Augmenting the Rehabilitation Gaming System with haptics and orthosis

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Event Abstract Back to Event Augmenting the Rehabilitation Gaming System with haptics and orthosis Monica Da Silva Cameirao1*, S. Bermudez I Badi1, E. Duarte Oller2 and Paul F. Verschure1 1 Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems (SPECS), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain 2 Servei de Medicina Física i Rehabilitació, Hospital de L’Esperança, Spain Abstract: Virtual Reality (VR) technology has been shown to be a promising tool to diagnose, monitor and induce functional recovery after lesions to the nervous system. However, there is still a need to better understand the relation between the characteristics of these systems and the impact on the recovery of its users. This study aims at assessing the impact of a virtual task for upper limb rehabilitation, when the interaction interface has different properties. We use the RGS (Rehabilitation Gaming System) coupled with a vision based tracking system, a haptic feedback system or an exoskeleton. The vision based tracking system captures movement by detecting markers positioned on the upper limbs; the haptic system adds force-feedback; and the exoskeleton provides support against gravity. We will investigate the impact and advantages of these different technologies in chronic stroke patients, and we will try to establish a relation between the profile of recovery and the used technology. Conference: Annual CyberTherapy and CyberPsychology 2009 conference, Villa Caramora, Italy, 21 Jun - 23 Jun, 2009. Presentation Type: Oral Presentation Topic: Oral Presentations Citation: Cameirao M, Bermudez I Badi S, Duarte Oller E and Verschure PF (2009). Augmenting the Rehabilitation Gaming System with haptics and orthosis. Front. Neuroeng. Conference Abstract: Annual CyberTherapy and CyberPsychology 2009 conference. doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.14.2009.06.110 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 23 Mar 2009; Published Online: 23 Mar 2009. * Correspondence: Monica Da Silva Cameirao, Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems (SPECS), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, paul.verschure@specs-lab.com Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Monica Da Silva Cameirao S. Bermudez I Badi E. Duarte Oller Paul F Verschure Google Monica Da Silva Cameirao S. Bermudez I Badi E. Duarte Oller Paul F Verschure Google Scholar Monica Da Silva Cameirao S. Bermudez I Badi E. Duarte Oller Paul F Verschure PubMed Monica Da Silva Cameirao S. Bermudez I Badi E. Duarte Oller Paul F Verschure Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.