Valid Open-Access Motor Assessment
2020 – 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.
Upper-limb mobility and coordination can be assessed by quantifying the ability of the arm to move in different planes of motion with an appropriate speed, distance, direction, timing, and muscular tension. Assessment of mobility and coordination is commonly performed by clinicians using chart-based ordinal scales that evaluate the performance of individuals under study on specific tasks. The use of goniometers and motion tracking systems can potentially enhance the accuracy of the assessment by providing accurate information on the range of motion and kinematics of the investigated joints.
We have developed a computerized tool that assesses upper-limb mobility and coordination using the low-cost Microsoft Kinect Azure. The developed tool includes instrumented tests that quantify the range of motion of the upper limb joints on different planes and the point-to-nose test.
Project web: https://assessment.nrhb.webs.upv.es/
Job position
- Team Lead
- Main Developer
Technology used
- Unity
- Microsoft Kinect Azure
- Microsoft Kinect v2
- SQLite
- Sql Server
- Matlab (Signal analysis)
Research bibliography
- Latorre J., Mollà S., Salinas B., Borrego A., Alcañiz M., Colomer C., Llorens R. (2019). Multi-touch-based assessment of hand mobility, dexterity and function. Preliminary study of validity, reliability and sensitivity to upper limb impairment severity in individuals with stroke. International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation 2019 (ICVR 2019).
