An Investigation of Hand Gestures for Controlling Video Games in a Rehabilitation Exergame System

Computers, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(1), P. 25 - 25

Published: Jan. 15, 2025

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) can significantly impact individuals’ quality of life (QoL), often requiring effective rehabilitation strategies to promote recovery. However, traditional methods be expensive and may lack engagement, leading poor adherence therapy exercise routines. An exergame system a solution this problem. In paper, we investigate appropriate hand gestures for controlling video games in system. The Mediapipe Python library is adopted the real-time recognition gestures. We choose 10 easy among 32 possible simple Then, specify compare best second-best groups used control game. Comprehensive experiments are conducted with 16 students at Andalas University, Indonesia, find evaluate user experiences using System Usability Scale (SUS) User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ). results show that group more accessible than group. suggest game controls confirm proposal’s validity. future work, plan enhance by integrating diverse set games, while expanding its application broader sample. will also study other practical applications gesture function.

Language: Английский

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Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain in Adolescents and Young Adults

In clinical practice, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 183 - 196

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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