Inertial sensor-based analysis of motor synchronization strategies in collaborative tasks

Collaborative tasks for motor and cognitive rehabilitation aim to improve individual training by involving participants in active collaboration to achieve a common goal, without predefined role assignments. Although scientific literature reports attempt with pairs of participants (dyads), the upscale of collaborative rehabilitation to more people requires novel approaches and technologies, as those pursued in the MYRTUS EU project to enable several users to participate remotely in real-time training sessions. This preliminary study focuses on the analysis of synchronization strategies adopted by dyads and triads performing a synchronization task at the basis of a VR exergame where the participants are dragon-boat paddlers navigating a maze river.