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标题：OpenButterfly Multimodal Rehabilitation Analysis of Immersive Virtual Reality for Physical Therapy
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作者：Michael Ora Powell ; Aviv Elor ; Mircea Teodorescu 等
期刊名称：American Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
印刷版ISSN：2333-4592
电子版ISSN：2333-4606
出版年度：2020
卷号：8
期号：1
页码：23-35
DOI：10.12691/ajssm-8-1-5
语种：English
出版社：Science and Education Publishing
摘要：Upper limb injury often requires repetitive and long-term physical rehabilitation which can result in low adherence due to the repetitive and internally motivated nature of the exercises. Immersive Virtual Reality (iVR) systems enhanced with games can address these challenges. These systems provide a platform for adaptable sensing and analytical tools to track progress, personalize therapy, and increase long term engagement. This paper explores such a system, through an iVR-based experience for upper-extremity rehabilitation called “OpenButterfly,” where users follow movements to protect a virtual butterfly. OpenButterfly enables a dynamically controllable environment for individual exercise by utilizing motion capture, a biomechanical model of torque and angular momentum, and a biometric pipeline for brainwave, heartrate, and skin conductance analysis. We examine this experience for five adult users with varying degrees of injury over the course of eight weeks. Our results suggest that experiences like OpenButterfly provide strong platforms for long-term physical therapy engagement, analysis, and recovery. Lastly, this paper concludes with considerations for future research into adaptive iVR physio-rehabilitation.
关键词：virtual reality; biofeedback; biomechanical simulation; OpenSim; rehabilitation; exergame; serious games