Assessment and Rehabilitation after Traumatic Brain Injury Using Virtual Reality: A Systematic Review and Discussion Concerning Human-Computer Interactions

Banville, Frédéric; Nolin, Pierre; Rosinvil, Thaïna; Verhulst, Eulalie; Allain, Philippe

doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-9482-3_15

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“…Thus, VR provides a sense of subjective presence and offers an ecologically valid approach to the evaluation and retraining skills in everyday settings (Jansari et al, 2014). Emerging research on VR methods for assessment and re/habilitation of individuals with ABI has yielded promising preliminary findings, despite limitations in study methodology (Banville et al, 2019).…”

Section: Telehealth and Emerging Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pediatric rehabilitation.

Wade¹,

Gies²,

Adlam³

et al. 2023

APA Handbook of Neuropsychology, Volume 2: Neuroscience and Neuromethods (Vol. 2).

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FIGURE 18.1. Pediatric acquired brain injury rehab in context: integrating developmental rehabilitation approaches within a social environmental perspective. Child factors include preinjury abilities, genetics, sex, and age both at injury and re/ habilitation. Family factors include parent-child interactions, the role of the family in re/habilitation, family functioning, parenting skills, and parent mental health. Factors in the social environment include the school and broader community, one's culture and religion, socioeconomic status, community resources, and health care access. Broader environmental factors include population density, air and water quality, and climate change. There are also factors specific to the re/habilitation interventions themselves, including duration, timing, acuity, insult, developmental considerations, intervention targets (e.g., problem solving), the re/habilitation approach (e.g., contextualized vs. decontextualized), and other treatments (e.g., physical therapy).

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Section: Telehealth and Emerging Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pediatric rehabilitation.

Wade¹,

Gies²,

Adlam³

et al. 2023

APA Handbook of Neuropsychology, Volume 2: Neuroscience and Neuromethods (Vol. 2).

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“…Second, the utilisation of VR technology allows for the measurement of ecological navigation behaviour and real-time interactions within complex virtual environments, including for individuals with physical limitations [19]. Spatial navigation metrics that are typically drawn from VR environments include: accuracy in navigating the virtual environment, time taken to complete the navigation task (also referred to as latency), and distance travelled within the virtual environment [20]. Distance and duration metrics on wayfinding tasks have been used in clinical settings to measure error whereby, these metrics efficiently characterise participant's profiles: slow/fast and short/long distance travelled [20].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…When drawing conclusions, it is important to consider the variable nature of deficits associated with these pathologies and the impact thereof on navigation ability. As noted by Banville and colleagues, manipulating a device for VR interaction and understanding the rules that are necessary to correctly navigate within the virtual environment places an additional demand on cognitive processes such as memory, attention and planning [20]. There is, however, no evidence pertaining to the impact these lasting clinical difficulties may have on spatial navigation abilities in individuals who have suffered a TBI.…”

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Wayfinding and path integration deficits detected using a virtual reality mobile app in patients with traumatic brain injury

Seton¹,

Coutrot²,

Hornberger³

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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The ability to navigate is supported by a wide network of brain areas which are particularly vulnerable to disruption brain injury, including traumatic brain injury (TBI). Wayfinding and the ability to orient back to the direction you have recently come (path integration) may likely be impacted in daily life but have so far not been tested with patients with TBI. Here, we assessed spatial navigation in thirty–eight participants, fifteen of whom had a history of TBI, and twenty–three control participants. Self-estimated spatial navigation ability was assessed using the Santa Barbara Sense of Direction (SBSOD) scale. No significant difference between TBI patients and a control group was identified. Rather, results indicated that both participant groups demonstrated ‘good’ self–inferred spatial navigational ability on the SBSOD scale. Objective navigation ability was tested via the virtual mobile app test Sea Hero Quest (SHQ), which has been shown to predict real–world navigation difficulties and assesses (a) wayfinding across several environments and (b) path integration. Compared to a sub-sample of 13 control participants, a matched subsample of 10 TBI patients demonstrated generally poorer performance on all wayfinding environments tested. Further analysis revealed that TBI participants consistently spent a shorter duration viewing a map prior to navigating to goals. Patients showed mixed performance on the path integration task, with poor performance evident when proximal cues were absent. Our results provide preliminary evidence that TBI impacts both wayfinding and, to some extent, path integration. The findings suggest long–lasting clinical difficulties experienced in TBI patients affect both wayfinding and to some degree path integration ability.

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