An overview of a USC Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center: The use of virtual reality for a range of motor impairments

Author

Flynn, S. ; Lange, B. ; Rizzo, A. ; Valero-Cuervas, FJ ; Baker, L. ; Winstein, C. ; Requejo, P.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Creative Technol., Univ. of Southern California, Marina Del Rey, CA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

June 29 2009-July 2 2009

Firstpage

223

Lastpage

223

Abstract

This paper describes the use of Virtual Reality in four projects within a Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center at the University of Southern California. The Research Center aims to develop and assess a range of technologies for people aging with and into a disability. One of the deliverables of this Center will be the development of a Virtual Rehabilitation Toolkit, a series of Virtual Reality video based games for use with a range of impairments for a variety of disabilities including spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, stroke, Parkinson´s disease, and cerebral palsy.

Keywords

computer games; patient rehabilitation; virtual reality; Parkinson´s disease; USC Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center:; University of Southern California; Virtual Rehabilitation Toolkit; cerebral palsy; disability; motor impairments; spinal cord injury; stroke; traumatic brain injury; virtual reality; virtual reality video based games; Aging; Biomedical engineering; Birth disorders; Brain injuries; Games; Marine technology; Parkinson´s disease; Spinal cord injury; Testing; Virtual reality; aging; disability; rehabilitation; virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Rehabilitation International Conference, 2009

Conference_Location

Haifa

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4188-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4189-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICVR.2009.5174261

Filename

5174261