ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Cosmin Mihaiu - Physical therapy entrepreneur
Cosmin Mihaiu is the CEO and co-founder of MIRA Rehab, which develops software that engages patients in interactive and therapeutic games, making physical rehabilitation fun.

Why you should listen

When Cosmin Mihaiu noticed that injured patients hated physical therapy — and often took longer to recover because of it — he dedicated himself to making the dreaded process more engaging, or even fun. In 2011 he and his colleagues founded MIRA Rehab, where they develop software that lets patients play interactive, therapeutic games.

As MIRA’s CEO, Mihaiu now focuses on building relationships with medical institutions around the US and the UK, showing them how video games can make recovery more effective for patients and physical therapists alike.

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Cosmin Mihaiu: Physical therapy is boring -- play a game instead

Cosmin Mihaiu: 康复理疗太枯燥无趣了-- 不如来玩游戏吧

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假设你受伤了,刚做完了1个小时的物理康复治疗准备回家。你一定不希望因为弄不清怎么做理疗锻炼,从而拖延康复时间。 TED伙伴Cosmin Mihaiu演示了一个有趣而低成本的解决方案,将枯燥的理疗训练变成了视频游戏,来清楚地指导训练要点。
- Physical therapy entrepreneur
Cosmin Mihaiu is the CEO and co-founder of MIRA Rehab, which develops software that engages patients in interactive and therapeutic games, making physical rehabilitation fun. Full bio

