Sensorimotor training in virtual reality: A review

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-44

  Adamovich, Sergei V ^a,b   Fluet, Gerard G ^b   Tunik, Eugene ^b   Merians, Alma S ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Rehabilitation; Sensorimotor training; Virtual environment; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONSTRAINT INDUCED THERAPY; CONVALESCENCE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FUNCTION; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REHABILITATION; TELEMEDICINE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 69549130881     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2009-0497     Document Type: Review

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