Meyer-Heim Eng Wick
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Completed research project
| Title / Titel | Virtual reality (VR) based Paediatric Interactive Therapy System (PITS) for enhancement of motor learning in children with central motor impairment | ||||||
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| Summary / Zusammenfassung | The therapeutic effort to induce neuronal plasticity and subsequently cortical reorganisation is known to be dosage related. Active participation and motivation play a crucial role in neurorehabilitiation - especially in children. The technology of virtual reality offers a new perspective of a task-specific and motivational tool, which may enhance the improvement of upper extremity function. The aim of this project is to develop a child-friendly VR-based therapy system (PITS), to test its feasibility and effectivity in children with central motor impairment due to stroke, traumatic brain injuries or cerebral palsy. It is a further aim to investigates if PITS can used as a telerehabiliation and "group therapy" system. This would allow to increase the intesivity/frequency of therapy by bundling resources maintaining the costs. longerterm project is to combine upper and lower extremity (eg. robotic gait trainer) rehabilitation as well cognitive and spatial rehabiliation to a "hole body rehabilitation" system. |
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| Publications / Publikationen | - Wille D, Eng K, Holper L, Chevrier E, Kiper D, Meyer-Heim A. Virtual reality (vr) based paediatric interactive therapy system (PITS) for enhancement of motor learning in children with central motor impairment – a feasibility trial. Accepted for publication. Developmental Neurorehabilitation. - Pyk P, Wille D, Chevrier E, Hauser Y, Holper L, Fatton I, Greipl R, Schlegel S, Ottiger L, Rückreim B, Pescatore A, Meyer-Heim A, Kiper D and Eng K. A Paediatric Interactive Therapy System for Arm and Hand Rehabilitation. Virtual Rehabilitation 2008, Vancouver, Canada. - Holper L, Chevrier E, Hauser Y, Wille D, Fatton I, Greipl R, Pyk P, Eng K, Meyer-Heim A, Kiper DC. PITS: Paediatric Interactive Therapy System. ZNZ Symposium 2007, P112. |
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| Keywords / Suchbegriffe | child, rehabilitation, task specific training, virtual reality, | ||||||
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| Funding source(s) / Unterstützt durch |
Other Public Sources (e.g. Federal or Cantonal Agencies), Foundation, Others |
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| Duration of Project / Projektdauer | Nov 2006 to Feb 2011 |