MotionTalk: Personalized home rehabilitation system for assisting patients with impaired mobility

The paper introduces MotionTalk, a system designed for personalized physical rehabilitation in the home. It uses Microsoft Kinect to capture body motions. The system compares exercises performed at home with those ideally performed in clinics. It then provides scores based on position, rotation, and range of motion to assess rehabilitation progress. MotionTalk aims to improve patient engagement and reduce healthcare costs through remote access and improved compliance with therapy exercises.

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  The system can provide similarity scores to compare a test video (exercises performed at home) with a template video (exercises ideally performed in the clinic) to give an assessment.
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  The study found that a combination of position and quaternion scores is capable of differentiating between similar and dissimilar movements.
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  MotionTalk has the functionality to allow the therapists to customize and add physical therapy exercises and corresponding 3-D motion videos for each patient.