Valid Open-Access Motor Assessment
2018 – now
Description
The project VALORA provides the clinical and scientific community with open-access software tools to perform instrumented assessments of motor functions using low-cost devices. All the assessment tools have been developed and validated by an interdisciplinary group of experts in the field of rehabilitation engineering and clinical rehabilitation.
Postural control can be assessed from the adaptive mechanism of the central nervous system in different conditions. Posturography investigates postural control from the reaction of the center of pressure of the individuals being examined in situations of increasing complexity.
We have developed a computerized static posturography tool that is interfaced using the low-cost Nintendo Wii Balance Board and incorporates three tests: the modified Clinical Test of Sensory Interaction on Balance, the Limits of Stability, and the Rhythmic Weight Shift.
Project web: https://assessment.nrhb.webs.upv.es/
Job position
- Team Lead
- Main Developer
Technology used
- Unity
- Wii Balance Board Integration (C++)
- SQLite
- Sql Server
- Matlab (Signal analysis)
Research bibliography
- Álvarez, I., Latorre, J., Aguilar, M., Pastor, P., & Llorens, R. (2020). Validity and sensitivity of instrumented postural and gait assessment using low-cost devices in Parkinson’s disease. Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, 17
