Preprint: Comparing Kinect2 based Balance Measurement Software to Wii Balance Board
This work addresses balance assessment for rehabilitation patients, but it is incremental as it builds on existing sensor-based methods with minor algorithmic improvements.
The researchers developed and evaluated a Kinect2-based balance measurement software by comparing it to a Wii Balance Board, incorporating body fat percentage to improve accuracy, and preliminary results showed the optimized algorithm's reliability.
This is the preprint version of our paper on REHAB2015. A balance measurement software based on Kinect2 sensor is evaluated by comparing to Wii balance board in numerical analysis level, and further improved according to the consideration of BFP (Body fat percentage) values of the user. Several person with different body types are involved into the test. The algorithm is improved by comparing the body type of the user to the 'golden- standard' body type. The evaluation results of the optimized algorithm preliminarily prove the reliability of the software.