Uses of virtual reality in clinical training: Developing the spatial skills of children with mobility impairments

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 58, Issue , 1998, Pages 219-232

  Stanton, Danaë ^a   Foreman, Nigel ^b   Wilson, Paul N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRTUAL REALITY;

CLINICAL TRAINING; DISABLED CHILDREN; FUTURE BENEFITS; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; SPATIAL LAYOUT; SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER SIMULATION; VIRTUAL BUILDING;

E-LEARNING;

COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ORIENTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0032243066     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-902-8-219     Document Type: Article

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