Affiliations: [a] CTS-UNINOVA, Department of Electrical Engineering, Nova University of Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal | [b] Intelligent and Interactive Systems Lab, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador | [c] Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Corresponding author: Yves Philippe Rybarczyk, CTS-UNINOVA, Department of Electrical Engineering, Nova University of Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal. Tel.: +351 212948545; E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The Therapeutic Patient Education (TPE) aims to help patients to understand diseases and treatments, and collaborate in healthcare by taking an active role in the management of a chronic disease. This transition from the classical patient compliance to empowerment is a revolutionary concept in medicine. However, this consensual idea is not easy to implement because of the complexity of medical records, which are designed for health professionals only. OBJECTIVE: In order to enhance the TPE, an intuitive tool based on a visuo-dynamic interface was developed to facilitate the self-evaluation of disability situations. METHODS: The paper describes the whole implementation process to implement such a user interface, from the development of an innovative low cost markerless motion capture to the 3D modeling of everyday life activities. RESULTS: A usability test carried out on twenty disabled people shows that participants are more at ease to perform a self-assessment of their motor disabilities through an animated stickman-based interface than a classical static interface. CONCLUSIONS: Considering the promising results of this study, the next step of this project will consist of integrating the visuo-dynamic interface into an existing platform (e-ESPOIRS-Handi) dedicated to information sharing between health professional and disabled people.
Keywords: Image processing, 3D reconstruction, biological motion, motor disability, graphic user interface, usability
