Monday, June 27, 2011

A Real-Time Interactive MIDI Glove for Domicile Stroke Rehabilitation

I wish they at least would show a picture of it and compare it to the saebo-flex and other gloves out there.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/f12821r176k7mh16/


Abstract





Stroke is the leading cause of chronic adult disability in Western countries. After several weeks of inpatient physiotherapy, stroke patients are forced to continue unguided and monotonous therapy at home. Consequently, these patients often lose motivation to continue domicile stroke therapy and therefore do not recover to their potential. An interactive real-time MIDI-Glove was developed with the goal of engaging patients in meaningful, entertaining, and motivating domicile therapy. The MIDI-Glove can also provide a quantitative assessment of progress which provides feedback to both patient and therapist. This paper focuses on two developed MIDI-Glove applications. The first is Musiquant, a computer game which allows an individual to play a sample of a song using the glove and to receive a score based on the performance. The second application allows an individual to play along with a song using a variety of different instruments.

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