Virtual reality-based rehabilitation applications for motor, cognitive and sensorial disorders

摘要

Over the past 20 years, groups of therapists, researchers, and engineers have seized the potential of virtual reality (VR) and its associated technologies. They have worked together to design and test a great variety of rehabilitation devices and systems, with the objective of improving support for people with disabilities. VR technologies offer new paradigms for human exploration, understanding, and support by providing participants a safe setting in which they can interact and develop goal-oriented activities within functional virtual environments, especially when they find themselves in situations of cognitive, behavioral, or motor disabilities. The solutions built from these technologies reduce patients' limitations of activity and participation by promoting the recovery of capabilities. The current diversification of VR technology can also lead to the development of tools that can be easily used at home so that the patient can pursue the training initiated with the therapist in the care center.