A Review of the Potential of Virtual Walking Techniques for Gait Rehabilitation

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Omar Janeh¹  Frank Steinicke² 

[1] Department of Computer Engineering, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq;Human-Computer Interaction, Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany;

关键词: virtual locomotion techniques;    virtual reality;    gait disorders;    therapeutic advances;    rehabilitation;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fnhum.2021.717291

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Virtual reality (VR) technology has emerged as a promising tool for studying and rehabilitating gait disturbances in different cohorts of patients (such as Parkinson's disease, post-stroke, or other neurological disorders) as it allows patients to be engaged in an immersive and artificial environment, which can be designed to address the particular needs of each individual. This review demonstrates the state of the art in applications of virtual walking techniques and related technologies for gait therapy and rehabilitation of people with movement disorders makes recommendations for future research and discusses the use of VR in the clinic. However, the potential for using these techniques in gait rehabilitation is to provide a more personalized approach by simulate the experience of natural walking, while patients with neurological disorders are maintained localized in the real world. The goal of our work is to investigate how the human nervous system controls movement in health and neurodegenerative disease.

【 授权许可】

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