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When I was growing生长 up, I really
liked喜欢 playing播放 hide-and-seek捉迷藏 a lot.
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在我小时候,
我很喜欢玩躲猫猫的游戏。
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One time, though虽然, I thought climbing攀登
a tree would lead to a great hiding spot,
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有一次,我找到了个最佳藏身点
--爬到树上去,
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but I fell下跌 and broke打破 my arm.
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可是我掉了下来,摔断了胳臂。
00:25
I actually其实 started开始 first grade年级
with a big cast all over my torso躯干.
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我身上打了一个巨大的石膏固定,
就这样开始了我的小学一年级。
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It was taken采取 off six weeks later后来,
but even then, I couldn't不能 extend延伸 my elbow弯头,
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六周后,石膏拆掉了,
然后我的手肘没法伸直了。
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and I had to do physical物理 therapy治疗
to flex柔性 and extend延伸 it,
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我必须通过复健理疗
来弯曲和伸直手臂,
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100 times per day, seven days per week.
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每天100次,每周七天。
我基本上没有做到,
因为我觉得又无聊又痛苦。
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I barely仅仅 did it, because
I found发现 it boring无聊 and painful痛苦,
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and as a result结果, it took me
another另一个 six weeks to get better.
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结果,我又多花了6周时间才好了些。
00:48
Many许多 years年份 later后来, my mom妈妈
developed发达 frozen冻结的 shoulder,
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许多年以后,
我妈妈患上了肩周炎,
00:51
which哪一个 leads引线 to pain疼痛
and stiffness刚性 in the shoulder.
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这种病会让人肩膀疼痛和僵硬。
00:56
The person I believed相信 for half of my life
to have superpowers超级大国
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这个我信仰了半辈子的,
以为有超能力的人,
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suddenly突然 needed需要 help
to get dressed连衣裙的 or to cut food餐饮.
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突然间,需要人来帮她穿衣服,
帮她切开食物,
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She went each week to physical物理 therapy治疗,
but just like me,
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她每周都去做复健理疗,
可她跟我一样,
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she barely仅仅 followed其次 the home treatment治疗,
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在家的练习总是不好好做,
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and it took her
over five months个月 to feel better.
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她用了5个多月才好起来。
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Both my mom妈妈 and I
required需要 physical物理 therapy治疗,
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我妈妈和我都曾经历复健理疗,
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a process处理 of doing a suite套房
of repetitive重复 exercises演习
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这一系列不断重复的练习过程,
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in order订购 to regain恢复 the range范围 of movement运动
lost丢失 due应有 to an accident事故 or injury.
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能帮助患者重新恢复
受伤部位的活动能力。
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At first, a physical物理 therapist治疗师
works作品 with patients耐心,
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刚开始,会由一位复健理疗医师
指导帮助患者,
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but then it's up to the patients耐心
to do their exercises演习 at home.
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接下来,就靠患者自己在家继续练习。
01:27
But patients耐心 find physical物理 therapy治疗
boring无聊, frustrating泄气, confusing扑朔迷离
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可是患者发觉复健治疗枯燥无味,
令人沮丧,而且摸不到门道,
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and lengthy冗长 before seeing眼看 results结果.
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见效还很慢。
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Sadly可悲的是, patient患者 noncompliance违规
can be as high as 70 percent百分.
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很遗憾,
不好好做复健的病人比例高达70%。
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This means手段 the majority多数 of patients耐心
don't do their exercises演习
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也就是说,大部分的病人
都没有完成复健练习的要求,
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and therefore因此 take
a lot longer to get better.
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因而也就需要更长时间来恢复。
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All physical物理 therapists治疗师 agree同意
that special特别 exercises演习
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所有的复健理疗师都同意,
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reduce减少 the time needed需要 for recovery复苏,
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特殊的锻炼可以减少
康复所需要的时间,
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but patients耐心 lack缺乏
the motivation动机 to do them.
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可病人就是缺乏动力去做好它。
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So together一起 with three friends朋友,
all of us software软件 geeks怪才,
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我和三个朋友一起,
我们都是程序猿,
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we asked ourselves我们自己,
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我们问自己,
如果让病人玩着游戏就康复了,
这是不是挺有趣的?
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wouldn't不会 it be interesting有趣 if patients耐心
could play their way to recovery复苏?
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We started开始 building建造 MIRAMIRA,
A P.C. software软件 platform平台
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我们开始写MIRA,
这是个PC机上的软件平台,
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that uses使用 this KinectKinect的 device设备,
a motion运动 capture捕获 camera相机,
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使用Kinect感应器
(动态捕捉摄像头)
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to transform转变 traditional传统 exercises演习
into video视频 games游戏.
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将传统的复健练习
转化成视频游戏。
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My physical物理 therapist治疗师 has already已经 set up
a schedule时间表 for my particular特定 therapy治疗.
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我的复健理疗师
已为我设好了理疗计划。
02:20
Let's see how this looks容貌.
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我们看看它是怎样进行的。
02:25
