Multimedia and Gaming Technologies for Telerehabilitation of Motor Disabilities [Leading Edge]

Author

Altilio, Rosa ; Liparulo, Luca ; Panella, Massimo ; Proietti, Andrea ; Paoloni, Marco

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Eng., Electron. & Telecommun., Univ. of Rome “La Sapienza", Rome, Italy

Volume

34

Issue

4

fYear

2015

Firstpage

23

Lastpage

30

Abstract

Rehabilitation for chronic conditions resulting from acute or progressive disease might be delivered in an outpatient facility as in the case of telerehabilitation, self rehabilitation and, more generally, in the context of home-based rehabilitation to improve the patients´ quality of life. Here we present the emerging field of home-based applications for continuous digital health, focusing in particular on low-cost rehabilitation systems for motor disabilities based on multimedia and gaming technologies. Innovative technologies for telerehabilitation are illustrated. We also present recent advances in telerehabilitation, considering the most relevant projects that best represent new trends for research and development of new technologies and applications in this context.

Keywords

computer games; medical computing; multimedia computing; patient rehabilitation; telemedicine; acute disease; chronic condition rehabilitation; digital health; gaming technology; home-based rehabilitation; motor disability telerehabilitation; multimedia technology; outpatient facility; patient quality-of-life improvement; progressive disease; self-rehabilitation; telerehabilitation; Control systems; Game theory; Home automation; Medical services; Multimedia communication; Patient rehabilitation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0097

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MTS.2015.2494279

Filename

7360306