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Walking on virtual tiles. Adaptive augmented reality for aiding Parkinson patients Yoram Baram, Judith Aharon-Peretz, Yahalomit Simionvici, Lior Ron, Amir Baram. Background . Parkinson’s Disease causes severe gait disturbance Current medication (L-Dopa) helps, but has adverse effects
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Walking on virtual tiles Adaptive augmented reality for aiding Parkinson patients Yoram Baram, Judith Aharon-Peretz, Yahalomit Simionvici, Lior Ron, Amir Baram
Background • Parkinson’s Disease causes severe gait disturbance • Current medication (L-Dopa) helps, but has adverse effects • Visual cues help Parkinson patients to walk
A Parkinson’s patient On On medication Off medication
Augmented reality in closed-loop We propose adaptive augmented reality – a virtual tiled floor that responds dynamically to the patient’s own motions Patient dynamics: • forward • sideways • turns • head motions • tremor
Apparatus We have developed a device comprising: • Head and body mounted accelerometers • See-through head-mounted display • Digital processor • Software that creates the desired augmented reality
Open and closed loop systems motor system image generator motion eyes display motor system image generator motion eyes display motion sensor adaptive filter
Medical experiments • Performed at the Movement Disorders Clinic of Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel • Compared patient performance with the visual display turned off and on and with open and closed loop systems • Patients were 12 hours off medication or in “off” • Each experiment consisted of a patient walking a stretch of 10 meters 4 times. Last 2 times averaged
Results Test reslts Display off Open loop Close loop 1 Close loop 2
Conclusion • Significant improvement in the walking abilities of Parkinson patients is facilitated by a portable device for creating an adaptive augmented reality of motion over tiles • Improvement parameters are similar to those obtained by medication and by brain surgery, without the adverse effects