虚拟现实技术在脑卒中患者步态康复中的应用进展

摘要

Virtual reality is a technology to simulate the real world by computer, with 3 characteristics of immersion, interaction and imagination. It is a new method applied to gait rehabilitation after stroke. This article briefly introduced the characteristics of virtual reality, and the value for rehabilitation in stroke patients. The recent development of the studies on virtual reality in gait rehabilitation for stroke was summarized, mainly included the advantages of virtual reality technology, virtual reality hardware devices applied to the gait rehabilitation, and its therapeutic effect.%虚拟现实技术是一种通过计算机产生的对真实世界的模拟技术，具有沉浸性、交互性和构想性3个特点，是目前研究应用于脑卒中后步态康复的新方法。本文介绍了虚拟现实技术的特点及其在脑卒中康复中的应用，并系统回顾了近年来国外有关虚拟现实技术在脑卒中步态康复应用的最新研究进展，主要包括虚拟现实技术的优势，应用于步态康复虚拟现实设备，以及其治疗效果。