Markerless assisted rehabilitation system

Michał Binkowski, Krzysztof Guzek, Piotr Napieralski · TU repository (Lodz University of Technology) · 2013

The project focuses on the use of modern technology to analyze human movement. This analysis turns out to be useful aid for physicians in rehabilitation of patients with limb injuries. This method is more precise than simple observation of the patient through the organ of sight. The proposed system allows markerless determination of deviations between the selected bones and joints, and as a result do not require specialized and expensive equipment. The implemented application presents instructional animation of the exercises and verify the correctness of its performance in real time. The equipment that meets the requirements of the project is the Microsoft Kinect, which is nowadays widely used in the medical field.

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