Virtual rehabilitation in an activity centre for community-dwelling persons with stroke. The possibilities of 3-dimensional computer games

• Published in: Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 26; no. 3; p. 289
• Main Authors: Broeren, Jurgen, Claesson, Lisbeth, Goude, Daniel, Rydmark, Martin, Sunnerhagen, Katharina S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland 01.01.2008
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Arbetsterapi; Biomechanical Phenomena; Cognition; Feasibility Studies; Female; Humans; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Male; Middle Aged; Motor Activity; Neurologi; Neurology; Occupational Therapy; Recovery of Function; Stroke - physiopathology; Stroke - psychology; Stroke Rehabilitation; Time Factors; Upper Extremity - physiopathology; User-Computer Interface; Video Games

The main purpose of this study was to place a virtual reality (VR) system, designed to assess and to promote motor performance in the affected upper extremity in subjects after stroke, in a nonhospital environment. We also wanted to investigate if playing computer games resulted in improved motor fu...