UrbanRehab: a virtual urban scenario design tool for rehabilitating instrumental activities of daily living

• Published in: Journal of ambient intelligence and humanized computing Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 1339 - 1358
• Main Authors: Juan-González, Jorge, García, Arturo S., Molina, José Pascual, López-Jaquero, Víctor, Navarro, Elena, Romero-Ayuso, Dulce, González, Pascual
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.03.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accident prevention; Activities of daily living; Artificial Intelligence; Autonomy; Billboards; Computational Intelligence; Customization; Engineering; Life expectancy; Original Research; Proposals; Rehabilitation; Robotics and Automation; Supermarkets; Traffic signals; Urban environments; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Virtual reality; Virtual urban environments; Activities of daily living; Rehabilitation; Virtual environment design; Virtual reality

The increased life expectancy poses certain challenges such as bringing the required facilities to the elderly or infirm to help them keep their autonomy as long as possible. At any age, we are all prone to diseases or accidents that can affect our autonomy for activities we perform daily, the so-ca...