Gaming Camera Could Aid in MS Treatment
From: Medical Design Technology - 08/15/2016

A team of researchers led by McGill University postdoctoral fellow Farnood
Gholami, supervised by Jozsef Kövecses from the Department of Mechanical
Engineering and Centre for Intelligent Machines, collaborated with Daria
Trojan, a physiatrist in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery working
at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, to test whether the
Microsoft Kinect, a 3-D depth-sensing camera, could detect the differences in
gait of MS patients compared to healthy individuals.

In current clinical practice, the walking movement of MS patients is usually
assessed by their doctors, and subjective evaluations may distort results:
two different clinicians may give the same patient different evaluations.
Using a camera that detects movement and computer algorithms that quantify
the patients' walking patterns can reduce potential for human error.

The tool could be useful to assess treatment effects of certain interventions
such as rehabilitation or medication, and to document MS disease progression
as reflected by gait deterioration. It may also be useful as a measure in
clinical trials.

Read the entire article at:
https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2016/08/gaming-camera-could-aid-ms-treatment
http://www.mcgill.ca/neuro/Kinect-MS-Device-Gait

Links:
Jozsef Kovecses
https://www.mcgill.ca/mecheng/facultystaff/staff/jozsefkovecses

Gait Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis Patients Using Microsoft Kinect
https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.02405