1. Team Kinecticons

2. Group Members  Davis Farish (Lead Graphic Designer, Database Lead, Webmaster)  Scott Grace (Lead Kinect Programmer)  Kyle Sarantsev (Testing Lead, Documentation Lead)  Chris Walton (Team Lead, Kinect Programmer)  Chris Witter (Database Designer,  Jack Of All Trades)

3. Origin of Project  Wanted to do a project that utilized the Microsoft Kinect.  Sought out clients.  Mike Macko and Craig Garrison from Texas Health Ben Hogan Sports Medicine were most interested.

4. Vail Sport Test (VST)  Used to assess Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries.  Allows therapists to determine if athlete can return to sport.  Currently a subjective measurement.

5. Components of VST  Single Leg Squat Single Leg Squat  Lateral Bounding Lateral Bounding  Forward Jogging Forward Jogging  Backward Jogging Backward Jogging

6. Scoring  Based on criteria provided by Craig Garrison, co-developer of the Vail Sport Test.  Knee angle.  Trunk angle.  Knee position in relation to foot.  Landing position and duration.  Locking knee.  The patient must score 46/54 points to pass.

7. Microsoft Kinect  Interfaces with a Windows PC.  Joint data is presented as (X,Y,Z) points.  Ability to track 20 joints on the human body.  Limitation: can only  capture data 30 times  a second.

8. Project Goal  Objectively score the Vail Sport Test for the therapists using the Kinect.  Therapy Kinection may be used to validate the Vail Sport Test in the Physical Therapy Field.