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
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