BioTrak: a comprehensive overview

Author

Lloréns, Roberto ; Gil-Gómez, José-Antonio ; Mesa-Gresa, Patricia ; Alcañiz, Mariano ; Colomer, Carolina ; Noé, Enrique

Author_Institution

Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación en Bioingeniería y Tecnología Orientada al Ser Humano, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain

fYear

2011

fDate

27-29 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper describes the BioTrak system, a balance rehabilitation system that uses virtual reality technology to immerse patients in a virtual environment where they are challenged to fulfill simple tasks by means of their own movements. The system tries to motivate and involve patients in order to improve their adherence to the treatment, their effort and, thus, their recovery. This manuscript presents an overview of the system and an early validation. Thirteen patients with acquired brain injury participated in 15 sessions with the system and show significant improvement in Berg Balance Scale, Tinetti Gait Assessment, and balance control in medial-lateral and anterior-posterior plane, quantified with a posturography study.

Keywords

Brain injuries; Medical treatment; Numerical stability; Sensors; Statistical analysis; Tracking; Training; balance recovery; neurorehabilitation; virtual rehabilitation; virtual therapy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Rehabilitation (ICVR), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Zurich, Switzerland

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-475-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-61284-473-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICVR.2011.5971843

Filename

5971843