Stroke rehabilitation at home using virtual reality, haptics and telemedicine.

• The objective of this pilot study is to identify the level of difficulty in which subjects with left hemisphere damage in the acute phase after stroke can start practicing in a virtual environment. Second, to test an application of Virtual Reality technology to existing occupational treatment methods in stroke rehabilitation and develop a platform for home rehabilitation controlled telemedically. The findings indicate that the system shows potential as an assessment and training device. The feasibility study setup is working well likewise the assessment method. Developing and increasing the complexity of the tasks must be based on the patient individual neurology, and that the cinematic motion patterns of the patient's are the basis for exercise design.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Medicinsk bioteknologi -- Biomedicinsk laboratorievetenskap/teknologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Medical Biotechnology -- Biomedical Laboratory Science/Technology (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Adult

Dominance

Cerebral

Exercise Therapy

instrumentation

Feedback

Home Care Services

Hospital-Based

Humans

Male

Middle Aged

Occupational Therapy

instrumentation

Pilot Projects

Psychomotor Disorders

rehabilitation

Software Design

Stroke

rehabilitation

Telemedicine

instrumentation

Therapy

Computer-Assisted

instrumentation

Touch

User-Computer Interface

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)