Virtual Reality-Based Navigation Task to Reveal Obstacle Avoidance Performance in Individuals With Visuospatial Neglect

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 179-188

  Aravind, Gayatri ^a,b   Darekar, Anuja ^a,b   Fung, Joyce ^a,b   Lamontagne, Anouk ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JEWISH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hemineglect; locomotion; stroke; virtual environment

Indexed keywords

BIPED LOCOMOTION; OBSTACLE DETECTORS;

DETECTION TASKS; HEMINEGLECT; MINIMUM DISTANCE; MOVING OBSTACLES; NAVIGATION TASKS; OBSTACLE DETECTION; STROKE;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

AGNOSIA; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WALKING;

AGNOSIA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WALKING;

EID: 84924911067     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2014.2369812     Document Type: Article

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