Virtual reality environments as settings for evaluation of cognitive function in brain injury rehabilitation: Reliability and validity

Ling, Zhenhao; Abreu, Beatriz C.; Masel, Brent E.; Seal, Gary S.; Christiansen, Charles; Ottenbacher, Kenneth J.

doi:10.1037/e705452011-040

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“…In recent years, VR technologies have begun to be used as an assessment and treatment tool in rehabilitation [15][16][17][18][19]. The rationale for using VR in rehabilitation is based on a number of unique attributes of this technology [18,[20][21].…”

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Video-capture virtual reality system for patients with paraplegic spinal cord injury

Kizony¹,

Raz²,

Katz³

et al. 2005

JRRD

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Abstract-This article presents results from a feasibility study of a video-capture virtual reality (VR) system used with patients who have paraplegic spinal cord injury (SCI) and who need balance training. The advantages of the VR system include providing the user with natural control of movements, the ability to use as many parts of the body as are deemed suitable within the context of therapeutic goals, and flexibility in the way the system can be adapted to suit specific therapeutic objectives. Thirteen participants with SCI experienced three virtual environments (VEs). Their responses to a Short Feedback Questionnaire showed high levels of presence. We compared performance in the environments with a group of 12 nondisabled participants. Response times for the patient group were significantly higher and percentage of success was significantly lower than that for the nondisabled group. In addition, significant moderate correlations were found between performance within a VE and static balance ability as measured by the Functional Reach Test. This study is a first step toward future studies aimed at determining the potential of using this VR system during the rehabilitation of patients with SCI.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Video-capture virtual reality system for patients with paraplegic spinal cord injury

Kizony¹,

Raz²,

Katz³

et al. 2005

JRRD

131

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“…VR has been shown to promote learning in people with memory impairments; furthermore, this learning appears to transfer to improved real-world performance [19,96,178]. Virtual worlds based on a patient's own home enable safe practice of daily activities and memorization of the location of items [34,78].…”

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Techniques and devices to restore cognition

Serruya

Kahana

2008

Behavioural Brain Research

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Executive planning, the ability to direct and sustain attention, language and several types of memory may be compromised by conditions such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, cancer, autism, cerebral palsy and Alzheimer's disease. No medical devices are currently available to help restore these cognitive functions. Recent findings about the neurophysiology of these conditions in humans coupled with progress in engineering devices to treat refractory neurological conditions imply that the time has arrived to consider the design and evaluation of a new class of devices. Like their neuromotor counterparts, neurocognitive prostheses might sense or modulate neural function in a non-invasive manner or by means of implanted electrodes. In order to paint a vision for future device development, it is essential to first review what can be achieved using behavioral and external modulatory techniques. While non-invasive approaches might strengthen a patient's remaining intact cognitive abilities, neurocognitive prosthetics comprised of direct brain-computer interfaces could in theory physically reconstitute and augment the substrate of cognition itself.

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“…Castelnuovo et al, 2003) 1998). Positive effects in functional outcome, transfer of skills and fMRI studies have been shown (Bertella et al, 2001;Mcgeorge et al, 2001;Rose et al, 1998;Zhang et al, 2003). One possible explanation would be brain plasticity resulted from environmental stimuli and essential for therapeutic strategies development and for many cerebral disorders.…”

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“…More specific examples include the assessment of children with attentional deficits through a virtual classroom (Rizzo, et al, 2002), spatial and episodic memory of brain damaged patients through a virtual town (Spier et al, 2001), prospective memory assessment of stroke through a virtual four-room bungalow (Brooks, et al, 2004), and acquired brain injury through a virtual shopping mall (Man et al, 2010a, under review), evaluating brain injured patients' daily living skills through a simulated kitchen (Zhang et al, 2003). Recently, there has been memory training in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) using a virtual model home and a convenience shop (Man et al, 2010b, under review), community living skill training (room crossing, bus-taking, shopping, use of bank services and meeting friends) through a virtual city and a supermarket (da Costa et al, 2000;Tam et al, 2005;Yip & Man, 2009), motivation of stroke survivors through VR leisure program (Reid & Hirji, 2003), virtual play in children with cerebral palsy (Reid, 2004), driving skills training for persons with brain injury (Schultheis & Peterson, 2000).…”

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Common Issues of Virtual Reality in Neuro-Rehabilitation

Man¹

2010

Virtual Reality

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Virtual reality environments as settings for evaluation of cognitive function in brain injury rehabilitation: Reliability and validity

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Video-capture virtual reality system for patients with paraplegic spinal cord injury

Video-capture virtual reality system for patients with paraplegic spinal cord injury

Techniques and devices to restore cognition

Common Issues of Virtual Reality in Neuro-Rehabilitation

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