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- Title
Performance Evaluation of an Immersive Virtual Reality Application for Rehabilitation after Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair.
- Authors
Carnevale, Arianna; Mannocchi, Ilaria; Schena, Emiliano; Carli, Marco; Sassi, Mohamed Saifeddine Hadj; Marino, Martina; Longo, Umile Giuseppe
- Abstract
Few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of shoulder rehabilitation in virtual environments. The objective of this study was to investigate the performance of a custom virtual reality application (VR app) with a stereophotogrammetric system considered the gold standard. A custom VR app was designed considering the recommended rehabilitation exercises following arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. Following the setting of the play space, the user's arm length, and height, five healthy volunteers performed four levels of rehabilitative exercises. Results for the first and second rounds of flexion and abduction displayed low total mean absolute error values and low numbers of unmet conditions. In internal and external rotation, the number of times conditions were not met was slightly higher; this was attributed to a lack of isolated shoulder movement. Data is promising, and volunteers were able to reach goal conditions more often than not. Despite positive results, more literature comparing VR applications with gold-standard clinical parameters is necessary. Nevertheless, results contribute to a body of literature that continues to encourage the application of VR to shoulder rehabilitation programs.
- Subjects
ROTATOR cuff; ABDUCTION (Kinesiology); TELEREHABILITATION; REHABILITATION; VIRTUAL reality; TOTAL shoulder replacement; ABSOLUTE value
- Publication
Bioengineering (Basel), 2023, Vol 10, Issue 11, p1305
- ISSN
2306-5354
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/bioengineering10111305