Lubos Omelina
ABSTRACT
This paper describes the quality of experience (QoE) of a gaming platform developed for the physical rehabilitation of seriously impaired children. Most literature on QoE assessment in such serious games focuses on the difficult issue of assessing the patient's experience, ignoring the therapist's perspective. This paper rather investigates the experience of the therapist in interacting with such a platform. Therapists were asked to use three different user interfaces for configuring the games to the needs of their patients and their preferences were evaluated. Results indicate a preference for a configuration tool with 3D visualization and manipulation over a 2D version. Moreover, a tablet application allowed to setup the exercises much faster than a desktop application, due to the natural way of 3D manipulation with finger gestures.
- Keith Lohse, Navid Shirzad, Alida Verster, Nicola Hodges, and H F Machiel Van der Loos, "Video games and rehabilitation: using design principles to enhance engagement in physical therapy.," Journal of neurologic physical therapy : JNPT, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 166--75, Dec. 2013.Google Scholar
Cross Ref
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- Lubos Omelina, Bart Jansen, Bruno Bonnechère, Serge Van Sint Jan, and Jan Cornelis, "Serious games for physical rehabilitation: Designing highly configurable and adaptable games," in Proc. 9th Intl Conf. Disability, virtual Reality and Associated Technologies, 2012, pp. 10--12.Google Scholar
- Bruno Bonnechère, Lubos Omelina, Bart Jansen, Marcel Rooze, and Serge Van Sint Jan, "Balance training using specially developed serious games for cerebral palsy children, a feasibility study," in 2nd ICTs for improving Patient Rehabilitation Research Techniques Workshop, 2014, pp. 3--5.Google Scholar
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