Virtual reality in neurological rehabilitation

Rose, F. D.; Johnson, D. A.; Attree, Elizabeth A.; Leadbetter, AG; Andrews, TK

doi:10.12968/bjtr.1996.3.4.14846

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“…VR applications are frequently used in different disease groups for this purpose. VR applications are used in a variety of areas, such as neurological, orthopedic, cognitive function, sensory-perceptual and mental health disorders in basic/instrumental daily life activities [13][14][15][16]. Following sections will include these areas.…”

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Virtual Reality and Occupational Therapy

Aran¹,

Şahın²,

Torpil³

et al. 2017

Occupational Therapy - Occupation Focused Holistic Practice in Rehabilitation

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Virtual reality is three dimensional, interactive and fun way in rehabilitation. Its irst known use in rehabilitation published by Max North named as "Virtual Environments and Psychological Disorders" (1994). Virtual reality uses special programmed computers, visual devices and artiicial environments for the clients' rehabilitation. Throughout technological improvements, virtual reality devices changed from therapeutic gloves to augmented reality environments. Virtual reality was being used in diferent rehabilitation professions such as occupational therapy, physical therapy, psychology and so on. In spite of common virtual reality approach of diferent professions, each profession aims diferent outcomes in rehabilitation. Virtual reality in occupational therapy generally focuses on hand and upper extremity functioning, cognitive rehabilitation, mental disorders, etc. Positive efects of virtual reality were mentioned in diferent studies, which are higher motivation than non-simulated environments, active participation of the participants, supporting motor learning, fun environment and risk-free environment. Additionally, virtual reality was told to be used as assessment. This chapter will focus on usage of virtual reality in occupational therapy, history and recent developments, types of virtual reality technologic equipment, pros and cons, usage for pediatric, adult and geriatric people and recent research and articles.

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Section: Virtual Realitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Virtual Reality and Occupational Therapy

Aran¹,

Şahın²,

Torpil³

et al. 2017

Occupational Therapy - Occupation Focused Holistic Practice in Rehabilitation

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“…In addition, some advanced technologies in other areas can be used for rehabilitation training, such as virtual reality technology(VR) and 3D motion image capture system with several image sensors. It is originally used for motion analysis and special effects of film or television, but also can be applied in the gait analysis [2].…”

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A Method for Rehabilitation of Hand Dysfunction by Cyber Glove

Chen¹,

Ou²,

Chen³

2015

Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Advanced Engineering Materials and Technology

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Abstract. This paper presents a new method of rehabilitation workstation for hand dysfunction. It has functions as follows: hand dysfunction diagnosis, assessment of disability, physical training. With the assistance of cyber gloves as well as hand strength training devices designed by the present authors, this workstation measures the hand joints movement accurately, and assesses and trains muscle strength. The system assists physiatrists to perform clinical activities such as disability evaluation, treatment decision, recovery evaluation, clinical information analysis and data filing. As a result, an integral system can be established for rehabilitation of hand dysfunction. This system makes the simultaneous treatments available to patients by simply increasing the number of hand-training devices; the efficiency of rehabilitation is improved consequently.

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“…These results indicate that a virtual collaborative environment seems to be a consistent coping environment, tapping two classes of stress: (a) aversive or ambiguous situations, and (b) loss or failure situations in relation to the stress inoculation theory. 3 In terms of coping behaviors, a distinction is made between self-directed and environment-directed strategies. A great advantage of the virtual collaborative environment with the behaviorally enhanced sound-kinetic avatar is the consideration of team coping intentions in different stages.…”

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“…HE USE OF VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) to develop new diagnostic tools for psychology and neuropsychology has been proposed and discussed in many research groups [3][4][5][6] since the early 1990s. Basically, VR is suggested as a means of assessing aspects of behavior that are normally inaccessible during traditional formal psychometric testing.…”

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Sonic Intelligence as a Virtual Therapeutic Environment

Tarnanas¹,

Adam²

2003

CyberPsychology & Behavior

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This paper reports on the results of a research project, on comparing one virtual collaborative environment with a first-person visual immersion (first-perspective interaction) and a second one where the user interacts through a sound-kinetic virtual representation of himself (avatar), as a stress-coping environment in real-life situations. Recent developments in coping research are proposing a shift from a trait-oriented approach of coping to a more situation-specific treatment. We defined as real-life situation a target-oriented situation that demands a complex coping skills inventory of high self-efficacy and internal or external "locus of control" strategies. The participants were 90 normal adults with healthy or impaired coping skills, 25-40 years of age, randomly spread across two groups. There was the same number of participants across groups and gender balance within groups. All two groups went through two phases. In Phase I, Solo, one participant was assessed using a three-stage assessment inspired by the transactional stress theory of Lazarus 1 and the stress inoculation theory of Meichenbaum. 2 In Phase I, each participant was given a coping skills measurement within the time course of various hypothetical stressful encounters performed in two different conditions and a control group. In Condition A, the participant was given a virtual stress assessment scenario relative to a first-person perspective (VRFP). In Condition B, the participant was given a virtual stress assessment scenario relative to a behaviorally realistic motion controlled avatar with sonic feedback (VRSA). In Condition C, the No Treatment Condition (NTC), the participant received just an interview. In Phase II, all three groups were mixed and exercised the same tasks but with two participants in pairs. The results showed that the VRSA group performed notably better in terms of cognitive appraisals, emotions and attributions than the other two groups in Phase I (VRSA, 92%; VRFP, 85%; NTC, 34%). In Phase II, the difference again favored the VRSA group against the other two. These results indicate that a virtual collaborative environment seems to be a consistent coping environment, tapping two classes of stress: (a) aversive or ambiguous situations, and (b) loss or failure situations in relation to the stress inoculation theory. 3 In terms of coping behaviors, a distinction is made between self-directed and environment-directed strategies. A great advantage of the virtual collaborative environment with the behaviorally enhanced sound-kinetic avatar is the consideration of team coping intentions in different stages. Even if the aim is to tap transactional processes in real-life situations, it might be better to conduct research using a sound-kinetic avatar based collaborative environment than a virtual first-person perspective scenario alone. The VE consisted of two dual-processor PC systems, a video splitter, a digital camera and two stereoscopic CRT displays. The system was programmed in C ++ and VRScape Immersive Cluster from ...

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Virtual reality in neurological rehabilitation

Cited by 40 publications

References 9 publications

Virtual Reality and Occupational Therapy

Virtual Reality and Occupational Therapy

A Method for Rehabilitation of Hand Dysfunction by Cyber Glove

Sonic Intelligence as a Virtual Therapeutic Environment

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