Motion Analysis for Unilateral Spatial Neglect in Computational System Rehabilitation

This paper presents a rehabilitation support system for Unilateral Spatial Neglect (USN). The number of patients of brain damage is increasing. USN is a neuropsychological condition in which a deficit in attention to and awareness of one side of space is observed. This is one of higher brain dysfunction after damage to one hemisphere of the brain is sustained. It is defined by the inability for a person to perceive stimuli on one side of the body or environment that is not due to a lack of sensation. In this paper, we explain the developed rehabilitation support system based on the concept of computational system rehabilitation, and show an experimental example to discuss the applicability.