Virtual Reality System for Rehabilitation of Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Preliminary Study

Pierre Michel, Paul Richard, Takehiko Yamaguchi, Adrien Verhulst, Eulalie Verhulst, Mickaël Dinomais

2016

Abstract

We present a non-immersive virtual reality (VR) system for the rehabilitation of children with Cerebral Palsy (CP). Our objective is to encourage and motivate children to improve their limb motor control while play- ing a game. Two tasks are available : (1) intercepting or (2) to catching / releasing moving objects using a Kinect sensor. These tasks are achieved via the control of a virtual character placed in a virtual island. A control-display ratio is used to virtually increase the child workspace allowing him/her to reach all the approaching objects. In addition, a dynamic difficulty adjustment (DDA) is used to keep a good motivation level. Furthermore, a virtual coach is provided to support and congratulate the children. Twenty healthy chil- dren participated in a preliminary experiment. The aim was (1) to collect control data concerning performance and workload, and (2) to investigate the effect of the virtual coach. Results show a good usability of the game and reveal a high ratio of acceptance and enjoyment from the children.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Michel P., Richard P., Yamaguchi T., Verhulst A., Verhulst E. and Dinomais M. (2016). Virtual Reality System for Rehabilitation of Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Preliminary Study . In Proceedings of the 11th Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2016) ISBN 978-989-758-175-5, pages 306-313. DOI: 10.5220/0005720503040311

in Bibtex Style

@conference{grapp16,
author={Pierre Michel and Paul Richard and Takehiko Yamaguchi and Adrien Verhulst and Eulalie Verhulst and Mickaël Dinomais},
title={Virtual Reality System for Rehabilitation of Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Preliminary Study},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2016)},
year={2016},
pages={306-313},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005720503040311},
isbn={978-989-758-175-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 11th Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2016)
TI - Virtual Reality System for Rehabilitation of Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Preliminary Study
SN - 978-989-758-175-5
AU - Michel P.
AU - Richard P.
AU - Yamaguchi T.
AU - Verhulst A.
AU - Verhulst E.
AU - Dinomais M.
PY - 2016
SP - 306
EP - 313
DO - 10.5220/0005720503040311