Interactive Game Carpet with Gait Analysis for Children's Lower Limb Training

Yaxuan Liu, Siyuan Chen, Yijia An, Yung C. Liang, Qinglei Bu*, Jie Sun*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Children with cerebral palsy (CP) frequently struggle with slow walking, and irregular step and stride length, which require comprehensive lower limb rehabilitation exercises to improve and strengthen their leg muscles for daily activities. The current hospital rehabilitation programs are usually repetitive, making it difficult for kids to stick with the training in the long run. In order to encourage, track, and support children's lower limb rehabilitation training, this study proposes an interactive gaming carpet and the intelligent gait pattern analysis that goes along with it. With the use of color, lighting, and sound cues, this game carpet design trains kids in bilateral leg coordination, single-leg stepping, and step length correction. In the meanwhile, therapists can use intelligent gait pattern analysis to help them objectively analyze children's conditions and provide customized exercise plans.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference
Subtitle of host publicationInclusive Happiness, IDC 2024
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages823-827
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9798400704420
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Jun 2024
Event23rd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference, IDC 2024 - Delft, Netherlands
Duration: 17 Jun 202420 Jun 2024

Publication series

NameProceedings of ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Inclusive Happiness, IDC 2024

Conference

Conference23rd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference, IDC 2024
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityDelft
Period17/06/2420/06/24

Keywords

  • Cerebral palsy rehabilitation
  • Gait pattern analysis
  • Interactive carpet
  • Lower limb training

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