Title |
Virtual reality in neurologic rehabilitation of spatial disorientation
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Published in |
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, February 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1743-0003-10-17 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Silvia Erika Kober, Guilherme Wood, Daniela Hofer, Walter Kreuzig, Manfred Kiefer, Christa Neuper |
Abstract |
Topographical disorientation (TD) is a severe and persistent impairment of spatial orientation and navigation in familiar as well as new environments and a common consequence of brain damage. Virtual reality (VR) provides a new tool for the assessment and rehabilitation of TD. In VR training programs different degrees of active motor control over navigation may be implemented (i.e. more passive spatial navigation vs. more active). Increasing demands of active motor control may overload those visuo-spatial resources necessary for learning spatial orientation and navigation. In the present study we used a VR-based verbally-guided passive navigation training program to improve general spatial abilities in neurologic patients with spatial disorientation. |
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