Telerehabilitation: controlling haptic virtual environments through handheld interfaces

Authors:
Mario Gutiérrez;Patrick Lemoine;Daniel Thalmann;Frédéric Vexo
Affiliations:
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland;Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland;Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland;Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Venue:
Proceedings of the ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology
Year:
2004

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Abstract

This paper presents a telerehabilitation system for kinesthetic therapy (treatment of patients with arm motion coordination disorders). Patients can receive therapy while being immersed in a virtual environment (VE) with haptic feedback. Our system is based on a Haptic Workstation that provides force-feedback on the upper limbs. One of our main contributions is the use of a handheld device as the main interface for the therapist. The handheld allows for monitoring, adapting and designing exercises in real-time (dynamic VE). Visual contact with the patient is kept by means of a webcam.