Desenvolvimento de um jogo sério para a reabilitação da marcha humana

Abstract

The purpose of this study is the development of a serious electronic game for human gait rehabilitation to complement traditional physiotherapy in post-stroke patients to help them to recover from the deficient gait. The development was made using the Microsoft Kinect, the game engine Unity 3D and a treadmill to build a serious game with needed parameters to a gait rehabilitation for these patients. Increased motivation in patients causes them to stay longer and to better perform rehabilitation protocols, since serious game can help in the visual response and feedback of treatment. Thus, it has been observed that the use of serious games can be a tool that will bring a positive result in the process of rehabilitation of gait in post-stroke patients.