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Case Reports
. 2016 Apr;28(4):1387-91.
doi: 10.1589/jpts.28.1387. Epub 2016 Apr 28.

Clinical usefulness of augmented reality using infrared camera based real-time feedback on gait function in cerebral palsy: a case study

Byoung-Hee Lee  1
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Clinical usefulness of augmented reality using infrared camera based real-time feedback on gait function in cerebral palsy: a case study

Byoung-Hee Lee. J Phys Ther Sci. 2016 Apr.

Abstract

[Purpose] This study investigated the effects of real-time feedback using infrared camera recognition technology-based augmented reality in gait training for children with cerebral palsy. [Subjects] Two subjects with cerebral palsy were recruited. [Methods] In this study, augmented reality based real-time feedback training was conducted for the subjects in two 30-minute sessions per week for four weeks. Spatiotemporal gait parameters were used to measure the effect of augmented reality-based real-time feedback training. [Results] Velocity, cadence, bilateral step and stride length, and functional ambulation improved after the intervention in both cases. [Conclusion] Although additional follow-up studies of the augmented reality based real-time feedback training are required, the results of this study demonstrate that it improved the gait ability of two children with cerebral palsy. These findings suggest a variety of applications of conservative therapeutic methods which require future clinical trials.

Keywords: Augmented reality; Cerebral palsy; Real-time feedback.

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Schematic diagram of the augmented reality using an infrared camera for real-time feedback
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