RehabVisual: Adapting and Testing the Visuomotor Skills Stimulation Platform on Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Margarida Henriques, Maria Mendes, Ana Martins, Carla Quintão, Carla Quintão, Cláudia Quaresma, Cláudia Quaresma

2024

Abstract

Multiple Sclerosis (MS), the most prevalent immune-mediated inflammatory demyelinating disease affecting the Central Nervous System (CNS), has an estimated global incidence of 2,8 million individuals. Although its symptomatology is highly varied and unpredictable, depending on the lesions’ location in the CNS, visual impairments are among the most common manifestations. However, conventional methods for assessing and rehabilitating visuomotor competences are not sufficient to deliver objective assessments or personalized therapies. The current study addresses this gap by adapting and testing the RehabVisual platform’s usability in MS patients. RehabVisual, developed in previous studies, aims to objectively assess visuomotor skills through an integrated low-cost eye tracking system, offering specific clinical intervention. Before clinical application, a normative base was established using 50 healthy individuals for later comparison. The experimental group comprised 25 MS patients with and without confirmed visuomotor alterations. The protocol involved viewing three visual stimuli for later calculation of the mean Euclidean distance between the gaze and stimulus positions using the eye tracker, for further assessment of the patients’ performance in tracking the stimulus. The findings confirmed diagnosed visual impairments, along with their quantification and storage for monitoring and rehabilitation purposes, highlighting the platform’s potential as an auxiliary tool for healthcare professionals.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Henriques M., Mendes M., Martins A., Quintão C. and Quaresma C. (2024). RehabVisual: Adapting and Testing the Visuomotor Skills Stimulation Platform on Patients with Multiple Sclerosis. In Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: BIODEVICES; ISBN 978-989-758-688-0, SciTePress, pages 164-171. DOI: 10.5220/0012463700003657

in Bibtex Style

@conference{biodevices24,
author={Margarida Henriques and Maria Mendes and Ana Martins and Carla Quintão and Cláudia Quaresma},
title={RehabVisual: Adapting and Testing the Visuomotor Skills Stimulation Platform on Patients with Multiple Sclerosis},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: BIODEVICES},
year={2024},
pages={164-171},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012463700003657},
isbn={978-989-758-688-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: BIODEVICES
TI - RehabVisual: Adapting and Testing the Visuomotor Skills Stimulation Platform on Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
SN - 978-989-758-688-0
AU - Henriques M.
AU - Mendes M.
AU - Martins A.
AU - Quintão C.
AU - Quaresma C.
PY - 2024
SP - 164
EP - 171
DO - 10.5220/0012463700003657
PB - SciTePress