Futurity March 2, 2020
“There is huge potential for consumer VR technologies to be used for both providing guidance to physiotherapy exercises, but also to make the exercises more interesting,” says Mark Elliott.
A combination of virtual reality technology and 3D motion capture could help physical therapy patients successfully complete their exercises at home, researchers report.
Currently prescribed physiotherapy often requires patients to complete regular exercises at home. Outside of the clinic, however, patients rarely receive any guidance other than a leaflet of sketches or static photographs to instruct them how to complete their exercises.
This leads to poor adherence, with patients becoming anxious about not doing exercises correctly or simply becoming bored because of the repetitiveness of the movements.
The advent of consumer...