Virtual Reality Based 9 Hole Peg Test

Abstract

A physical test called the 9-Hole Peg Test (9HPT) is being used to measure progress in neurological disease, physiotherapy and rehabilitation treatment processes. During the application of this test, possible physical errors, which may be caused by the patient or the specialist, can affect the measurement results. In this study, an application was developed to bring the 9-HPT physical test to the virtual reality environment in order to minimize the most possible errors. For the user to be included in the 9-HPT environment created in the virtual environment, the Leap Motion touchless sensor was used, which enabled the user to interact with the virtual environment and easily perform this test in the virtual environment. With the developed application, it is ensured that the patients can measure their measurements easily by themselves when necessary with minimum losses.