1. Hugo Nicolau
hman@vimmi.inesc-id.pt

2. Spinal Cord Injury.

3. Rehabilitation.

4. Hard and lengthy processes.

5. Monotonous.

6. For the Patients.....

7. .....and the Therapists.

8. Observe.

9. Interpret.

10. Act.

11. Task Analysis

12. Rehabilitation Centre.

13. ten days

14. valuable for all (?)

15. focused on tetraplegic

16. unique
rehabilitation
characteristics

17. 7 patients.

18. 3 therapists.

19. To better understand the rehabilitation
process and highlight the major
requirements for a technology-enhanced
tool

20. Questionnaires.

21. Observation.

22. Interviews.

23. Relevant issues

24. Exercises close to the therapist.

25. Local and global exercises.

26. Subjective and uncertain measurement.

27. Lack of feedback to the patient.

28. a computer platform supported with an
accurate tracking system is a valuable
addition to the current rehabilitation
procedures

29. Requirements

30. data persistence

31. motion capture

32. accuracy

33. reproduction

34. comparison

35. automatic info
extraction

36. The system

37. Tracking the patient’s movements

38. The Interface.

39. Record movements.

40. Replay movements.

41. Compare movements.

42. Preliminary
Evaluation

43. A lot quicker!

44. More precise.

45. Complete and accurate information.

46. A significant improvement.

47. Conclusions

48. current rehabilitation procedures are
limited concerning the accurate
evaluation of the patients’ capabilities
and evolution patterns

49. a virtual tracking-based platform enables
the therapists to have immediate and on-
recall detailed information about the
patients’ motions, evolution and overall
history

50. Future Work

51. evaluate in a rehabilitation centre
thoroughly

52. use the information to lighten the process
(rehabilitation games)

53. Questions?
Hugo Nicolau
hman@vimmi.inesc-id.pt