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Therapy Easy: A co-designed hand rehabilitation system using Leap motion controller

Jena, Ayesha; Chong, Junjie; Jafari, Aghil; Etoundi, Appolinaire

Authors

Ayesha Jena

Junjie Chong



Abstract

Disability affects over 1 billion people across the globe [1]. About 190 million people in this demographic aged 15 or older require healthcare services due to having significant difficulties in functioning [1]. Upper limb disability is one such issue that needs to be addressed as it leads to lower quality of living. Pandemic has been a major barrier towards accessible healthcare services. With the move towards a digitized world, it is necessary for the healthcare sector to adopt appropriate responses to the changing needs. Upper limb rehabilitation services are one such unit of the healthcare sector that can benefit from modern technologies and solutions. We have proposed a system called 'Therapy Easy' which is a flexible therapy system to carry out rehabilitation at the comfort of the user. The tasks in the system incorporate movements that are similar to those performed while carrying out activities of daily living (ADL). The system tracks the hand movements of the user using a Leap motion controller (LMC). Heuristic evaluation was conducted to test the system for usability issues.

Citation

Jena, A., Chong, J., Jafari, A., & Etoundi, A. (2022). Therapy Easy: A co-designed hand rehabilitation system using Leap motion controller. In 2021 24th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology (ICMT)https://doi.org/10.1109/icmt53429.2021.9687286

Conference Name 2021 24th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology (ICMT)
Conference Location Singapore
Start Date Dec 18, 2021
End Date Dec 22, 2021
Online Publication Date Feb 1, 2022
Publication Date Feb 1, 2022
Deposit Date Mar 9, 2022
Publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Book Title 2021 24th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology (ICMT)
ISBN 9781665424608
DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/icmt53429.2021.9687286
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9187185