3D Technology from the Film Industry Improve Rehabilitation for Stroke
  Patients
From: Medical Design Technology - 12/18/2013

Researchers in Gothenburg have been using 3D technology from the film
industry to analyze the everyday movements of stroke patients. The results
indicate that computerized motion analysis increases our knowledge of how
stroke patients can improve their ability to move through rehabilitation.

In the film and video game industry, motion capture technology is used to
convert people's movements into computer animations.

In a unique study, researchers used motion-capture technology to film
everyday movements among roughly one hundred people, both healthy people and
people who suffered a stroke.

The 3D animations have provided a completely new level of detail in terms of
mobility in stroke patients – knowledge that can help patients achieve more
effective rehabilitation.

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http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2013/12/3d-technology-film-industry-improve-rehabilitation-stroke-patients

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Margit Alt Murphy
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