Abstract
AbstractThe use of social assistive robots for interactive stimulation has strong potential in neurorehabilitation therapies. It is of particular interest in the case of pediatric patients to promote children’s motivation and adherence, specially when those robots are able of guide gamified activities, as it is the case of NAOTherapist. NAOTherapist is a Social Assistive Robotics (SAR) platform for hands-off rehabilitation based on upper-limb activities, that was originally designed for pediatric patients with Cerebral Palsy (CP) or Obstetric Braxial Plexus Palsy (OBPP). Formerly, it endowed the therapists with tools to perform rehabilitation exercises. This paper proposes the gamification of NAOTherapist in order to incorporate additional characteristics which allow its intensive use in new rehabilitation procedures, such as the Hand-Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy (HABIT). This intensive therapy setting involves daily activities in several consecutive days, which require a strong engagement of the patients with the therapeutic methods and the acceptation of the NAOTherapist as a rehabilitation system. The gamified system shows very accurate results considering the different aspects defined in the USUS methodology; namely Usability, Social acceptance, User experience and Societal impact.
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Agencia Estatal de Investigación
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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