Overview
- First comprehensive volume about VR applications for physical and motor rehabilitation
- Discusses VR applications for specific physical and motor disabilities such as stroke, TBI, Parkinson's, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis
- Identifies impact of VR on perceptual and motor processes
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Virtual Reality Technologies for Health and Clinical Applications (VRTHCA)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
While virtual reality (VR) has influenced fields as varied as gaming, archaeology and the visual arts, some of its most promising applications come from the health sector. Particularly encouraging are the many uses of VR in supporting the recovery of motor skills following accident or illness.
Virtual Reality for Physical and Motor Rehabilitation reviews two decades of progress and anticipates advances to come. It offers current research on the capacity of VR to evaluate, address, and reduce motor skill limitations and the use of VR to support motor and sensorimotor function, from the most basic to the most sophisticated skill levels. Expert scientists and clinicians explain how the brain organizes motor behavior, relate therapeutic objectives to client goals and differentiate among VR platforms in engaging the production of movement and balance. On the practical side, contributors demonstrate that VR complements existing therapies across various conditions such as neurodegenerative diseases, traumatic brain injury and stroke. Included among the topics:
- Neuroplasticity and virtual reality.
- Vision and perception in virtual reality.
- Sensorimotor recalibration in virtual environments.
- Rehabilitative applications using VR for residual impairments following stroke.
- VR reveals mechanisms of balance and locomotor impairments.
- Applications of VR technologies for childhood disabilities.
A resource of great immediate and future utility, Virtual Reality for Physical and Motor Rehabilitation distills a dynamic field to aid the work of neuropsychologists, rehabilitation specialists (including physical, speech, vocational and occupational therapists), and neurologists.
Reviews
From the book reviews:
“This comprehensive book adds virtual reality to the toolkit of technologies that support patients’ motor recovery and rehabilitation after a neurological or orthopedic injury. … The audience includes not only students, but also experienced physical and occupational therapists, rehabilitation neuroscientists, neurologists, and physical medicine rehabilitation physicians. … This is a well-conceived and well-organized book. It is a must for those involved in technology-enhanced recovery or rehabilitation work with patients.” (Deborah J. Gaebler-Spira, Doody’s Book Reviews, January, 2015)Editors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Virtual Reality for Physical and Motor Rehabilitation
Editors: Patrice L. (Tamar) Weiss, Emily A. Keshner, Mindy F. Levin
Series Title: Virtual Reality Technologies for Health and Clinical Applications
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0968-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-0967-4Published: 24 July 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5314-1Published: 03 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-0968-1Published: 24 July 2014
Series ISSN: 2199-4684
Series E-ISSN: 2199-4692
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 232
Number of Illustrations: 50 b/w illustrations
Topics: Rehabilitation, Neuropsychology, Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Physiotherapy, Health Psychology, Occupational Therapy