Doctors could soon start prescribing an unusual solution to help stroke victims in the US: virtual reality goggles. That's the hope of Switzerland-based MindMaze, which on Wednesday got a $100 million investment to bring its blend of virtual reality hardware and neuroscience to market. The four...
Virtual-reality games help stroke victims
for Stroke Patients Virtual Reality Help for Stroke PatientsVirtual Reality Help for Stroke PatientsA TECHNIQUE developed in Northern Ireland could help stroke patients regain the use of their arms and hands.
Prototype of Virtual Reality Game to Support Post-stroke Recovery in Patients with Spatial Neglect Syndrome Katarzyna Matys-Popielska(B) , Krzysztof Popielski , and Anna Sibilska-Mroziewicz Department of Mechatronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland katarzyna.matys.dokt@pw.edu.pl ...
Israeli hospitals have recently started to use virtual reality therapy for stroke patients. One commonly used program has the patient watch his virtual image on a screen. For example, tennis balls are virtually thrown at the patient from all directions and the patients' actual hand motions are re...
Virtual Reality for Stroke Rehabilitation Background: Virtual reality and interactive video gaming have emerged as recent treatment approaches in stroke rehabilitation. In particular, commercial ga... KE Laver,S George,S Thomas,... - 《Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews》...
Virtual reality could assist arm rehabilitation in some stroke patients, according to a clinical pilot study published in the open access Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. The researchers found that using virtual reality to increase a patie
Stroke is one of the main causes of physical disability in which doing frequent and early exercise is imperative for rehabilitation. Virtual reality gaming has a high potential in rehabilitation leading to increased performance of patients. This study aimed to develop, validate and examine virtual rea...
In recent decades, the senior adults population worldwide has increased, as well as the medical conditions related to aging, such as cognitive decline. Virtual reality (VR) games are a valuable addition to conventional cognitive rehabilitation as they increase engagement to the therapy through customi...
Virtual reality may provide a solution to this difficulty by allowing prospective memory to be tested in a simulation of a real-life situation whilst retaining a laboratory level of scientific control. This exploratory study assessed the performance of stroke patients and age-matched control ...