Paper Info
Title
The Digital Box and Block Test Automating traditional post-stroke rehabilitation assessment
Abstract
The Box and Block Test (BBT) is a post-stroke assessment that measures unilateral gross manual dexterity. Commonly used by doctors, nurses and rehabilitation therapists to evaluate rehabilitation progress, the test administration however is time consuming and labor intensive. Appointments need to be scheduled for patients to visit hospital clinics or the therapists to perform at-home visits. We present the Digital Box and Block Test (DBBT) that enables deployment in residential spaces. The system automatically recognizes the two sides of the box, blocks inside of the boxes, and then scores the results that can be sent to the doctors' office remotely. The system also provides additional information such as the hand movement, speeds and locations for the clinicians to perform further outcome assessments of the patients. In this paper, we discuss the role of the technology, how it improves the current practice, and describe the system implementation and future directions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/PerComW.2013.6529516
PerCom Workshops
Keywords
Field
DocType
clinicians,test administration,at-home visits,medical disorders,unilateral gross manual dexterity,hospital clinics,depth camera,telemedicine,post-stroke assessment,hospitals,residential spaces,computer vision,dbbt,post-stroke screening,patient rehabilitation,hand movement,rehabilitation progress,patient treatment,digital box and block test,games
Telemedicine,Rehabilitation,Software deployment,Simulation,Computer science,Computer network,Stroke,Implementation,Medical emergency,Patient treatment
Conference
Volume
Issue
ISSN
null
null
2474-2503
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4673-5076-1
3
0.77
References 
Authors
4
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Chih-Pin Hsiao1204.74
Chen Zhao230.77
Ellen Yi-luen Do373186.31