The first game游戏 asks me
to fly a bee蜜蜂 up and down
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第一个游戏要我操作
一只蜜蜂飞高飞低
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to gather收集 pollen花粉 to deposit存款 in beehives蜂箱,
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采集花粉存进蜂巢。
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all while avoiding避免 the other bugs虫子.
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同时要避开其他的昆虫。
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I control控制 the bee蜜蜂 by doing
elbow弯头 extension延期 and flexion屈曲,
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我通过伸直和弯曲手肘
来控制蜜蜂,
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just like when I was seven years年份 old
after the cast was taken采取 off.
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就和我七岁那年
拆了石膏后的情形一样。
02:41
When designing设计 a game游戏,
we speak说话 to physical物理 therapists治疗师 at first
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设计游戏时,
我们首先和理疗师们探讨,
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to understand理解 what movement运动
patients耐心 need to do.
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弄清楚病人需要做哪些运动。
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We then make that a video视频 game游戏
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然后我们再把它做成视频游戏,
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to give patients耐心 simple简单,
motivating激励 objectives目标 to follow跟随.
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让病人能有简化的目标,
激励他们持续练习。
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But the software软件 is very customizable定制,
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这个软件可以根据客户要求定制,
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and physical物理 therapists治疗师 can also
create创建 their own拥有 exercises演习.
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理疗师们也可以建立
他们自己的理疗训练。
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Using运用 the software软件, my physical物理 therapist治疗师
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使用这个软件,
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recorded记录 herself她自己 performing执行
a shoulder abduction绑架,
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我的理疗师录下了
她自己做肩部伸展的运动的过程,
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which哪一个 is one of the movements运动
my mom妈妈 had to do
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这是我妈妈患肩周炎接受治疗时,
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when she had frozen冻结的 shoulder.
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其中一个必须做的练习动作,
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I can follow跟随 my therapist's治疗师 example
on the left side of the screen屏幕,
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我可以看屏幕左边,
跟着理疗师做动作,
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while on the right, I see myself
doing the recommended推荐的 movement运动.
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在屏幕右边,
我可以看到我自己的动作。
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I feel more engaged订婚 and confident信心,
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这样我觉得更有信心,也更投入,
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as I'm exercising行使 alongside并肩 my therapist治疗师
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因为我有理疗师在身边陪着,
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with the exercises演习 my therapist治疗师
thinks are best最好 for me.
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练习着她认为我最应该做的复健动作。
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This basically基本上 extends扩展 the application应用
for physical物理 therapists治疗师
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这基本上扩展了理疗师们的治疗手段,
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to create创建 whatever随你 exercises演习
they think are best最好.
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让他们可以建立
任何他们认为恰当的复健练习。
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This is an auction拍卖 house game游戏
for preventing防止 falls下降,
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这里是一个拍卖会游戏,
作用是预防跌倒,
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designed设计 to strengthen加强 muscles肌肉
and improve提高 balance平衡.
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它能强壮肌肉和提高平衡感。
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As a patient患者, I need to do
sit and stand movements运动,
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假设我是病人,我需要完成
坐下和起立的动作,
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and when I stand up,
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当我站起来时,
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I bid出价 for the items项目 I want to buy购买.
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我就出价一次,竞标我想买的,
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
还有两天,我的外祖母就满82岁了,
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In two days, my grandmother祖母
will be 82 years年份 old,
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and there's a 50 percent百分 chance机会
for people over 80
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80岁以上的老人们有50%的几率
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to fall秋季 at least最小 once一旦 per year,
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一年会跌倒一次或者更多次,
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which哪一个 could lead to a broken破碎 hip臀部
or even worse更差.
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这会让他们摔伤髋部,或者更糟。
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Poor较差的 muscle肌肉 tone and impaired受损 balance平衡
are the number one cause原因 of falls下降,
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缺乏健康肌群和平衡感变差
是造成跌倒的头号原因,
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so reversing倒车 these problems问题
through通过 targeted针对 exercise行使
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所以通过设定目标的锻炼
来扭转这一状况,
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will help keep older旧的 people
like my grandmother祖母
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能够让像我祖母一样的老人们
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safer更安全 and independent独立 for longer.
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更加安全和独立。
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When my schedule时间表 ends结束,
MIRAMIRA briefly简要地 shows节目 me
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当我的疗程结束时,
MIRA能够显示纪录概况,
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how I progressed进展 throughout始终 my session会议.
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告诉我自己在疗程中的全程表现如何。
04:15
I have just shown显示 you
