Authors:
Micaela Fonseca
1
;
2
;
3
;
4
;
Heitor Cardoso
3
;
Nuno Ferreira
3
;
Tiago Loureiro
5
;
Inês Gomes
6
and
Claudia Quaresma
1
;
2
Affiliations:
1
Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2892-516 Monte da Caparica, Portugal
;
2
Laboratório de Instrumentação, Engenharia Biomédica e Física da Radiação (LIBPhys-UNL), Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2892-516 Monte da Caparica, Portugal
;
3
VR4NeuroPain, Rua Comandante António Feio nº26 1C1, 2800-255 Almada, Portugal
;
4
Universidade Europeia, Laureate International Universities, Estrada da Correia, nº53, 1500-210 Lisboa, Portugal
;
5
Collide, Avenida D. João II, nº 43, 9º. 1990-084 Lisboa, Portugal
;
6
IMG - Strategy Branding Visual Communication, Avª Oscar Monteiro Torres 16, 2.ºD, 1000-219 Lisboa, Portugal
Keyword(s):
Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injury, Software, Neuropathic Pain, Virtual Reality, Gaming.
Abstract:
Virtual Reality (VR) has finally found its way to be used in the healthcare industry, covering many different areas such as medical training, marketing, patient education, psychotherapy and physiotherapy, and many others. The need to develop increasingly personalized technology to be used during the rehabilitation process is extremely important. Therefore, the VR4NeuroPain solution aims to cover the unique influence that it obtains from the VR applied to the rehabilitation area, creating unique and virtual spaces where patients with neuropathic pain can be submitted to their therapy sessions, not only in hospitals and clinics, but also at home. The VR4NeuroPain system monitors electrophysiological data in real time, and consists of the following components: Virtual Reality Interface, Plataform and a Glove-“GNeuroPathy”. The main objective of this paper is to describe all the components of VR4NeuroPain solution. The system can be used by physicians, occupational therapists and physiot
herapists. VR4Neuropain allows the use of innovative and interactive intervention methodologies.
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