Applying microsoft kinect for windows to develop a Stroke Rehabilitation System

This study develops a Stroke Rehabilitation System for stroke patients. Patients can stay at home to use this system. The design of this system is based on WHO ICF concept to develop the system and included Barthel scale for patient's evaluation. The programs design by Microsoft C# programming language to control Microsoft Kinect System. The results demonstrate that our system can easy to implement in patient's home. We collect patient's daily rehabilitation data and record it to the database. The data can be statistically analyze and drop a bar chart for visually watch. The results can upload to local hospital Medical Cloud for doctor's reference. We also demonstrate the system and provide sample code for reference.