Novel Virtual Reality Application in Field of Neurorehabilitation

Jeonghun Ku; Youn Joo Kang

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Ku and Kang: Novel Virtual Reality Application in Field of Neurorehabilitation

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Brain Neurorehabil 2018;11(1):e5.

Published online: 4 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12786/bn.2018.11.e5

Novel Virtual Reality Application in Field of Neurorehabilitation

Jeonghun Ku¹, Youn Joo Kang^2,

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea

²Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Nowon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence to Youn Joo Kang Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Nowon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University, 68 Hangeulbiseok-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01830, Korea. E-mail: md52516@hanmail.net

Received 15 March 2018 Accepted 22 March 2018

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Virtual reality (VR) therapy has many benefits to promote neurological and functional recovery in the field of neurorehabilitation after brain injury. VR-assisted neurorehabilitation can be applied in motor, sensori-motor, cognitive, activities of daily living (ADL), and telerehabilitation. Recent reports found that VR therapy appears to be a safe intervention that is effective at improving arm function and ADL function following stroke. Greater improvements were seen at a higher VR therapeutic dose. There has been insufficient evidence that VR therapy improved lower extremity gait speed, balance, and cognitive function after brain injury. As a result, the number of commercially available devices have increased and large-scale controlled trials have reported positive effects recently. Interface devices, various feedback methods, and the advancement of augmented reality technology are quickly developing, therefore, the potential value of VR therapy in neurorehabilitation will be high and its clinical application will be diversified.

Keywords: Virtual Reality, Rehabilitation, Stroke

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Fig. 1.

Recent VR technology advancements. (A) Oculus HMD (Oculus VR LLC), (B) Vive system (HTC), (C) Mobile VR HMD using a smartphone (Samsung), (D) walking platform (Virtuix), and (E) a scene of a woman wearing dataglove (left) and watching her virtual hand's pinching on HMD(right). VR, virtual reality; HMD, head mounted display.

Table 1.

Commercially available gaming consoles or VR programs in the field of neurorehabilitation

Training	Name of product	Company
Upper extremity function	Eye Toy	Playstation
	IREX	GestureTek
	Armeo	Hocoma
	CAREN	Motek Medical
	RGS	SPECS Research Laboratory
Lower extremity function	Wii Fit balance	Nintendo
	X-box Kinect	Microsoft
	3Dweb VR treadmill training	g Superscape
	Locomat	Hocoma
	Balance Rehabilitation Unit^™	^™ Medicaa Balance Suite
Neglect	RehAtt	BrainStimulation
Neglect ADL	RehAtt IREX (V mall)	BrainStimulation GestureTek

ADL, activities of daily living.

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