Implementación de un entorno virtual para la rehabilitación motora del miembro superior en personas afectadas por un accidente cerebrovascular.

Abstract

The present research describes the virtual development environment to contribute to the upper limb motor rehabilitation process in people affected by cerebrovascular accident (CVA). It was decided to adopt a station contributing to the generation of an enabling environment for the rehabilitation process. LabVIEW was used as a development platform of three virtual environments in 2D, which were focused on the measurement of variables such as displacement, speed, pressure, and accuracy determined within the rehabilitation requirements as important for the assessment of the rehabilitation process. For measurements were used ultrasonic sensors HC-SR4, Sensor Flex, and a Joystick, where they were linked to a wireless communication system via Bluetooth interface based on the use of the HC-05 modules. It was used a slave node that concentrates the information from the sensors and sends it to a master node sharing the information to the computer application by programmed algorithms the interaction both physical and virtual environment through game-based environments. Moreover, Microsoft Access was included for the generation of a database. The result was four virtual environments allowing the generation of routines to promote movement and neuronal stimulation of the patient through observation. After analyzing the data obtained the relationships of the variables concerning the time were created. It is always recommended to analyze the data obtained from the application by a specialist to make or not an advanced diagnostic with patients in the rehabilitation process.