Performance and Efficiency Feedback in Rehabilitation Program with Kinematic Analysis System - a Case Study in Rehabilitation after Lumbar Discectomy

摘要

This paper presents a case study of rehabilitation program following lumbar discectomy with focus on rapid feedback for program improvement, personalization, efficiency and performance, through a kinematic analysis system. An objective method was proposed to evaluate the performance and efficiency in a case study in post-op of lumbar disc herniation during the rehabilitation program. Method consisted of gait analysis with focus on kinematics in sagittal plane. Data of gait biomechanics were obtained through video processing in a specialized software. Gait analysis showed significant change in patients gait during the rehabilitation program. Change was found in gait phases duration, movement angles in sagittal plane, left to right symmetry during gait in angles and timing of gait phases and basic gait parameters such as stride length and velocity. This method proved to be a positive feedback for both the patient and therapy specialist to further continue the rehabilitation process. It was also an aid to modify the program according to the problems that appeared in the analysis, problems that would otherwise not be obvious.