Mirror Effect Plus Protocol

Introduction

A growing body of research has demonstrated the beneficial effects of mirror effect therapy combined with drug therapy to support the recovery of severe Bell’s Palsy, but there is a need for specialized clinical computer-based tool to create modified visual feedback during facial exercises.

The specialized Mirror Effect Plus Protocol website, aka MEPP website, allows patients to benefit from a mirror effect therapy through augmented reality and from many other functionalities, that should promote motor learning and diminish cognitive load. The MEPP website increase clinicians’ accessibility to a specialized facial rehabilitation tool for mirror therapy.

Clinicians using the MEPP website can also objectively and easily measure compliance to facial therapy with the MEPP website.

Requirements

Back end:

• Python 3.10
• pipenv

Front end:

• nodejs 16.x

DeepAR.ai

• A valid license key from https://www.deepar.ai/

Docker

• docker
• docker-compose

Run the application

computer:mepp user$ npm install --legacy-peer-deps
or
computer:mepp user$ npm run setup

The easiest way to run the application is to clone mepp-docker repository and use docker-compose to run docker containers.

Ensure to create a .env file first based on ./env.sample. It has to be placed at the root of the project.

Look at mepp-docker README for more details.

Run it locally

If you want to test it locally, a script is provided (only for macOS or linux) to run the application on a local environment: start_local.py

It uses docker (and docker-compose) to start NGINX as a proxy for both front-end and back-end webservers in order to make the React app be able to speak with Django API.
Both are hosted under the same domain (mepp.local) to avoid CORS errors.

The script adds an entry to your /etc/hosts and creates a docker-compose.yml file before starting webpack, django and docker. When started, the app is available at http://mepp.local:9090/.

Admin credentials:

• E-mail address: [email protected]
• Password: Test123!

computer:mepp user$ pipenv install
computer:mepp user$ pipenv run python start_local.py

Run with option --help for more details

Notes: Ports 8000, 8080 and 9090 are required

Have a look at the wiki for more info.

Tests

Dev dependencies are installed when using pipenv.

computer:mepp user$ pipenv shell
(mepp) computer:mepp user$ pytest -vv