Virtual reality for neurorehabilitation and cognitive enhancement

DD Georgiev, I Georgieva, Z Gong, V Nanjappan… - Brain sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Our access to computer-generated worlds changes the way we feel, how we think, and how
we solve problems. In this review, we explore the utility of different types of virtual reality …

Cortical plasticity and nerve regeneration after peripheral nerve injury

C Li, SY Liu, W Pi, PX Zhang - Neural Regeneration Research, 2021 - journals.lww.com
With the development of neuroscience, substantial advances have been achieved in
peripheral nerve regeneration over the past decades. However, peripheral nerve injury …

Characteristics of phantom limb pain alleviated with virtual reality rehabilitation

M Osumi, K Inomata, Y Inoue, Y Otake, S Morioka… - Pain …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Neurorehabilitation techniques using virtual reality (VR) systems have recently
become widespread as a rehabilitation method for restoring phantom limb movement and …

Effects of a virtual reality–based mirror therapy program on improving sensorimotor function of hands in chronic stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial

HY Hsu, LC Kuo, YC Lin, FC Su… - … and Neural Repair, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Embedding mirror therapy within a virtual reality (VR) system may have a
superior effect on motor remediation for chronic stroke patients. Objective. The objective is to …

An analysis of VR technology used in immersive simulations with a serious game perspective

A Menin, R Torchelsen, L Nedel - IEEE computer graphics and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Using virtual environments (VEs) is a safer and cost-effective alternative to executing
dangerous tasks, such as training firefighters and industrial operators. Immersive virtual …

Restoring movement representation and alleviating phantom limb pain through short‐term neurorehabilitation with a virtual reality system

M Osumi, A Ichinose, M Sumitani, N Wake… - … journal of pain, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Objective We developed a quantitative method to measure
movement representations of a phantom upper limb using a bimanual circle‐line …

Effects of mirror therapy on phantom limb sensation and phantom limb pain in amputees: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

F Wang, R Zhang, J Zhang, D Li, Y Wang… - Clinical …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effects of mirror
therapy on phantom limb sensation and phantom limb pain in amputees. Data sources: Nine …

In search of a naturalistic neuroimaging approach: Exploration of general feasibility through the case of VR-fMRI and application in the domain of episodic memory

D Lenormand, P Piolino - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Virtual Reality (VR) is an increasingly widespread tool for research as it allows the creation
of experiments taking place in multimodal and daily-life-like environments, while keeping a …

Perceptual correlates of successful body–prosthesis interaction in lower limb amputees: psychometric characterisation and development of the Prosthesis …

R Bekrater-Bodmann - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Prostheses are used to at least partly restore the body after limb amputation. Making the
user accepting the prosthetic device as part of his or her body, ie, inducing prosthesis …

Cortical plasticity as a basis of phantom limb pain: Fact or fiction?

J Andoh, C Milde, JW Tsao, H Flor - Neuroscience, 2018 - Elsevier
Cortical reorganization has been proposed as a major factor involved in phantom pain with
prior nociceptive input to the deafferented region and input from the non-deafferented cortex …