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GestureTek Launches The Cube™, a New ‘Plug and Play’ Interactive Projection System. [ more ]

Flaghouse and GestureTek partner to bring interactive gesture-control systems to assist the physically and cognitively challenged. [ more ]

GestureTek’s Interactive Rehabilitation Exercise System featured at the 2008 NBC4 Health and Fitness Expo. [ more ]

GestureTek’s interactive technology at St. John North Shore Hospital lets disabled people swim, snowboard and play basketball. [ more ]

 

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Benefits of activity and virtual reality based balance exercise programmes for adults with traumatic brain injury: Perceptions of participants and their caregivers

M. Thornton, S. Marshall, J. McComas, H. Finestone, A McCormick, & H. Sveistrup

Abstract: The objective of this study was to explore multi-dimensional benefits of exercise participation perceived by adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their caregivers. Adults (n=27, aged 18–66) with moderate or severe TBI 6 months or more earlier participated in focus groups following 6 weeks of an activity-based (ABE) or a virtual reality (VR) delivered balance exercise programme. Family members and care providers participated in separate focus groups. Perceptions related to programme participation as well as balance confidence and lower extremity function were extracted from focus group verbatim and quantitative scales, respectively.

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Veterans Health Initiative - Traumatic Brain Injury Report

Edited by Rodney Vanderploeg, PhD

Abstract: This independent study presents an overview of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) issues that Primary Care practitioners may encounter when providing care to veterans and active duty military personnel. This independent study module is a part of the Veterans Health Initiative (VHI). This VHI is a comprehensive program of continuing education designed to improve recognition and treatment of health problems related to traumatic brain injury.

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Video-capture virtual reality system for patients with paraplegic spinal cord injury

Rachel Kizony, MSc, Liat Raz, MSc, Noomi Katz, PhD, Harold Weingarden, MD, Patrice L. Tamar Weiss, PhD

Abstract: This article presents results from a feasibility study of a video-capture virtual reality (VR) system used with patients who have paraplegic spinal cord injury (SCI) and who need balance training.

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Immersion without encumbrance: adapting a virtual reality system for the rehabilitation of individuals with stroke and spinal cord injury

R Kizony, N Katz, H Weingarden and P L Weiss

Abstract: This paper reviews current work on motor rehabilitation using virtual environments and virtual reality and where possible, compares outcomes with those achieved in real-world applications.