Title :
The effect of social gaming in virtual reality based rehabilitation of stroke patients
Author :
Ballester, Belén Rubio ; Badia, Sergi Bermúdez i ; Verschure, Paul F.M.J.
Author_Institution :
SPECS - Institute of Audiovisual Studies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
Therapy for motor recovery in stroke patients is strongly related to motivation and social factors [1, 2]. In this study, we evaluate the effects of social interaction in stroke rehabilitation.
Keywords :
Context; Elbow; Games; Medical treatment; Training; Virtual reality; Motor rehabilitation; rehabilitation gaming system; stroke; virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Rehabilitation (ICVR), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Zurich, Switzerland
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-475-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-61284-473-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICVR.2011.5971809
