Weber-Spickschen Thomas Sanjay, Colcuc Christian, Hanke Alexander, Clausen Jan-Dierk, James Paul Abraham, Horstmann Hauke
Institute of Sports Medicine and Trauma Department, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
Open Med Inform J. 2017 Aug 10;11:29-36. doi: 10.2174/1874431101711010029. eCollection 2017.
The initial goals of rehabilitation after knee injuries and operations are to achieve full knee extension and to activate quadriceps muscle. In addition to regular physiotherapy, an android-based knee training device is designed to help patients achieve these goals and improve compliance in the early rehabilitation period. This knee training device combines fun in a computer game with muscular training or rehabilitation. Our aim was to test the feasibility and acceptability of this new device.
50 volunteered subjects enrolled to test out the computer game aided device. The first game was the high-striker game, which recorded maximum knee extension power. The second game involved controlling quadriceps muscular power to simulate flying an aeroplane in order to record accuracy of muscle activation. The subjects evaluated this game by completing a simple questionnaire.
No technical problem was encountered during the usage of this device. No subjects complained of any discomfort after using this device. Measurements including maximum knee extension power, knee muscle activation and control were recorded successfully. Subjects rated their experience with the device as either excellent or very good and agreed that the device can motivate and monitor the progress of knee rehabilitation training.
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first android-based tool available to fast track knee rehabilitation training. All subjects gave very positive feedback to this computer game aided knee device.
膝关节损伤及手术后康复的最初目标是实现膝关节完全伸展并激活股四头肌。除了常规物理治疗外，还设计了一种基于安卓系统的膝关节训练设备，以帮助患者实现这些目标，并提高早期康复阶段的依从性。这种膝关节训练设备将电脑游戏的趣味性与肌肉训练或康复相结合。我们的目的是测试这种新设备的可行性和可接受性。
50名志愿者参与测试这款电脑游戏辅助设备。第一个游戏是大力士游戏，记录膝关节最大伸展力量。第二个游戏是通过控制股四头肌力量来模拟驾驶飞机，以记录肌肉激活的准确性。受试者通过填写一份简单问卷对该游戏进行评估。
使用该设备期间未遇到技术问题。使用该设备后，没有受试者抱怨任何不适。成功记录了包括膝关节最大伸展力量、膝关节肌肉激活和控制等测量数据。受试者对他们使用该设备体验的评价为优秀或非常好，并认为该设备可以激励和监测膝关节康复训练的进展。
据我们所知，这是首个可用于加速膝关节康复训练的基于安卓系统的工具。所有受试者对这款电脑游戏辅助膝关节设备都给予了非常积极的反馈。
