Problem Statement:

Parkinson’s Disease is a neurodegenerative condition that places a high burden on patient quality of life and independence. Physical therapy is a part of the treatment to control and delay PD-related symptoms. However, patients access to physical therapy clinics is problematic due to physical disability that inhibits traveling and therapy assessment are usually subjective. Non-wearable sensor-based solutions (e.g. Microsoft Kinect) have the potential to reduce the number of in-person visits and long-distance travel burden of PD patients and provide more objective and frequent motor symptom monitoring. HSE Lab wants to develop a Kinect-based virtual physical therapy solution for Parkinson’s Disease patients which can be used in a clinic or at home. The solution will guide the patient on exercises by providing spoken/on-screen instructions and track whether or not they're doing their exercises correctly. It will collect data about the exercise and send it to physical therapist. Physical therapist will be allowed to prescribe/customize exercises that are predefined in the software.