Title :
VR-Wheel: a Rehabilitation Platform for Motor Recovery
Author :
Secco, Emanuele Lindo ; Sottile, Roberto ; Davalli, Angelo ; Calori, Luigi ; Cappello, Angelo ; Chiari, Lorenzo
Author_Institution :
Department of Electronics, Computer Sciences and Systems (DEIS), University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2 - 40136 Bologna, Italy, ph.: +39 051 209.3067; fax: +39 051 209.3073; e-mail: elsecco@deis.unibo.it.
Abstract :
In this paper we introduce VR-Wheel, a platform combining cognitive and motor-learning tasks, intended for motor recovery in lower limb amputee and tetraplegia patients in post-traumatic conditions. The main feature of the platform is its versatility from the biomechanical, hardware and software viewpoint, since the design of the application is such that patients´ own wheelchairs are transformed into an USB mouse, interfaced with any types of mouse-drivable graphics and/or software and any kind of operative system. The mechanics is flexible and the dedicated VR-environment is user friendly and easily tunable to different, specific clinical requirements. In this paper we present its general design and some scenarios for its clinical use.
Keywords :
Application software; Computer graphics; Hardware; Instruments; Mice; Propulsion; Psychology; Universal Serial Bus; Virtual reality; Wheelchairs;
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Rehabilitation, 2007
Conference_Location :
Venice, Italy
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1204-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1204-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICVR.2007.4362127
