1. Development of telerehabilitation application with designated consultation categories.
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Kok Kiong Tan, Narayanan, Arun Shankar, Choon-Huat Koh, Gerald, Ko Ko Htet Kyaw, and Hoenig, Helen M.
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VIDEO game equipment , *VIDEO recording , *ALGORITHMS , *AUDIOVISUAL materials , *CLIENT/SERVER computing , *COMPUTER networks , *COMPUTER software , *EXERCISE therapy , *MEDICAL referrals , *MOTOR ability , *OCCUPATIONAL therapy , *PHYSICAL therapy , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *REHABILITATION , *RESEARCH funding , *TELEMEDICINE , *PRODUCT design , *EVALUATION research , *MEDICAL equipment reliability , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
Telerehabilitation (TR) is getting ever more popular because it is effective in bringing rehabilitation services to rural populations by means of audiovisual systems and its initial implementation studies presented encouraging results. TR is proven to be helpful, with benefits in terms of reduced travel time, cost, and availability of specialists’ support in local communities. However, TR systems that are usable under low-bandwidth network environments are rare. This article introduces the development of a TR system with customized consultation categories for users to choose from, depending on requirements. Each category, with its preset parameter values, is discussed in detail by demonstrating relevant rehabilitation exercises. A novel bandwidth adaptation algorithm is also presented for optimal utilization of the dynamic network conditions, which ensures the system functionality even under narrow-bandwidth environments. Experiment results show that the system is able to perform effectively in each consultation category while the rehabilitation exercises are being performed. The proposed algorithm is also verified for its ability to adapt the content quality and effectively utilize the network under constrained conditions. A survey conducted on the video quality of the system under low-bandwidth conditions shows encouraging results for a large-scale deployment of the application. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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