ViTAS Gaming Suite: Virtual Therapy Against Stroke

• Published in: Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II pp. 407 - 411
• Main Authors: Dall’Alba, Diego, Dimbwadyo, Iris, Piazza, Stefano, Magnabosco, Enrico, Menegozzo, Giovanni, Fiorini, Paolo
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing
• Series: Biosystems & Biorobotics
• ISBN: 9783319466682; 3319466682
• ISSN: 2195-3562; 2195-3570
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-46669-9_68

Stroke is the leading cause of disability in Western Society, and rehabilitation is a fundamental support to ensure the best possible recovery of stroke patients after acute disease. To support and enhance conventional therapies we have developed a virtual rehabilitation gaming suite called ViTAS. ViTAS replicates some of the tests performed in clinical contexts, thus making the integration between virtual and traditional rehabilitation completely straightforward. We have collected the opinion of 35 clinicians with different degree of experience, following a customized self-report questionnaire. The results showed high acceptance of clinicians to use ViTAS system in rehabilitation. We conclude that ViTAS could become an essential supplement to standard post-stroke rehabilitation protocols.