Research Article
Virtual reality and hand tracking system as a medical tool to evaluate patients with Parkinson’s
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1145/3154862.3154924, author={Gabriel Lugo and Mario Ibarra-Manzano and Fang Ba and Irene Cheng}, title={Virtual reality and hand tracking system as a medical tool to evaluate patients with Parkinson’s}, proceedings={11th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare}, publisher={ACM}, proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH}, year={2018}, month={1}, keywords={parkinson’s evaluation; healthcare assistant; virtual reality; leap motion controller; hand tracking}, doi={10.1145/3154862.3154924} }- Gabriel Lugo
Mario Ibarra-Manzano
Fang Ba
Irene Cheng
Year: 2018
Virtual reality and hand tracking system as a medical tool to evaluate patients with Parkinson’s
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3154862.3154924
Abstract
In this paper, we take advantage of the free hand interaction technology as a medical tool, either in rehabilitation centers or at home, that allows the evaluation of patients with Parkinson’s. We have created a virtual reality scene to engage the patient to feel in an activity that can be found in daily life, and use the Leap Motion controller tracking to evaluate and classify the tremor in the hands. A sample of 33 patients diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD) participated in the study. Three tests were performed per patient, the first two to evaluate the amplitude of the postural tremor in each hand, and the third to measure the time to complete a specific task. Analysis shows that our tool can be used effectively to classify the stage of Parkinson’s disease.