Biomechanical validation of upper-body and lower-body joint movements of kinect motion capture data for rehabilitation treatments

摘要

ew and powerful hardware like Kinect introduces\udthe possibility of changing biomechanics paradigm,\udusually based on expensive and complex equipment. Kinect is\uda markerless and cheap technology recently introduced from\udvideogame industry. In this work we conduct a comparison\udstudy of the precision in the computation of joint angles\udbetween Kinect and an optical motion capture professional\udsystem. We obtain a range of disparity that guaranties enough\udprecision for most of the clinical rehabilitation treatments\udprescribed nowadays for patients. This way, an easy and cheap\udvalidation of these treatments can be obtained automatically,\udensuring a better quality control process for the patient’s\udrehabilitation.