Virtual reality for gait rehabilitation: promises, proofs and preferences

Wendy Powell; Vaughan Powell; Maureen Simmonds

doi:10.1145/2674396.2674450

Virtual reality for gait rehabilitation: promises, proofs and preferences

Wendy Powell, Vaughan Powell, Maureen Simmonds

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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Abstract

Improving walking speed and quality after illness or injury presents a number of challenges, not least of which is keeping patients engaged with therapy which they may find boring or painful. The rapidly developing area of virtual reality offers technology which can track users movements and use them to drive interactions in virtual worlds. This paper examines the potential of virtual reality to ameliorate pain and to improve rehabilitation adherence and outcomes. The role of hardware and software in mediating movement is discussed, and key elements identified which may have a significant effect on optimising VR systems for rehabilitation outcomes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 7th international conference on pervasive technologies related to assistive environments
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Volume	2014-May
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450327466
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2674396.2674450
Publication status	Published - 27 May 2014
Event	7th ACM International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments - Rhodes, Greece Duration: 27 May 2014 → 30 May 2014

Conference

Conference	7th ACM International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments
Abbreviated title	PETRA 2014
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Rhodes
Period	27/05/14 → 30/05/14

Keywords

Rehabilitation
Virtual reality
Walking

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Powell, W, Powell, V & Simmonds, M 2014, Virtual reality for gait rehabilitation: promises, proofs and preferences. in Proceedings of the 7th international conference on pervasive technologies related to assistive environments . vol. 2014-May, 16, Association for Computing Machinery, 7th ACM International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, Rhodes, Greece, 27/05/14. https://doi.org/10.1145/2674396.2674450

Virtual reality for gait rehabilitation: promises, proofs and preferences. / Powell, Wendy; Powell, Vaughan; Simmonds, Maureen.
Proceedings of the 7th international conference on pervasive technologies related to assistive environments . Vol. 2014-May Association for Computing Machinery, 2014. 16.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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