@inproceedings{4cd64628e85b4b68a0ed858102ef5f3f,
title = "Virtual reality for gait rehabilitation - Promises, proofs and preferences",
abstract = "Improving walking speed and quality after illness or injury presents a number of challenges, not least of which is keeping patients engaged with therapy which they may find boring or painful. The rapidly developing area of virtual reality offers technology which can track users movements and use them to drive interactions in virtual worlds. This paper examines the potential of virtual reality to ameliorate pain and to improve rehabilitation adherence and outcomes. The role of hardware and software in mediating movement is discussed, and key elements identified which may have a significant effect on optimising VR systems for rehabilitation outcomes.",
keywords = "Rehabilitation, Virtual reality, Walking",
author = "Wendy Powell and Vaughan Powell and Maureen Simmonds",
note = "Publisher Copyright: Copyright 2014 ACM. Copyright: Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.; 7th ACM International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, PETRA 2014 ; Conference date: 27-05-2014 Through 30-05-2014",
year = "2014",
month = may,
day = "27",
doi = "10.1145/2674396.2674450",
language = "English",
series = "ACM International Conference Proceeding Series",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, PETRA 2014",
address = "United States",
}