Imaging of Computer Input Ability for Patient With Tetraplegia

摘要

In rehabilitation medicine, it is necessary for medical staff members to recommend the suitable computer input device for each patient with a spinal cord injury. This paper describes a measurement and evaluation system to determine the computer input ability of patients with tetraplegia. The authors will define a measurement procedure, a set of objective parameters, and a graphical representation of the parameters. They measure the position locus of the mouse cursor when a patient operates a computer using a computer input device. Using the representation, the medical staff can evaluate the patient's computer input ability and understand the characteristics of the patient's computer operation