Virtual Reality Environment with Haptic Feedback Thimble for Post Spinal Cord Injury Upper-Limb Rehabilitation

Upper limb rehabilitation after spinal cord injury: a treatment based on a data glove and an immersive virtual reality environment.

UNLABELLED Purpose state: The aim of this preliminary study was to test a data glove, CyberTouch™, combined with a virtual reality (VR) environment, for using in therapeutic training of reaching movements after spinal cord injury (SCI). METHOD Nine patients with thoracic SCI were selected to perform a pilot study by comparing two treatments: patients in the intervention group (IG) conducted a...

Investigating the Effect of Virtual Reality Environment and Intelligent Control Panel on the Rehabilitation of Upper Limb

Introduction: Occupational therapy and performing specific motor activities are among the healing processes for injured people that should be followed by patients in need after the doctor’s prescription. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of using virtual reality environments and interacting with hardware designed for the treatment and rehabilitation of patients with upper l...

Lower Limb Rehabilitation Following Spinal Cord Injury

Investigating the Effect of Virtual Reality Environment and Intelligent Control Panel on the Rehabilitation of Upper Limb

Introduction: Occupational therapy and performing specific motor activities are among the healing processes for injured people that should be followed by patients in need after the doctor’s prescription. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of using virtual reality environments and interacting with hardware designed for the treatment and rehabilitation of patients with upper l...

Haptic Effects for Virtual Reality-Based Post-Stroke Rehabilitation

The majority of today’s haptic interfaces are designed for hand-based interaction with virtual environments. However, there are several reallife tasks that require a person to interact with the environment using one’s foot. Researchers have developed systems for simulating walking in a virtual environment. This paper describes a different approach to foot based interactions, intended for users ...