• DocumentCode
    642581
  • Title

    Abstract virtual environment for motor rehabilitation of stroke patients with upper limb dysfunction. A pilot study

  • Author

    Schuler, Thomas ; Drehlmann, Sonja ; Kane, Friederike ; von Piekartz, Harry

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Cognitive Sci., Univ. of Osnabruck, Osnabruck, Germany
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    26-29 Aug. 2013
  • Firstpage
    184
  • Lastpage
    185
  • Abstract
    A virtual environment for stroke therapy and the protocol of a pilot study that is ongoing to test the system are presented. The virtual environment utilizes abstract and fictive visualizations of human upper body movements to foster exercise and motor learning after a stroke.
  • Keywords
    data visualisation; medical computing; patient rehabilitation; virtual reality; abstract virtual environment; abstract visualizations; exercise; fictive visualizations; human upper body movements; motor learning; motor rehabilitation; stroke patients; upper limb dysfunction; Abstracts; Educational institutions; Medical treatment; Protocols; Training; Virtual environments; Visualization; abstract visualizations; motor learning; stroke; virtual rehabilitation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Virtual Rehabilitation (ICVR), 2013 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Philadelphia, PA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICVR.2013.6662117
  • Filename
    6662117