Upper limb rehabilitation system based on virtual reality for breast cancer patients: Development and usability study

Background Functional exercise is crucial for breast cancer patients after surgery, and the use of virtual reality technology to assist patients with postoperative upper limb functional rehabilitation has gradually attracted the attention of researchers. However, the usability of the developed rehabilitation system is still unknown to a large extent. The purpose of this study was to develop a virtual reality upper limb rehabilitation system for patients after breast cancer surgery and to explore its usability. Methods We built a multidisciplinary team based on virtual reality and human-computer interaction technology and designed and developed an upper limb function rehabilitation system for breast cancer patients after surgery. Breast cancer patients were recruited from a grade III-a general hospital in Changchun city for the experiment. We used the System Usability Scale to evaluate the system availability, the Presence Questionnaire scale to measure the immersive virtual reality scene, and the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire subjective measurement scale for simulator sickness symptoms. Results This upper limb rehabilitation system hardware consisted of Head-mounted Display, a control handle and notebook computers. The software consisted of rehabilitation exercises and game modules. A total of 15 patients were tested on this system, all of whom were female. The mean age was 54.73±7.78 years, and no patients were excluded from the experiment because of adverse reactions such as dizziness and vomiting. The System Usability Scale score was 90.50±5.69, the Presence Questionnaire score was 113.40±9.58, the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire-nausea score was 0.93±1.16, the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire-oculomotor score was 0.80±1.27, the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire-disorientation score was 0.80±1.27, and the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire total score was 2.53±3.40. Conclusions This study fills in the blanks regarding the upper limb rehabilitation of breast cancer patients based on virtual reality technology system usability research. As the starting point of research in the future, we will improve the system’s function and design strictly randomized controlled trials, using larger samples in the promotion, to evaluate its application in breast cancer patients with upper limbs and other physiological functions and the feasibility and effects of rehabilitation.

Download Full-text

Clinical Effect of Virtual Reality Technology on Rehabilitation Training of Sports Injury

Journal of Healthcare Engineering ◽

10.1155/2021/1361851 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Jing Chen

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Upper Limb ◽

Sports Injury ◽

Training System ◽

Average Score ◽

Virtual Reality Technology ◽

Upper Limb Rehabilitation ◽

Rehabilitation Training ◽

Rehabilitation System ◽

Limb Rehabilitation

In order to make most patients recover most of their limb functions after rehabilitation training, virtual reality technology is an emerging human-computer interaction technology, which uses the computer and the corresponding application software to build the virtual reality environment. Completing the training tasks in the virtual environment attracts the patients to conduct repeated training in the game and task-based training mode and gradually realizes the rehabilitation training goals. For the rehabilitation population with certain exercise ability, the kinematics of human upper limbs is mainly analyzed, and the virtual reality system based on HTC VIVE is developed. The feasibility and work efficiency of the upper limb rehabilitation training system were verified by experiments. Adult volunteers who are healthy and need rehabilitation training to participate in the experiment were recruited, and experimental data were recorded. The virtual reality upper limb rehabilitation system was a questionnaire. By extracting the motion data, the system application effect is analyzed and evaluated by the simulation diagram. Follow-up results of rehabilitation training showed that the average score of healthy subjects was more than 4 points and 3.8 points per question. Therefore, it is feasible to perform upper limb rehabilitation training using the HTC VIVE virtual reality rehabilitation system.

