Virtual reality in health and rehabilitation /

"This book focuses on the role and use of Virtual Reality for healthcare professions in both health and rehabilitation settings. It also offers future trends of other emerging technology within medicine and allied health professions"--

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Group Author: Hayre, Christopher M. (Editor); Müller, Dave J. (Editor); Scherer, Marcia J. (Marcia Joslyn), 1948- (Editor)
Published: CRC Press,
Publisher Address: Boca Raton :
Publication Dates: 2021.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Series: Rehabilitation science in practice series
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Summary: "This book focuses on the role and use of Virtual Reality for healthcare professions in both health and rehabilitation settings. It also offers future trends of other emerging technology within medicine and allied health professions"--
Carrier Form: xvi, 305 pages : illustrations, forms ; 26 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780367367718 (hardback) :
0367367718 (hardback)
9780429351365 (ebook)
0429351364 (ebook)
Index Number: RC376
CLC: TP391.98-05
R319
Call Number: R319/V819-2
Contents: Introducing Virtual Reality for Health and Rehabilitation -- On the possibility of using virtual reality to Improve the Mobility of People with Parkinson's Disease -- Virtual Reality for Stroke Rehabilitation -- VR-based Assessment and intervention of Cognitive Functioning after Stroke -- Virtual Reality in Robotic Neurorehabilitation -- Virtual Reality Interventions' Effects on Functional Outcomes for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders -- The use of Virtual Reality environments in Cognitive Rehabilitation after Traumatic Brain injury -- Effect of Virtual Reality-Based Training of the Ankle, Hip and Stepping Strategies on Balance after Stroke -- Simulation-Based Training for Ultrasound Practice -- Health Profession Education and Training using Virtual Reality -- Exergaming in multiple sclerosis -- bridging the evidence practice gap -- Participant adherence to a video game based tele-rehabilitation program -- a mixed-methods case series -- Virtual Reality Game-based Exercises with Lead Motion Applied to Developmental Disorders -- Applications of Virtual Reality in Aphasia Therapy : Findings from research with EVA Park -- Virtual Reality in Orthopedic Rehabilitation -- Emerging Perspectives of Virtual Reality Techniques -- Non-immersive Virtual Reality as a tool for treating children with cerebral palsy -- Virtual reality applications in the context of low vision rehabilitation -- Response of Women with Mobility Impairments to a Group Weight Management Intervention in the Virtual World of Second Life.