Uso de jogos sérios para auxiliar na reabilitação motora de pacientes com espondilite anquilosante

Abstract

Despite improving the quality of life of patients, the process of physical therapy may be considered tedious and tiresome. Based on this, the serious games present a proposal to increase the commitment of motor rehabilitation for a better recovery of the patient, making the physical therapy a fun process. This paper proposes a serious game to assist in the treatment of patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis, trying to maintain this relationship of fun and commitment in order to get success during treatment. The device of movements recognition called Kinect simulates real environments, was used to develop the game in order to make the patients experience an even more real during their treatment. The evaluation of the game developed in this work was applied in real life patients. The results shows that using this type of game on treatments is well accepted by patients and health professionals.