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Chapter 21
Using Wiimote and Kinect
for Cognitive Rehabilitation:
Toward an Intelligent Sensor/
Image Signal Processing
Fei Hu, Yufan Wang, Xiaojun Cao, Qi Hao, and David Brown
21.1 Introduction
Disability is a critical issue in the well-being of any country. For example, around 1.9% of the US pop-
ulation reported some form of paralysis in 2009 [1], which affects the life quality of about 5,596,000
people [1]. e socioeconomic burden imposed on the patients, relatives, and caregivers is enormous.
For example, since 1994, disability-related costs for medical care and lost productivity have exceeded
an estimate ...