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ABSTRACT
To establish a standard Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) bone setting technique, standardize the operation and inherit the TCM bone setting technique. This project was based on the interactive tracking of bone setting techniques with a dedicated position tracker, the motion tracking of bone setting techniques based on RGBD (Red Green Blue Depth) cameras, the digital analysis of bone setting techniques, and the design of the virtual reality platform for bone setting techniques. These key technical researches were combined to construct an interactive bone setting technique. The virtual simulation system can reproduce the implementation process of the expert’s bone setting technique. The user can observe the implementation of the manipulative technique from multiple angles; through human-computer interaction, the whole process of implementation of the bone setting technique can be simulated, and the movement and reduction of the affected bone can be observed at the same time. It can be used as a teaching and training system for assisting bone setting techniques. Students can use the system to carry out repeated self-training, and can instantly compare with the standard techniques of the expert database, breaking the traditional teaching mode of ‘expected and unspeakable’ and avoid directly using patients. Therefore, this research makes it possible to reduce teaching costs, reduce risks, improve teaching quality, and make up for the lack of teaching conditions. It is very positive for the inheritance of the traditional Chinese ‘intangible culture’ of bone setting techniques, and to promote the digitalization and standardization of bone setting techniques.
HIGHLIGHTS
Using computer technology to digitally record bone-setting manipulations.
Construct a virtual simulation system for interactive bone-setting manipulation.
Promote the digitization and standardization of bone-setting techniques.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Author contributions
RJH is responsible for the guarantor of integrity of the entire study, study concepts & design, literature research, manuscript preparation; ZQX is responsible for the study concepts, manuscript editing & review; HGG is responsible for the study concepts, study design, manuscript editing & review; JZ and KYY are responsible for the definition of intellectual content; SWP is responsible for the experimental studies, data analysis and statistical analysis; HBY is responsible for the clinical studies, experimental studies, data analysis and statistical analysis; MYF is responsible for the clinical studies; LLH is responsible for the clinical studies; YZZ is responsible for the clinical studies; YJ is responsible for the clinical studies; GZ is responsible for the literature research, data acquisition; HLZ and CHC are responsible for the data acquisition. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Ethics approval and consent to participate
The study was approved by the Foshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine [Approval No. KY[2021]136]. Informed consent was obtained from all individuals included in this study.
Availability of data and material
All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this. Further enquiries can be directed to the corresponding author.