three different不同 games游戏
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以上我向大家介绍了
三个不同的游戏,
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for kids孩子, adults成年人 and seniors老年人.
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分别适用于儿童,成人,和老人。
它们同样可以被应用在
骨科或是神经系统的病患身上,
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These can be used with orthopedic骨科
or neurologic神经 patients耐心,
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但我们很快还会有其他的游戏
来帮助治疗
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but we'll soon不久 have options选项
for children孩子 with autism自闭症,
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mental心理 health健康 or speech言语 therapy治疗.
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患有自闭症,有心理疾病
或是有语言困难的儿童。
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My physical物理 therapist治疗师
can go back to my profile轮廓
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我的理疗师可以进到
我的个人档案,
04:30
and see the data数据 gathered云集
during my sessions会议.
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查看我在训练过程中
系统所采集的数据。
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She can see how much I moved移动,
how many许多 points I scored进球,
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她可以看到
我运动的情况和我得了多少分。
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with what speed速度 I moved移动 my joints关节,
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我在每个得分点之间
运动的速度怎样。
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and so on.
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诸如此类。
我的理疗师可以将
这一切数据应用于我的治疗中。
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My physical物理 therapist治疗师 can use all of this
to adapt适应 my treatment治疗.
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我非常高兴的看到,
目前这版软件
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I'm so pleased满意 this version is now in use
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in over 10 clinics诊所
across横过 Europe欧洲 and the U.S.,
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已经在欧美的十多个诊所得到运用,
04:49
and we're working加工 on the home version.
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我们正在研发家庭版。
04:51
We want to enable启用 physical物理 therapists治疗师
to prescribe规定 this digital数字 treatment治疗
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我们希望能使理疗师们
开出这项游戏复健的处方,
04:55
and help patients耐心 play their way
to recovery复苏 at home.
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以帮助病人们在家治疗,
在游戏中迈向康复之路。
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If my mom妈妈 or I had a tool工具 like this
when we needed需要 physical物理 therapy治疗,
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以前我妈和我在做理疗的时候,
如果有这样的软件,
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then we would have been more successful成功
following以下 the treatment治疗,
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我们按照要求做锻炼
会恢复得更好,
05:06
and perhaps也许 gotten得到 better a lot sooner.
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康复进程也许会快得多。
05:10
Thank you.
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谢谢大家。
05:11
(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
05:14
Tom汤姆 Rielly里利: So Cosmin科斯明, tell me
what hardware硬件 is this
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Tom Rielly:
Cosmin,说说这是什么硬件,
05:17
that they're rapidly急速 putting away?
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怎么这么快就可以拿走了?
05:19
What is that made制作 of,
and how much does it cost成本?
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它是用什么做的,
大概要花多少钱?
05:21
Cosmin科斯明 MilhauMilhau: So it's
a Microsoft微软 Surface表面 Pro 3 for the demo演示,
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Cosmin Milhau:
演示所用的是微软的Surface Pro 3 笔记本,
05:24
but you just need a computer电脑
and a KinectKinect的, which哪一个 is 120 dollars美元.
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但其实你只需要
一台电脑和一个大概120美元的Kinect。
05:28
TRTR: Right, and the KinectKinect的 is the thing
that people use for their XboxesXbox游戏机
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TR:好的,Kinect就是人们玩Xbox时,
用来玩3D游戏的那个设备,对么?
05:31
to do 3D games游戏, right?
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CM:就是那个,但你不需要用到Xbox,
你只需要一个摄像头。
05:33
CM厘米: Exactly究竟, but you don't need the Xbox的Xbox,
you only need a camera相机.
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TR:好的,所以这是一个
成本低于一千美金的解决方案。
05:36
TRTR: Right, so this is less
than a $1,000 solution.
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CM:肯定的,只要四百美元,
你就可以运行它了。
05:38
CM厘米: Definitely无疑, 400 dollars美元,
you can definitely无疑 use it.
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TR:那么现在,你们正在
各诊所里做临床版本的试运行?
05:41
TRTR: So right now, you're doing
clinical临床 trials试验 in clinics诊所.
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CM:对。
05:44
CM厘米: Yes.
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TR:那么我们就希望一切顺利,
然后再有家庭版本,
05:44
TRTR: And then the hope希望 is to get it
so it's a home version
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我就可以在家里进行自由练习了,
05:47
and I can do my exercise行使 remotely远程,
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而理疗师坐在诊所里
就可以看到我怎么练习的,诸如此类。
05:49
and the therapist治疗师 at the clinic诊所
can see how I'm doing and stuff东东 like that.
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CM:完全正确。
TR:太棒了。非常感谢。
CM:感谢您。
05:52
CM厘米: Exactly究竟.
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05:53
TRTR: Cool. Thanks谢谢 so much.
CM厘米: Thank you.
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(掌声)
05:55
(Applause掌声)
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Translated by Gena Volz
Reviewed by Zhiting Chen

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Cosmin Mihaiu - Physical therapy entrepreneur
Cosmin Mihaiu is the CEO and co-founder of MIRA Rehab, which develops software that engages patients in interactive and therapeutic games, making physical rehabilitation fun.

Why you should listen

When Cosmin Mihaiu noticed that injured patients hated physical therapy — and often took longer to recover because of it — he dedicated himself to making the dreaded process more engaging, or even fun. In 2011 he and his colleagues founded MIRA Rehab, where they develop software that lets patients play interactive, therapeutic games.

As MIRA’s CEO, Mihaiu now focuses on building relationships with medical institutions around the US and the UK, showing them how video games can make recovery more effective for patients and physical therapists alike.

More profile about the speaker
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