Jeong Yeon
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Jeong Yeon is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of rehabilitation technology, pain management, and burn care. Her work focuses on leveraging immersive virtual reality (VR) to alleviate the severe pain associated with burn injuries and their treatment, particularly during robot-assisted gait training (RAGT). In her most-cited study (2022, 20 citations), she demonstrated that VR application significantly reduces pain perception in burn patients undergoing RAGT, and provided the first evidence linking this analgesic effect to measurable changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF) in the prefrontal cortex, using functional near-infrared spectroscopy. This breakthrough not only offers a non-pharmacological pain relief strategy but also opens new avenues for understanding the neural mechanisms of VR-based analgesia. By integrating VR with robotic rehabilitation, Yeon is advancing patient-centered care for one of the most painful medical conditions, showing how technology can transform both physical recovery and the patient experience. Her work is highly influential in rehabilitation engineering and pain science.
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