Estimating kinetic energy for therapy sessions

• Romero, Alejandro ^[1] ; Cornejo, Raymundo ^[1] ; Martínez, Fernando ^[1] ; Barraza, Claudia ^[1] ; Álvarez, Vania ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua

     Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua

     México

     
• Localización: Avances en Interacción Humano-Computadora, ISSN-e 2594-2352, Vol. 3, Nº. 1, 2018 (Ejemplar dedicado a: MexIHC 2018), págs. 44-47
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Therapists usually base the progress of the patients on a daily observation with a global evaluation every six months. This scenario could create a lack of exact and measurable daily data. Measurable data could be very helpful for monitoring patient’s progress and take important decisions regarding the therapy activities. A way to calculate the movement of a human body is through its kinetic energy. The kinetic energy measures the amount of energy spent in a therapy session or activity. The present study calculates the kinetic energy spent by children during movement based learning therapy through a data set captured with a motion sensing input device. Our preliminary results indicate an important impact on kinetic energy during this type of therapy