RT Journal Article
T1 Support System to Improve Reading Activity in Parkinson’s Disease and Essential Tremor Patients
A1 Parrales Bravo, Franklin
A1 Del Barrio García, Alberto Antonio
A1 Gallego de la Sacristana, Mercedes
A1 López Manzanares, Lydia
A1 Vivancos, José
A1 Ayala Rodrigo, José Luis
AB The use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to improve the quality of life of people with chronic and degenerative diseases is a topic receiving much attention nowadays. We can observe that new technologies have driven numerous scientific projects in e-Health, encompassing Smart and Mobile Health, in order to address all the matters related to data processing and health. Our work focuses on helping to improve the quality of life of people with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and Essential Tremor (ET) by means of a low-cost platform that enables them to read books in an easy manner. Our system is composed of two robotic arms and a graphical interface developed for Android platforms. After several tests, our proposal has achieved a 96.5% accuracy for A4 80 gr non-glossy paper. Moreover, our system has outperformed the state-of-the-art platforms considering different types of paper and inclined surfaces. The feedback from ET and PD patients was collected at “La Princesa” University Hospital in Madrid and was used to study the user experience. Several features such as ease of use, speed, correct behavior or confidence were measured via patient feedback, and a high level of satisfaction was awarded to most of them. According to the patients, our system is a promising tool for facilitating the activity of reading.
PB MDPI
SN 1424-8220
YR 2017
FD 2017-05-03
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/19226
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/19226
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)/FEDER
DS Docta Complutense
RD 17 abr 2025