Mirror VR: The design of a fully immersive virtual reality game for upper limb rehabilitation post-stroke using mirror therapy

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Mirror VR: The design of a fully immersive virtual reality game for upper limb rehabilitation post-stroke using mirror therapy

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Victoria University of Wellington

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Motor rehabilitation post-stroke requires practice that is high-intensity, repetitive, task-specific, challenging, and goal-oriented to promote neuroplasticity to maximise functional recovery outcomes. There is concern that people with stroke (PwS) are not engaging in sufficient therapy dose to induce significant neuroplastic changes. PwS can utilise motor priming techniques, such as mirror therapy (MT), that are low-cost adjuncts to conventional physical rehabilitation proposed to induce neu...

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Leniston-Kahsai, Senai

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http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/10063/9313

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virtual reality / stroke / rehabilitation / mirror therapy / VR / gamification / upper limb / immersion / game design / human centred design

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