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Development of a system for evaluating body imbalance using Kinect platform;
MAuro Conti Pereira, Naji Rajai Nasri Ama, Maria Camila Barbosa Farias;
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COBENGE19
[35] 13. Temas Transversais à Educação em Engenharia
[126] 13.1 Outros aspectos relevantes relacionados à Educação em Engenharia de uma maneira geral
The main methods used to evaluate diseases that cause body imbalance are made through Romberg's Test or Berg Balance Scale. These tests are affected by exercises and the imbalance analysis is judged by the physiotherapist's experience. With the aim of improving this process, the Kinect sensor was inserted so as to monitor all the stages of the trials. The integration of this technology associated with the tests allows more assertive diagnoses. By using the Kinect and the developed programming it was able to identify the human body with all its limbs and therefore possible to read the body movements in real time and create the graphic of body angulation while considering the test's duration. Besides that, the development of the interface allowed the physiotherapist's login, the patient's register and the verification of the created graphics. Dozens of tests were performed, with patients from 18 to 65 years old, with and without symptoms of pathology. For each one of them the graphics were generated allowing identification of the characteristic curve in the Romberg's Test and Berg Balance Scale.
Body balance, Kinect, Berg Balance Scale, Romberg's Test
