Development and preliminary evaluation of a novel low cost VR-based upper limb stroke rehabilitation platform using Wii technology

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 413-422

  Tsekleves, Emmanuel ^a   Paraskevopoulos, Ioannis Theoklitos ^b   Warland, Alyson ^c   Kilbride, Cherry ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feedback; Games; Motion capture; Nintendo Wii; Stroke rehabilitation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PROCEDURES; STROKE REHABILITATION; UPPER LIMB; VIDEO GAME;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; STROKE REHABILITATION; UPPER EXTREMITY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84962789115     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2014.981874     Document Type: Article

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