Carro Rosa M, Costales Fernando G, Ortigosa Alvaro
Department of Computer Science, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 11. Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
Children (Basel). 2022 Mar 16;9(3):423. doi: 10.3390/children9030423.
In the medical context, designing and developing myoelectric prostheses has made it possible for patients to regain mobility lost due to amputations; however, their use requires intensive training. Serious games through multi-touch devices can serve as a complement to the activities carried out during face-to-face sessions with occupational therapists and physiotherapists, as a useful resource to engage patients, especially children, and make them enjoy training. In this paper, we describe our work to support the training of myoelectric prostheses through digital serious games. Firstly, we studied the needs of children with myoelectric prostheses and the way they perform rehabilitation. Secondly, we designed specific games to support training accordingly. Thirdly, we developed a system able to generate variations of these games dynamically, adapting the elements at each round to the needs and progress of each child. The interfaces are simple, friendly, and based on tablets to favor autonomy. Finally, we assessed the potential of the use of these games for rehabilitation. Specialists in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Medicine and Special Education collaborated as experts; they agreed that SilverTouch is good for myoelectric prosthetic training and confirmed its potential to be widely used in this context.
在医学领域，设计和开发肌电假肢使因截肢而失去行动能力的患者能够重新获得行动能力；然而，使用这些假肢需要进行强化训练。通过多点触控设备进行的严肃游戏可以作为与职业治疗师和物理治疗师面对面治疗期间所开展活动的补充，作为吸引患者（尤其是儿童）参与并让他们享受训练的有用资源。在本文中，我们描述了通过数字严肃游戏来支持肌电假肢训练的工作。首先，我们研究了使用肌电假肢的儿童的需求以及他们进行康复训练的方式。其次，我们相应地设计了支持训练的特定游戏。第三，我们开发了一个系统，能够动态生成这些游戏的变体，根据每个孩子的需求和进展在每一轮中调整游戏元素。这些界面简单、友好，并且基于平板电脑以利于自主使用。最后，我们评估了使用这些游戏进行康复训练的潜力。物理治疗、职业治疗、医学和特殊教育领域的专家作为专业人士进行了合作；他们一致认为SilverTouch对肌电假肢训练有帮助，并确认了其在这一领域广泛应用的潜力。
