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Emerging Therapies in Neurorehabilitation II

Part of the book series: Biosystems & Biorobotics ((BIOSYSROB,volume 10))

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This chapter addresses the current state of the art of virtual rehabilitation by summarizing recent research results that focus on the assessment and remediation of motor impairments using virtual rehabilitation technology. Moreover, strengths and weaknesses of the virtual rehabilitation approach and its technical and clinical implications will be discussed. This overview is an update and extension of a previous virtual rehabilitation chapter with a similar focus. Despite tremendous advancements in virtual reality hardware in the past few years, clinical evidence for the efficacy of virtual rehabilitation methods is still sparse. All recent meta-analyses agree that the potential of virtual reality systems for motor rehabilitation in stroke and traumatic brain injury populations is evident, but that larger clinical trials are needed that address the contribution of individual aspects of virtual rehabilitation systems on different patient populations in acute and chronic stages of neurorehabilitation.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    https://www.oculusvr.com

  2. 2.

    http://www.samsung.com/gearvr/

  3. 3.

    https://www.avegant.com

  4. 4.

    https://www.durovis.com

  5. 5.

    https://www.cardboard.withgoogle.com

  6. 6.

    https://www.zeissvrone.tumblr.com

  7. 7.

    http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/kinectforwindows/develop/

  8. 8.

    https://www.leapmotion.com/

  9. 9.

    http://www.sixense.com/razerhydra

  10. 10.

    http://www.nimblevr.com/

  11. 11.

    http://www.virtuix.com/

  12. 12.

    http://www.cyberith.com/

  13. 13.

    http://www.unity3d.com/

  14. 14.

    https://www.unrealengine.com/

  15. 15.

    http://www.cryengine.com/

  16. 16.

    http://de.playstation.com/ps2/accessories/detail/item51693/EyeToy-USB-Kamera/

  17. 17.

    http://www.blog.leapmotion.com/inside-leap-motion-5-hands-on-tips-for-develo**-in-virtual-reality/

  18. 18.

    http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj663791.aspx

  19. 19.

    http://www.static.oculusvr.com/sdk-downloads/documents/OculusBestPractices.pdf

  20. 20.

    http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=38594

  21. 21.

    https://www.nintendo.de/Wii/Wii-94559.html

  22. 22.

    http://www.motekmedical.com/products/caren/

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  1. Complejo Hospitalario de Toledo, Toledo, Spain

    Manuel Bayón-Calatayud

  2. Politecnico di Milano, NeuroEngineering and Medical Robotics Laboratory, Milan, Italy

    Elisabetta Peri

  3. Adacen—Asociacion de Daño cerebral de Navarra Mutilva (Navarra), Mutilva Baja (Navarra), Spain

    Francisco Fernández Nistal

  4. Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Margaret Duff

  5. Department of Psychology, Universidad de Almeria, Almeria, Spain

    Francisco Nieto-Escámez

  6. Katana Simulations UG (haftungsbeschraenkt), Regensburg, Germany

    Belinda Lange & Sebastian Koenig

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Bayón-Calatayud, M. et al. (2016). Virtual Rehabilitation. In: Pons, J., Raya, R., González, J. (eds) Emerging Therapies in Neurorehabilitation II. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 10. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24901-8_12

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