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The number of cases of stroke has been increasing in Taiwan. Movement disorders such as hemiplegia occur commonly after stroke. Hemiplegic stroke patients are not able to control one side of their body, particularly upper limb. To help stroke patients recovery their lifestyles, rehabilitation plays an important role. This paper introduces the development of a digital system—a personalized interactive game, to help upper limb in hemiplegic stroke patients. Taking patients’ needs and emotion into account, the system makes rehabilitation therapy more enjoyable. The results show that the system could help stroke patients alleviate mental fatigue and allow doctors to control and monitor the rehabilitation process of patients easily. Incorporating interactive game to stroke rehabilitation could be a feasible and acceptable way.
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Chen, CC. (2013). Developing an Interactive Game System for Upper Limb Stroke Rehabilitation. In: Stephanidis, C. (eds) HCI International 2013 - Posters’ Extended Abstracts. HCI 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 374. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39476-8_27
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