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BIOENGINEERING-BASEL
卷 10, 期 11, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering10111305
关键词
shoulder; rotator cuff; virtual reality; rehabilitation; orthopaedics; wearable systems
This study investigated the effectiveness of shoulder rehabilitation in virtual environments using a custom VR app. Results showed that the VR app helped volunteers achieve their rehabilitation goals more effectively.
Few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of shoulder rehabilitation in virtual environments. The objective of this study was to investigate the performance of a custom virtual reality application (VR app) with a stereophotogrammetric system considered the gold standard. A custom VR app was designed considering the recommended rehabilitation exercises following arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. Following the setting of the play space, the user's arm length, and height, five healthy volunteers performed four levels of rehabilitative exercises. Results for the first and second rounds of flexion and abduction displayed low total mean absolute error values and low numbers of unmet conditions. In internal and external rotation, the number of times conditions were not met was slightly higher; this was attributed to a lack of isolated shoulder movement. Data is promising, and volunteers were able to reach goal conditions more often than not. Despite positive results, more literature comparing VR applications with gold-standard clinical parameters is necessary. Nevertheless, results contribute to a body of literature that continues to encourage the application of VR to shoulder rehabilitation programs.
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