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Title: | Role and Quality of Communication in Collaborative Training for Multiple Sclerosis Patients |
Authors: | Beznosyk, Anastasiia Quax, Peter Coninx, Karin Lamotte, Wim |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | ACM |
Citation: | Proceedings of the 5th ACM International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments |
Abstract: | Social support provided by family and friends plays an important
role in the rehabilitation of people su ering from
various types of disabilities, in particular, Multiple Sclerosis
(MS). Unfortunately due to the necessity of spending a
substantial amount of time in rehabilitation centers, most
MS patients experience lower social interaction with their
immediate surroundings. To overcome this, we utilize a collaborative
game played over the Internet that facilitates interaction
during absence. While staying at the rehabilitation
center for intense and necessary training programs, patients
can play this game with relatives or friends communicating
through audio and/or video channels.
In the research presented in this paper, we rstly investigate
how patients perceived communication with a remote
person. Secondly, the in
uence of network quality (i.c. presence
of packet loss) on this perception was analyzed. Results
show that patients prefer to see their game partners while
interacting remotely. When exposed to varying levels of multimedia
quality, they point out that the quality of audio is
relatively more important than the quality of video. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/13744 |
ISBN: | 978-1-4503-1300-1 |
Category: | C1 |
Type: | Proceedings Paper |
Appears in Collections: | Research publications
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