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MATEC Web of Conferences
Volume 22, 2015
International Conference on Engineering Technology and Application (ICETA 2015)
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| Article Number | 01036 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Information and Communication Technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20152201036 | |
| Published online | 09 July 2015 | |
Game System for Rehabilitation Based on Kinect is Effective for Mental Retardation
Department of Psychology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Kinect has already been widely used in the area of retardation, and this study is to evaluate whether the Game System for Rehabilitation based on Kinect is effective for children with mental retardation. The subjects in this paper are 112 children with mental retardation in Zhejiang province of China. The Game System for Rehabilitation based on Kinect was applied to assist the rehabilitation of children. Before the training, the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) was used to evaluate abilities of children, including self-care, mobility, and social function. And after having been trained for a month, the abilities of these children were evaluated again by PEDI. The results in this paper is that, after the application of Game System for Rehabilitation based on Kinect, the PEDI score of children is significantly higher than the score before training. And it can be concluded that the Game System for Rehabilitation based on Kinect can significantly improve self-care, mobility, and social function of children with MR.
Key words: mental retardation / Game System / rehabilitation / PEDI / virtual reality / Kinect
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