A Physiotherapy Application with MS Kinect for Patients with Shoulder Joint, Muscle and Tendon Damage

Abstract

Patients with undergone traditional physiotherapy have some problems, especially in terms of transportation and doing correct exercise. Nowadays telerehabilitation is becoming a popular method to reduce these problems and to help with treatment. MS Kinect is also one of the effective equipments in telerehabilitation. In this study, the problems of physically treated patients and studies using MS Kinect for this disease were examined. A physiotherapy application was developed with MS Kinect for shoulder joint, muscle and tendon damaged patients. In this application, six exercises have been selected for patients with shoulder joint, muscle and tendon damage. Thanks to the developed physiotherapy application with MS Kinect, the patients can do their exercises with highest accuracy.