Improvement of Apraxia With Augmented Reality: Influencing Pantomime of Tool Use via Holographic Cues.

ABSTRACT: Background: Defective pantomime of tool use is a hall mark of limb apraxia. Contextual information has been demonstrated to improve tool use performance. Further, knowledge about the potential impact of technological aids such as augmented reality for patients with limb apraxia is still scarce. Objective: Since augmented reality offers a new way to provide contextual information, we applied it to pantomime of tool use. We hypothesize that the disturbed movement execution can be mitigated by holographic stimulation. If visual stimuli facilitate the access to the appropriate motor program in patients with apraxia, their performance should improve with increased saliency, i.e., should be better when supported by dynamic and holographic cues vs. static and screen-based cues. M

SUBMITTER: Rohrbach N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8427527 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature