Silvia Artoni, S. Pelagatti, Maria Claudia Buzzi, M. Buzzi, C. Senette
{"title":"Technology-enhanced discriminative programs for children with autism","authors":"Silvia Artoni, S. Pelagatti, Maria Claudia Buzzi, M. Buzzi, C. Senette","doi":"10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255258","url":null,"abstract":"Autism impacts a subject's communication, socialization and language abilities with different degrees of severity. Intensive therapy is needed to improve and maintain these abilities over time. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) enriches communication with images, video or gestures to help children with autism understand a task. Discrete Trial Training (DTT), breaking up a task into small trials of increasing levels of difficulty (structured trials), is used in teaching autistic children. In this paper, we compare the progress of seven autistic children while carrying out both traditional and technology-enhanced Applied Behavior Analysis programs, including matching, receptive and expressive trials. Results show that with ABCD software learning time is reduced, as children in the sample required less time to master new articles and generalize previously mastered skills.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"21 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":"131915289","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}