Postural Rehabilitation Within the VRRS (Virtual Reality Rehabilitation System) Environment

Pirini, Marco; Bisi, Maria Cristina; Turolla, Andrea; Agostini, Michela; Vidale, Denis; Fiorentin, Alessio; Piron, Federico

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-72736-3_24

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“…In particular, it is possible to perform exercises in which COP displacements are only performed in one direction, such as anterior-posterior or medial-lateral, or in two directions together (anterior-posterior and medial-lateral), but also omnidirectional. In addition, all these exercises are included in VR, with attractive and motivating graphics for children [ 43 ]. Therefore, as a technological tool, the VRRS system could be a new frontier for personalized, more motivating, and exciting rehabilitation programmes for these children, thanks to the different information provided by the quantitative data, such as the analysis of the different balance components.…”

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New Technological Approach for the Evaluation of Postural Control Abilities in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder

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Background: Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) causes difficulties in postural control which are crucial to assess due to their impact on everyday life. There is a lack of suitable tools to acquire quantitative data and deeply analyze postural control, especially during the developmental age. The aim of this study is to investigate postural control skills in children with DCD and typically developing children (TD) using the Virtual Reality Rehabilitation System (VRRS). Methods: 18 children with DCD and 30 TD children (mean age 9.12 ± 2.65 and 7.12 ± 2.77 years, respectively) were tested by using the Movement Assessment Battery for Children Second Edition (MABC-2) and a VRRS stabilometric balance platform. A t-test was performed to identify differences in the VRRS parameters between the two groups. Furthermore, we investigated whether a correlation exists between the VRRS data and the MABC-2. Results: Significant differences (p < 0.05) in mean distance and frequency of the COP are found in the two groups. These parameters also correlate with the MABC-2 total score (p ≤ 0.05) and balance subscales (p ≤ 0.05). Conclusions: This study opens a new frontier for the assessment of postural skills in children with DCD and represents a potential basis for a tailored rehabilitation program, from which their postural stability and, consequently, their everyday life will benefit.

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“…Virtual environment, interactivity, immersion environment, and sensory feedback are essential factors of VR [31]. Various information technologies (ITs), such as computer graphics, image processing, pattern recognition, Artificial Intelligence (AI), networking, and audio systems, as well as different hardware and software can be used to design and implement VR systems [31][32][33]. This technology has been used as an interactive, motivational, and assessment tool in the rehabilitation field [29,[34][35][36][37].…”

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An affordable and immersive virtual reality-based exercise therapy in forward head posture

Asadzadeh,

Salahzadeh,

Samad-Soltani

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Forward Head Posture (FHP) is one of the most commonly occurring musculoskeletal abnormalities. Despite exercise therapy being an effective approach for FHP treatment, it can be long, monotonous, and tedious. Virtual reality (VR) can be used as an innovative solution to address these challenges. We designed an affordable and immersive VR-based exercise therapy (VRET) system for FHP correction. The VRET contents (i.e., exercises and VR scenarios) were determined by physiotherapists and game designers at the focus group meetings. Hardware requirements include a VR box, smartphone, and sensors (i.e., a smartphone accelerometer and an affordable Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)) to measure head motions and transfer them via Wi-Fi to the VRET system. The IMU was designed using the MPU6050, Arduino Nano, and ESP8266-01S. Gwet’s AC1, Game Experience Questionnaires (GEQ), and System Usability Scale (SUS) were used to measure intra-rater reliability, user experience, and system usability, respectively. The determined exercises, including Capital Flexion-Extension and Chin Tuck, were designed in the form of a shooting game. A physiotherapist and twenty-one FHP individuals took part in evaluating the system. High precision was obtained for the designed IMU (i.e., pitch and roll < 0.1° and yaw < 1.3 °). Gwet’s AC1 and SUS results showed very good intra-rater reliability (coefficient = 0.892) and excellent usability (score = 87.14), respectively. According to the mean scores of the GEQ, participants were confident about competence, immersion, flow, and positive affect components. The development of low-cost VRET systems for FHP correction is a step towards facilitating rehabilitation challenges by providing positive experiences for users as well as helping them perform therapeutic exercises correctly.

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Rehabilitative devices for a top-down approach

Morone

Spitoni

Bartolo

et al. 2019

Expert Review of Medical Devices

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Postural Rehabilitation Within the VRRS (Virtual Reality Rehabilitation System) Environment

Cited by 4 publications

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New Technological Approach for the Evaluation of Postural Control Abilities in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder

New Technological Approach for the Evaluation of Postural Control Abilities in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder

An affordable and immersive virtual reality-based exercise therapy in forward head posture

Rehabilitative devices for a top-down approach

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