Computerised mirror therapy with Augmented Reflection Technology for early stroke rehabilitation: clinical feasibility and integration as an adjunct therapy

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2017, Pages 1503-1514

  Hoermann, Simon ^a,f   Ferreira dos Santos, Luara ^b   Morkisch, Nadine ^c,d   Jettkowski, Katrin ^c,d   Sillis, Moran ^d,e   Devan, Hemakumar ^a   Kanagasabai, Parimala S ^a   Schmidt, Henning ^b   Krüger, Jörg ^b   Dohle, Christian ^c,d   Regenbrecht, Holger ^a   Hale, Leigh ^a   Cutfield, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d MEDIAN Klinik Berlin Kladow   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Augmented reality; upper limb; usability; user experience; virtual reality; visual illusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STROKE REHABILITATION; TECHNOLOGY; UPPER LIMB; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION; TECHNOLOGY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UPPER EXTREMITY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 85014566791     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2017.1291765     Document Type: Article

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