Virtual Reality for Health Care

2003 ◽  
pp. 39-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Beolchi ◽  
G. Riva
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Virtual Reality

scholarly journals From virtual to real healing: a critical overview of the therapeutic use of virtual reality to cope with mourning

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Francesca Maria Pizzoli ◽  
Dario Monzani ◽  
Laura Vergani ◽  
Virginia Sanchini ◽  
Ketti Mazzocco
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Therapeutic Use ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Critical Overview

AbstractIn recent years, virtual reality (VR) has been effectively employed in several settings, ranging from health care needs to leisure and gaming activities. A new application of virtual stimuli appeared in social media: in the documentary ‘I met you’ from the South-Korean Munhwa Broadcasting, a mother made the experience of interacting with the avatar of the seven-year-old daughter, who died four years before. We think that this new application of virtual stimuli should open a debate on its possible implications: it represents contents related to grief, a dramatic and yet natural experience, that can have deep psychological impacts on fragile subjects put in virtual environments. In the present work, possible side-effects, as well as hypothetical therapeutical application of VR for the treatment of mourning, are discussed.

Virtual reality and telemedicine for home health care

2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 695-699 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Gourlay ◽  
K.C Lun ◽  
Guan Liya
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Home Health Care ◽  
Home Health

Using Virtual Reality–Based Rehabilitation in Sarcopenic Older Adults in Rural Health Care Facilities—A Quasi-Experimental Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Guan-Bo Chen ◽  
Che-Wei Lin ◽  
Hung-Ya Huang ◽  
Yi-Jhen Wu ◽  
Hung-Tzu Su ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Resistance Training ◽  
Handgrip Strength ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Progressive Resistance Training ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Appendicular Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Progressive Resistance

Because of a shortage of health care providers, providing rehabilitation in health care facilities is difficult. Virtual reality–based rehabilitation is effective in older populations. There are only a few studies among patients with sarcopenia. This is a quasi-experimental, single-group, pretest–posttest design evaluating the clinical effectiveness of virtual reality–based progressive resistance training among residents aged over 60 years with sarcopenia in rural care facilities. The authors used Oculus Rift with headsets to provide the virtual reality–based progressive resistance training. The authors administered the program twice per week, 30 min per session, for 12 weeks. The primary outcomes were dominant handgrip strength, walking speed, and appendicular skeletal muscle mass index. Data from 30 participants were analyzed. Significant improvements in handgrip strength and walking speed were observed. Although an increasing trend in appendicular skeletal muscle mass index was observed, it did not reach statistical significance. The authors concluded that the virtual reality–based progressive resistance training is partially effective in older sarcopenic adults in health care facilities.

scholarly journals Serious Game for Upper Limb Amputees Rehabilitation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reidner Santos Cavalcante ◽  
Edgard Lamounier ◽  
Alcimar Soares ◽  
Alexandre Cardoso ◽  
Gerson Mendes De Lima
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Upper Limb ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
Virtual Reality Training ◽  
Training Environment ◽  
Methods And Techniques ◽  
Training Protocols

This work presents a Virtual Reality training environment for upper limb amputees. Based on principles of a serious game, the training environment aims to teach the patient how to control a virtual prosthesis, that lately, will be printed and attached to his forearm. Using a tether with different sensors the patient can interact with the virtual environment. The training protocols were provided by health-care professionals and the interaction technology was developed under their supervision, to ensure high levels of mobility and comfort for the user that are attached to the remaining forearm of the amputee. It was applied a questionnaire that evaluates several points of the game. It was observed that the methods and techniques used for the development of the serious game were shown to be consistent and adequate for the proposed goal.

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