Computer assisted therapy for multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury patients application of virtual reality

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 39, Issue , 1997, Pages 64-72

  Steffin, Morris ^a  

^a Swank MS Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT REHABILITATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; EXPECTED IMPROVEMENTS; HAPTIC APPLICATIONS; IMPROVE PERFORMANCE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI); SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM; VISUAL ENVIRONMENTS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

HUMANS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0030630562     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-883-0-64     Document Type: Conference Paper

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