Augmented and virtual reality mirror therapy system for hand rehabilitation in stroke patients

SPAHN, AGUSTÍN; MARTÍNEZ, C. E.; ALBORNOZ, E. M.

Budapest

Conferencia; 22nd IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Informatics and 8th IEEE International Conference on Recent Achievements in Mechatronics, Automation, Computer Science and Robotics (CINTI-MACRo); 2022

IEEE Hungary Section Óbuda University Hungarian Fuzzy Association, IEEE Chapter of SMC, Romania

Nowadays, it is increasingly common for neurophysiological rehabilitation therapies to be carried out with the help of assistive systems that allow friendly interactions with patients. Many of them are oriented towards challenges, games or interactions that try to capture the patient’s attention andgenerate a pleasant setting for performing routines. In this work, a system was developed that implements mirror therapy through different augmented and virtual reality games in whichthe movements of the healthy hand are replicated in a virtual hand. The patient must perform different routines focused on the movements of the shoulders, elbows, wrists and fingers,which differ by the degree of mobility that the person has and the rehabilitation phase in which they are. Besides, the system includes a module for recording and consulting information on the performance of routines by patients, allowing specialists to carry out an evaluation and monitoring of the progress. The system is currently under evaluation by clinicians with patients, having obtained satisfactory results in initial tests.