A FRAMEWORK FOR WEBCAM-BASED HAND REHABILITATION EXERCISES

Rui Liu, Burkhard C. Wünsche, Christof Lutteroth, Patrice Delmas

2011

Abstract

Applications for home-based care are rapidly increasing in importance due to spiraling health and elderly care costs. An important aspect of home-based care is exercises for rehabilitation and improving general health. In this paper we present a framework for demonstrating and monitoring hand exercises. The three main components are a 3D hand model, a high-level animation framework which facilitates the task of specifying hand exercises via skeletal animation, and a hand tracking program to monitor and evaluate users’ performance. Our hand tracking solution has no calibration stage and is easily set-up. Segmentation is performed using a perception-based colour space, and hand tracking and motion estimate are obtained using novel variations to a CAMSHIFT and contour analysis algorithms. The results indicate that the robust tracking along with the demonstration and reconstruction of hand exercises provide an effective platform for hand rehabilitation.

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Liu R., C. Wünsche B., Lutteroth C. and Delmas P. (2011). A FRAMEWORK FOR WEBCAM-BASED HAND REHABILITATION EXERCISES . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-47-8, pages 626-631. DOI: 10.5220/0003365206260631


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@conference{visapp11,
author={Rui Liu and Burkhard C. Wünsche and Christof Lutteroth and Patrice Delmas},
title={A FRAMEWORK FOR WEBCAM-BASED HAND REHABILITATION EXERCISES},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={626-631},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003365206260631},
isbn={978-989-8425-47-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2011)
TI - A FRAMEWORK FOR WEBCAM-BASED HAND REHABILITATION EXERCISES
SN - 978-989-8425-47-8
AU - Liu R.
AU - C. Wünsche B.
AU - Lutteroth C.
AU - Delmas P.
PY - 2011
SP - 626
EP - 631
DO - 10.5220/0003365206260631