A transportable camera based motion analysis system with application to monitoring of rehabilitation of hand

Abstract

In this paper we present a portable camera based motion analysis system. The system consist of multiple high speed FireWire cameras with a powerful image processing workstation alongside biosignal and pressure insole data acquisition systems. The laboratory equipment was utilized in a case study in which post-stroke recovering patients were performing various task involving controlled coordination of the upper extremities. The framework on assessment of the effectiveness of post-stroke rehabilitation was developed. The preliminary results suggest that three-dimensional motion analysis methods can give valuable quantitative information on rehabilitation process.