CONTEXT Whether virtual rehabilitation is beneficial has not been determined. OBJECTIVE To investigate the psychological benefits of virtual reality in rehabilitation. DESIGN An experimental group underwent therapy with a virtual-reality-based exercise bike, and a control group underwent the therapy without virtual-reality equipment. SETTING Hospital laboratory. PATIENTS 30 patients suf...

Introduction: Virtual reality is a new method for trainingdifferent medical groups. Based on this technology, professionalsand students of various medical sciences can determine their levelof competence for medical treatment before any performance onthe patient. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify theapplications of virtual reality technology for training the medicalgroups.Methods:...

Objective. Chronic pain conditions such as phantom limb pain and complex regional pain syndrome are difficult to treat, and traditional pharmacological treatment and invasive neural block are not always effective. Plasticity in the central nervous system occurs in these conditions and may be associated with pain. Mirror visual feedback therapy aims to restore normal cortical organization and is...

OBJECTIVE Chronic pain conditions such as phantom limb pain and complex regional pain syndrome are difficult to treat, and traditional pharmacological treatment and invasive neural block are not always effective. Plasticity in the central nervous system occurs in these conditions and may be associated with pain. Mirror visual feedback therapy aims to restore normal cortical organization and is ...

Virtual Reality (VR) systems, especially multi-user systems, can benefit from and often require a distributed realisation1. This paper surveys the approaches to data and event modelling and distribution adopted by a number of VR systems and assesses the merits of each approach. The theme of objective versus subjective world views is developed and used as a basis for comparing the systems. The a...

OBJECTIVE The current study explored whether immersive virtual reality continues to reduce pain (via distraction) with repeated use. SETTING The study was conducted in a burn care unit at a regional trauma center. PATIENTS Seven patients aged 9-32 years (mean age of 21.9 years; average of 23.7% total body surface area burned [range, 3-60%]) performed range-of-motion exercises of their injur...

science and technology world is using computers in different branches as much as possible. virtual reality has variety of application in different engineering fields. simulating softwares increase the accuracy and process speed of analysis. in this research the aim is to use this concept through milling process on cnc machines, so the students can learn objects effectively and eagerly. the appl...

Matthew Price, Page Anderson, Georgia State University, and Barbara O. Rothbaum, Emory University School of Medicine Virtual reality exposure has recently emerged as an important tool for exposure therapy in the treatment of fear of flying. There have been numerous empirical studies that have evaluated the effectiveness of virtual reality exposure as compared to other treatments including in vi...