Ontology-based Design Model of Virtual Environments for Upper Limb Motor Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients

Technologies Solutions Schemes for Patients’ Rehabilitation

“…This research study presented by Ramírez-Fernández et al [19,20], echance the content of an ontology to design virtual environments (VEs) for upper limb motor rehabilitation of stroke patients according to the suggestions and comments of rehabilita tion specialists and software developers, and to characterize the perceived importance level of the ontology, determine the perceived usefulness of the ontology, and finally, to identify the safety characteristics of the ontology for VEs design according to the rehabilitation specialists. For that, the authors' conducted two semistructured WEB questionnaires.…”

“…Later, Albiol-Pérez et al [17] tested and verified improvements related on spatial postural control in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). The research study presented by Ramírez-Fernández et al [19], enhance the content of ontology to design virtual environments (VEs) for upper limb motor rehabilitation of stroke patients. While Gamito et al [21], reports a study that test the efficacy of an alternative mHealth approach using tables and serious games to simulate cognitive functions in recovering addicts.…”

Evaluation Results of an Ontology-based Design Model of Virtual Environments for Upper Limb Motor Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients

“…The ontology proposed in this paper is based on a refined version of a design model obtained through i) a systematic review of design recommendations from the literature, ii) a contextual study in a rehabilitation center, iii) the results of an evaluation of a VE with patients and therapist in terms of the effectiveness of therapy and patient safety [11,12], and iv) the results of the current evaluation of a preliminary version of the ontology [23].…”

“…The ontology that we propose in this work for the design of VEs for Upper Limb Motor Rehabilitation (VEULMoR) was obtained by iterating the design model we introduced in our previous work [11,12], and a preliminary version of the proposed ontology [23]. The VEULMoR ontology was created using the Protégé tool [24] with the Ontology Web Language (OWL).…”

An Overview of Ontologies in Virtual Reality-Based Training for Healthcare Domain

“…Even as VRT began to expand to many subdomains of healthcare, the design of VR-based training remains a trivial task. A study by Ramírez-Fernández et al (49) focused on the issues faced in designing VR for upper limb motor rehabilitation. They argued that the available approaches to designing VR are insufficient, as no considerations are made to understand the knowledge in the domain, hence it is difficult to maintain a standardized vocabulary.…”