VR System for Neurorehabilitation

Abstract

Globally, rehabilitation in healthcare systems requires major improvements so that affordable, high-quality services will become available to a larger scale. Rehabilitation benefits both individuals and the entire community from an economic and social point of view. There are different types of rehabilitation, for a wide range of medical conditions, and each type requires a series of specific procedures performed by the patient, under therapist's guidance. Unfortunately, classical rehabilitation techniques have severe limitations in terms of results and large-scale availability, due to costs and lack of specialists. It is thus necessary to use the advantages of modern technologies, such as robotics, sensors or virtual reality in order to improve the results and make them accessible to many patients.