Body Perception Manipulation with Movement Sonification for Stroke Survivors Rehabilitation

Not useful yet, tested on healthy participants.

Body Perception Manipulation with Movement Sonification for Stroke Survivors Rehabilitation

 Sonification for Stroke Survivors Rehabilitation Filipa Oliveira Instituto Superior Tecnico ´ University of Lisbon Portugal maria.oliveira@tecnico.ulisboa.pt Isabel Neto INESC-ID, IST University of Lisbon Portugal isabel.neto@tecnico.ulisboa.pt Daniel Simoes Lopes ˜ INESC-ID, IST University of Lisbon Portugal daniel.lopes@inesc-id.pt Hugo Nicolau ITI/LARSyS, IST University of Lisbon Portugal hugo.nicolau@tecnico.ulisboa.pt Abstract—Physical rehabilitation plays an essencial role in recovering from a stroke, but it can become repetitive and boring. We present an innovative sound-based prototype for realtime sonification of an upper limb exercise. The prototype is designed to engage stroke survivors in upper body exercises and influence their body perceptions. We ran a preliminary study with ten healthy participants to validate our sonification approach. Findings suggested that movement sonification has the potential for patient engagement and positively influences perceived body weight and capability. Moreover, the proposed approach holds promising results for future research with stroke survivors. erms—Sonification; Stroke; Rehabilitation; Body perception;