Virtual reality rehabilitation system for neuropathic pain and motor dysfunction in spinal cord injury patients

2011 International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation, ICVR 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Villiger, Michael ^a   Hepp Reymond, Marie Claude ^a   Pyk, Pawel ^a   Kiper, Daniel ^a   Eng, Kynan ^a   Spillman, Jeremy ^b   Meilick, Bruno ^b   Estevez, Natalia ^c   Kollias, Spyros S ^c   Curt, Armin ^d   Hotz Boendermaker, Sabina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Motor dysfunction; Neuropathic pain; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION PATTERNS; AFTER-TREATMENT; CLINICAL STUDY; CORTICAL MECHANISMS; CORTICAL NETWORK; FUNCTIONAL MRI; LOWER LIMB; LOWER-LIMB FUNCTION; MOTION SENSORS; MOTOR FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; REHABILITATION SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAINING SYSTEMS; VR SYSTEMS; WALKING SPEED;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH; VIRTUAL REALITY;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

EID: 80052091993     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICVR.2011.5971865     Document Type: Conference Paper

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