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

Authors

  • Eslami, Majid Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr, Isfahan, Iran
  • Mokhtarian, Ali Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr, Isfahan, Iran
  • Pirmoradian, Mostafa Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr, Isfahan, Iran
  • Rafiaei, Seyed Masoud Ph.D. in Orthotics and Prosthetics, Assistant Professor, Orthotics and Prosthetics Dept., Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  • Seifzadeh, Seyed AliReza Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Biomechanics), Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Dept., Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract:

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 limb injuries. Method: In this study, the design and manufacturing process consisted of two parts: software and hardware. In the software section, in order to access the virtual reality environment under the Windows operating system, the virtual reality environment was designed and coded and then the connection to the hardware and microcontroller section of the Arduino board was provided so that commands could be exported from the controller to the virtual reality environment and depending on the mouse motion, a movement in the virtual environment would be made. Results: Given the nature of this research, the criteria proposed by Martilla and James were used to evaluate the software. Moreover, Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NRS) was used to measure the effect of this method on reducing pain and the performance of virtual reality environment in reducing pain was evaluated. Conclusion: The results showed that using virtual reality for rehabilitation, with accordance to the type of graphics provided and the hardware designed, in addition to reducing treatment time and pain level, encourages the patients to use the software and continue the activities in a place other than the clinic.

Upgrade to premium to download articles

Sign up to access the full text

Already have an account?login

similar resources

the evaluation of language related engagment and task related engagment with the purpose of investigating the effect of metatalk and task typology

abstract while task-based instruction is considered as the most effective way to learn a language in the related literature, it is oversimplified on various grounds. different variables may affect how students are engaged with not only the language but also with the task itself. the present study was conducted to investigate language and task related engagement on the basis of the task typolog...

15 صفحه اول

the effect of taftan pozzolan on the compressive strength of concrete in the environmental conditions of oman sea (chabahar port)

cement is an essential ingredient in the concrete buildings. for production of cement considerable amount of fossil fuel and electrical energy is consumed. on the other hand for generating one tone of portland cement, nearly one ton of carbon dioxide is released. it shows that 7 percent of the total released carbon dioxide in the world relates to the cement industry. considering ecological issu...

the washback effect of discretepoint vs. integrative tests on the retention of content in knowledge tests

در این پایان نامه تاثیر دو نوع تست جزیی نگر و کلی نگر بر به یادسپاری محتوا ارزیابی شده که نتایج نشان دهندهکارایی تستهای کلی نگر بیشتر از سایر آزمونها است

15 صفحه اول

the survey of the virtual higher education in iran and the ways of its development and improvement

این پژوهش با هدف "بررسی وضعیت موجود آموزش عالی مجازی در ایران و راههای توسعه و ارتقای آن " و با روش توصیفی-تحلیلی و پیمایشی صورت پذیرفته است. بررسی اسنادو مدارک موجود در زمینه آموزش مجازی نشان داد تعداد دانشجویان و مقاطع تحصیلی و رشته محل های دوره های الکترونیکی چندان مطلوب نبوده و از نظر کیفی نیز وضعیت شاخص خدمات آموزشی اساتید و وضعیت شبکه اینترنت در محیط آموزش مجازی نامطلوب است.

My Resources

Save resource for easier access later

Save to my library Already added to my library

{@ msg_add @}


Journal title

volume 7  issue 3

pages  293- 303

publication date 2020-12

By following a journal you will be notified via email when a new issue of this journal is published.

Keywords

No Keywords

Hosted on Doprax cloud platform doprax.com

copyright © 2015-2023