A Robot-Based Tool for Physical and Cognitive Rehabilitation of Elderly People Using Biofeedback

Leire Lopez-Samaniego and Begonya Garcia-Zapirain
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Leire Lopez-Samaniego: eVida/DeustoTech-LIFE Lab., University of Deusto, Bilbao 48007, Spain
Begonya Garcia-Zapirain: eVida/DeustoTech-LIFE Lab., University of Deusto, Bilbao 48007, Spain

IJERPH, 2016, vol. 13, issue 12, 1-14

Abstract: This publication presents a complete description of a technological solution system for the physical and cognitive rehabilitation of elderly people through a biofeedback system, which is combined with a Lego robot. The technology used was the iOS’s (iPhone Operating System) Objective-C programming language and its XCode programming environment; and SQLite in order to create the database. The biofeedback system is implemented by the use of two biosensors which are, in fact, a Microsoft band 2 in order to register the user’s heart rate and a MYO sensor to detect the user’s arm movement. Finally, the system was tested with seven elderly people from La Santa y Real Casa de la Misericordia nursing home in Bilbao. The statistical assessment has shown that the users are satisfied with the usability of the system, with a mean score of 79.29 on the System Usability Scale (SUS) questionnaire.

Keywords: sensors; biofeedback; serious games; Bluetooth LE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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