Download Full-text

Design of Single-DOF Immersive Upper Limb Rehabilitation System via Kinematic Mapping and Virtual Reality

10.1115/1.0001959v ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ping Zhao ◽

Haiwei Guan ◽

Yating Zhang ◽

Yuwen Chen ◽

Xueting Deng ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Upper Limb ◽

Upper Limb Rehabilitation ◽

Rehabilitation System ◽

Kinematic Mapping ◽

Limb Rehabilitation

Download Full-text

Virtual Reality Enhanced Robotic Systems for Disability Rehabilitation

Virtual and Augmented Reality ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-5469-1.ch061 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 1267-1287

Author(s):

Wei Wei

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Virtual Environment ◽

Upper Limb ◽

Haptic Device ◽

Rehabilitation Robot ◽

Robot System ◽

Upper Limb Rehabilitation ◽

Rehabilitation Training ◽

Rehabilitation System ◽

Limb Rehabilitation

This chapter mainly introduced the virtual reality as many benefits of robots involved in disability rehabilitation. According to the vision feedback and force feedback, the therapist can adjust his operation. Virtual reality technology can provide repeated practice, performance feedback and motivation techniques for rehabilitation training. Patients can learn motor skills in a virtual environment, and then transfer the skills to the real world. It is hopeful to achieve satisfactory outcome in the field of rehabilitation in the future. VR is mainly used for the upper-limb rehabilitation robot system in this article. The objective of robotic systems for disability rehabilitation are explored to divide the whole rehabilitation training process into three parts, earliest rehabilitation training, medium-term rehabilitation training and late rehabilitation training, respectively. Accordingly, brain-computer training modes, the master-slave training modes and the electromyogram (EMG) signals training modes are developed to be used in rehabilitation training to help stroke patients with hemiplegia to restore the motor function of upper limb. Aimed at the rehabilitation goal, three generations of VR rehabilitation system has designed. The first generation of VR rehabilitation system includes haptic device (PHANTOM Omni), an advanced inertial sensor (MTx) and a computer. The impaired hand grip the stylus of haptic device, the intact hand can control the impaired hand's motion based on the virtual reality scene. The second generation of the VR rehabilitation system is the exoskeleton robots structure. Two virtual upper limbs are portrayed in the virtual environment, simulated the impaired hand and the intact hand, respectively. The third generation is a novel VR-based upper limb rehabilitation robot system. In the system, the realization of virtual reality environment is implemented, which can potentially motivate patients to exercise for longer periods of time. Not only virtual images but also position and force information are sent to the doctors. The development of this system can be a promising approach for further research in the field of tele-rehabilitation science.

Download Full-text

Virtual Reality Enhanced Robotic Systems for Disability Rehabilitation

Advances in Medical Technologies and Clinical Practice - Virtual Reality Enhanced Robotic Systems for Disability Rehabilitation ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-9740-9.ch004 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 48-68

Author(s):

Wei Wei

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Virtual Environment ◽

Upper Limb ◽

Haptic Device ◽

Rehabilitation Robot ◽

Robot System ◽

Upper Limb Rehabilitation ◽

Rehabilitation Training ◽

Rehabilitation System ◽

Limb Rehabilitation

Download Full-text

Expert-Learner Based Virtual Reality Aid with Kinesthetic Interaction for Upper Limb Rehabilitation

Key Engineering Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.326-328.759 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 326-328 ◽

pp. 759-764

Author(s):

Jong Woo Park ◽

Seung Jin Lee ◽

Joo No Cheong

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Upper Limb ◽

Test System ◽

The Other ◽

Haptic Devices ◽

Upper Limb Rehabilitation ◽

Rehabilitation System ◽

Effective Training ◽

Limb Rehabilitation ◽

Kinesthetic Interaction

Conventional limb rehabilitation requires a person-to-person meeting in a same physical place within a fixed setting. The virtual reality (VR) aid for rehabilitation therapy eliminates such limitations by utilizing computer generated virtual environment and off-the-shelf haptic devices. In the proposed upper limb rehabilitation system, two identical VR systems, placed one in the expert (therapist) location and the other in the learner (patient), are connected via communication network, enabling interactive rehabilitation training in separate places. For the effective training and evaluation, the expert and learner’s haptic devices are synchronized in real-time with slight active correction by human’s active visual feedback. To verify the feasibility and usability, example tests are presented for the developed laboratory test system.

Download Full-text