Virtual reality (VR) allows visuotactile interaction in a virtual environment. VR has several potential applications such as surgical training, phobia treatments, and gait rehabilitation. However, further interface development is required.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is characterized by a total or partial deficit of sensory and motor pathways. Impairments of this injury compromise muscle recruitment and motor planning, thus reducing functional capacity. SCI patients commonly present psychological, intestinal, urinary, osteomioarticular, tegumentary, cardiorespiratory and neural alterations that aggravate in chronic phase.
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