Virtual Reality in Health and Rehabilitation

This edited book focuses on the role and use of VR for healthcare professions in both health and rehabilitation settings. It is also offers future trends of other emerging technology within medicine and allied health professions. This text draws on expertise of leading medical practitioners and researchers who utilise such VR technologies in their practices to enhance patient/service user outcomes. Research and practical evidence is presented with a strong applied emphasis to further enhance the use VR technologies within the community, the hospital and in education environment(s). The book may also be used to influence policymakers on how healthcare delivery is offered.

Section 1: Introductory PerspectiveChapter 1. Introducing Virtual Reality for Health and RehabilitationChristopher M Hayre, Dave J. Muller & Marcia J. Scherer Section 2: Virtual Reality in Neurological Rehabilitation Chapter 2. On the Possibility of Using Virtual Reality to Improve the Mobility of People with Parkinson’s DiseaseAmin AminiChapter 3. Virtual Reality for Stroke RehabilitationKate LaverChapter 4. VR-based Assessment and intervention of Cognitive Functioning after StrokePedro Gamito, Teresa Souto, Ana Rita Conde, Ágata Salvador, João Galhordas, Jorge OliveiraChapter 5. Virtual Reality in Robotic NeurorehabilitationNicolas Wenk, Karin A. Buetler, and Laura Marchal-CrespoChapter 6. Virtual Reality Interventions’ Effects on Functional Outcomes for Children with Neurodevelopmental DisordersJorge Lopes Cavalcante NetoChapter 7. The use of Virtual Reality environments in Cognitive Rehabilitation after Traumatic Brain injuryE. Soritaa, P. Coignardb, E. Guillaumeb, J-L. Le Guietb, E. Klingerc, P-A. JosephChapter 8. Effect of Virtual Reality-Based Training of the Ankle, Hip and Stepping Strategies on Balance after StrokeRoberto LlorensSection 3: Virtual Reality for Health EducationChapter 9. Simulation-Based Training for Ultrasound PracticeMay AlmestehiChapter 10. Health Profession Education and Training using Virtual RealityPete BridgesSection 4: Gamification and virtual reality in contemporary contexts Chapter 11. Exergaming in multiple sclerosis – bridging the evidence-practice gapSarah Thomas, Jon Robinson, Andy PulmanChapter 12. Participant adherence to a video game based tele-rehabilitation program – a mixed-methods case seriesGerard G Fluet, Qinyin Qiu, Amanda Cronce, Eduardo Sia, Kathryn Blessing, Yvette Wohn, Jigna Patel, Alma Merians and Sergei AdamovichSection 5: Emerging perspectives and applications of virtual reality in practice Chapter 13. Virtual Reality Game-based Exercises with Lead Motion Applied to Developmental DisordersAna Grasielle Dionísio Corrêa, Natália Regina Kintschner, Silvana Maria Blascovi-AssisChapter 14. Applications of Virtual Reality in Aphasia Therapy: Findings from research with EVA ParkJane Marshall, Niamh Devane, Richard Talbot, Stephanie Wilson.Chapter 15. Virtual Reality in Orthopedic RehabilitationAliaa Rehan Youssef and Mohammed GumaaChapter 16. Emerging Perspectives of Virtual Reality TechniquesRenee M. Hakim and Michael RossChapter 17. Non-immersive Virtual Reality as a tool for treating children with cerebral palsyBraccialli, Lígia Maria Presumido; Silva, Michelle Zampar; Braccialli, Ana CarlaChapter 18. Virtual reality applications in the context of low vision rehabilitationMarie-Céline Lorenzini and Walter WittichChapter 19. Response of Women with Mobility Impairments to a Group Weight Management Intervention in the Virtual World of SecondLife©Margaret A. Nosek, Susan Robinson-Whelen, Rosemary B. Hughes, Stephanie L. Silveira, Rachel Markley, Tracey A. Ledoux, Daniel P. O’Connor, Rebecca E. Lee, Thomas M. Nosek & the GoWoman Consortium

Dr. Christopher Hayre is a senior lecturer at Charles Sturt University in New South Wales, Australia. He has published both qualitative and quantitative refereed papers in the field of medical imaging and brought together several books in the field of medical imaging, health research, technology, and ethnography. Professor Dave Muller is currently Editor of the CRC series with Professor Marcia Scherer on Rehabilitation Science in Practice. He was founder Editor of the Journal Aphasiology and is currently Editor in Chief of the Journal Disability and Rehabilitation. He has published over forty refereed papers and has been involved either as Series Editor, Editor or author of over fifty books. He is a visiting Professor at the University of Suffolk, United Kingdom. Professor Marica Scherer is a rehabilitation psychologist and founding President of the Institute for Matching Person & Technology She is also Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester Medical Center where she received both her Ph.D. and MPH degrees. She is a past member of the National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research, National Institutes of Health, and is Editor of the journal Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. She is Co-Editor of the book series for CRC Press, Rehabilitation Science in Practice Series. Dr. Scherer is Fellow of the American Psychological Association, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, and the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA). Dr. Scherer has authored, edited, or co-edited nine book titles and has published over 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 50 published proceedings papers, and 30 book chapters on disability and technology. Her research has been cited more than 5000 times by others.