TY  - CONF
AU  - Miguel Reyes
AU  - Albert Clapes
AU  - Luis Felipe Mejia
AU  - Jose Ramirez
AU  - Juan R Revilla
AU  - Sergio Escalera
A2  - WDIA
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Posture Analysis and Range of Movement Estimation using Depth Maps
BT  - 21st International Conference on Pattern Recognition International Workshop on Depth Image Analysis
SP  - 97
EP  - 105
VL  - 7854
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg
N2  - World Health Organization estimates that 80% of the world population is affected of back pain during his life. Current practices to analyze back problems are expensive, subjective, and invasive. In this work, we propose a novel tool for posture and range of movement estimation based on the analysis of 3D information from depth maps. Given a set of keypoints defined by the user, RGB and depth data are aligned, depth surface is reconstructed, keypoints are matching using a novel point-to-point fitting procedure, and accurate measurements about posture, spinal curvature, and range of movement are computed. The system shows high precision and reliable measurements, being useful for posture reeducation purposes to prevent musculoskeletal disorders, such as back pain, as well as tracking the posture evolution of patients in rehabilitation treatments.
SN  - 0302-9743
SN  - 978-3-642-40302-6
L1  - http://refbase.cvc.uab.es/files/RCM2012.pdf
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40303-3_11
N1  - HuPBA;MILAB
ID  - Miguel Reyes2012
ER  -