Design and Validation of Virtual Reality Task for Neuro-Rehabilitation of Distal Upper Extremities.

ABSTRACT: Stroke, affecting approximately 15 million people worldwide, has long been a global cause of death and disability. Virtual Reality (VR) has shown its potential as an assistive tool for post-stroke rehabilitation. The objective of this pilot study was to define the task-specific performance metrics of VR tasks to assess the performance level of healthy subjects and patients quantitatively and to obtain their feedback for improving the developed framework. A pilot prospective study was designed. We tested the designed VR tasks on forty healthy right-handed subjects to evaluate its potential. Qualitative trajectory plots and three quantitative performance metrics-time taken to complete the task, percentage relative error, and trajectory smoothness-were computed from the recorded data of forty

SUBMITTER: Nath D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8835157 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature