Nu!RehaVR: Virtual reality in neuro tele-rehabilitation of patients with traumatic brain injury and stroke

Virtual Reality

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-141

  Gervasi, Osvaldo ^a   Magni, Riccardo ^b   Zampolini, Mauro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Pragma Engineering srl   (Italy)

^c Foligno Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ajax3D; Neurological disease; Nu!Reha desk; Nu!RehaVR; Stroke patients; Tele rehabilitation; Traumatic brain Injury; Virtual reality; X3D

Indexed keywords

NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE; NU!REHAVR; STROKE PATIENTS; TELEREHABILITATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES;

BRAIN; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 77952878805     PISSN: 13594338     EISSN: 14349957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10055-009-0149-7     Document Type: Article

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