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Supporting Tremor Rehabilitation Using Optical See-Through Augmented Reality Technology
Tremor is a movement disorder that significantly impacts an individual’s physical stability and quality of life, and conventional medication or surgery often falls short in providing a cure. Rehabilitation training is, therefore, used as an auxiliary method to mitigate the exacerbation of individual...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10143754/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37112264 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23083924 |
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description | Tremor is a movement disorder that significantly impacts an individual’s physical stability and quality of life, and conventional medication or surgery often falls short in providing a cure. Rehabilitation training is, therefore, used as an auxiliary method to mitigate the exacerbation of individual tremors. Video-based rehabilitation training is a form of therapy that allows patients to exercise at home, reducing pressure on rehabilitation institutions’ resources. However, it has limitations in directly guiding and monitoring patients’ rehabilitation, leading to an ineffective training effect. This study proposes a low-cost rehabilitation training system that utilizes optical see-through augmented reality (AR) technology to enable tremor patients to conduct rehabilitation training at home. The system provides one-on-one demonstration, posture guidance, and training progress monitoring to achieve an optimal training effect. To assess the system’s effectiveness, we conducted experiments comparing the movement magnitudes of individuals with tremors in the proposed AR environment and video environment, while also comparing them with standard demonstrators. Participants wore a tremor simulation device during uncontrollable limb tremors, with tremor frequency and amplitude calibrated to typical tremor standards. The results showed that participants’ limb movement magnitudes in the AR environment were significantly higher than those in the video environment, approaching the movement magnitudes of the standard demonstrators. Hence, it can be inferred that individuals receiving tremor rehabilitation in the AR environment experience better movement quality than those in the video environment. Furthermore, participant experience surveys revealed that the AR environment not only provided a sense of comfort, relaxation, and enjoyment but also effectively guided them throughout the rehabilitation process. |
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spelling | pubmed-101437542023-04-29 Supporting Tremor Rehabilitation Using Optical See-Through Augmented Reality Technology Wang, Kai Tan, Dong Li, Zhe Sun, Zhi Sensors (Basel) Article Tremor is a movement disorder that significantly impacts an individual’s physical stability and quality of life, and conventional medication or surgery often falls short in providing a cure. Rehabilitation training is, therefore, used as an auxiliary method to mitigate the exacerbation of individual tremors. Video-based rehabilitation training is a form of therapy that allows patients to exercise at home, reducing pressure on rehabilitation institutions’ resources. However, it has limitations in directly guiding and monitoring patients’ rehabilitation, leading to an ineffective training effect. This study proposes a low-cost rehabilitation training system that utilizes optical see-through augmented reality (AR) technology to enable tremor patients to conduct rehabilitation training at home. The system provides one-on-one demonstration, posture guidance, and training progress monitoring to achieve an optimal training effect. To assess the system’s effectiveness, we conducted experiments comparing the movement magnitudes of individuals with tremors in the proposed AR environment and video environment, while also comparing them with standard demonstrators. Participants wore a tremor simulation device during uncontrollable limb tremors, with tremor frequency and amplitude calibrated to typical tremor standards. The results showed that participants’ limb movement magnitudes in the AR environment were significantly higher than those in the video environment, approaching the movement magnitudes of the standard demonstrators. Hence, it can be inferred that individuals receiving tremor rehabilitation in the AR environment experience better movement quality than those in the video environment. Furthermore, participant experience surveys revealed that the AR environment not only provided a sense of comfort, relaxation, and enjoyment but also effectively guided them throughout the rehabilitation process. MDPI 2023-04-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10143754/ /pubmed/37112264 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23083924 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Wang, Kai Tan, Dong Li, Zhe Sun, Zhi Supporting Tremor Rehabilitation Using Optical See-Through Augmented Reality Technology |
title | Supporting Tremor Rehabilitation Using Optical See-Through Augmented Reality Technology |
title_full | Supporting Tremor Rehabilitation Using Optical See-Through Augmented Reality Technology |
title_fullStr | Supporting Tremor Rehabilitation Using Optical See-Through Augmented Reality Technology |
title_full_unstemmed | Supporting Tremor Rehabilitation Using Optical See-Through Augmented Reality Technology |
title_short | Supporting Tremor Rehabilitation Using Optical See-Through Augmented Reality Technology |
title_sort | supporting tremor rehabilitation using optical see-through augmented reality technology |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10143754/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37112264 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23083924 |
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