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Design Factors of Virtual Environments for Upper Limb Motor Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients

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Cristina Ramírez-Fernández,

Alberto L. Morán,

Eloísa García-Canseco,

Felipe Orihuela-EspinaAuthors Info & Claims

MexIHC '14: Proceedings of the 5th Mexican Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

Pages 22 - 25

https://doi.org/10.1145/2676690.2676700

Published: 03 November 2014 Publication History

Abstract

Stroke survivors are often left with motor disabilities. Virtual environments for motor therapy are an emerging strategy to motivate, entertain or engage the rehabilitation patient to the therapy after stroke. The design of these specialized virtual environments requires to meet the needs of patients and therapists, which is not a simple task. To support the design of these applications a number of recommendations for the developers have been proposed in literature. Here, a taxonomy is proposed to classify the identified principles, criteria, implications, usability factors or guidelines on which the recommendations are based. The taxonomy identifies key factors in the design of virtual environments for upper limb motor therapy. The taxonomy is organized into three categories corresponding to different stages of the therapy: configuration of the exercise, assistance during the execution of the exercise and management of therapy results. We believe that agglutinating and organizing design factors into a taxonomy may reduce development times, facilitate communication between developers and clinical counterparts and increase chances of therapeutic validity.

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Design Factors of Virtual Environments for Upper Limb Motor Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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MexIHC '14: Proceedings of the 5th Mexican Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

November 2014

56 pages

ISBN:9781450332859

DOI:10.1145/2676690

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Instituto Tecnologico de Sonora (ITSON), Mexico
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Instituto Tecnologico de Sonora (ITSON), Mexico
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Brassel SPower ECampbell ABrunner MTogher L(2021)Recommendations for the Design and Implementation of Virtual Reality for Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Systematic ReviewJournal of Medical Internet Research10.2196/2634423:7(e26344)Online publication date: 30-Jul-2021
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