Skeletonization of the Straight Leg Raise Movement using the Kinect SDK

Abstract

Biomechanics is widely used as a basis for research in studying disorders of the movement system in the human body. The development of biomechanics has an effect on the field of physiotherapy. Various physiotherapy tests or studies have been developed by researchers to identify and analyze the causes of movement disorders in the human body. Physiotherapy tests performed to detect movement disorders in the human body include: Hawkin Test, Standing Hip Flexion, Standing Trunk Sidebend Test and Straight Leg Raise Test. Straight Leg Raise test is a test to lift one leg straight up in a lying down position. In the medical field, Straight Leg Raise (SLR) movement is very specific for lower lumbar disc herniation and through the use of a device called Kinect which is a color based camera (RGB) and depth camera that can detect movement and track the human skeleton. To get the human body skeleton is through the stages from RGB image acquisition, pose calibration, depth image, skeletonization to feature extraction of the two legs that can form ROM. The result of this study, Kinect is able to track the user's foot frame in SLR pose. Kinect can be relied upon to be used as a tool for detecting and tracking skeletons, and can then be used to measure SLR ROM in real time and analyze low back pain problems and measure effectiveness in physiotherapy.