Sensors, Devices and Advanced Applications for Virtual Reality – Based Patient Rehabilitation
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Wearables".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 28564
Special Issue Editors
Interests: virtual-reality-based rehabilitation; head mounted display (HMD) – based applications; Immersive systems; Motion sensors, telerehabilitation, cognitive and motor rehabilitation; serious games; neurodegenerative diseases
Interests: mobile applications for health and well-being; Internet of things; wearable sensors; big data; datamining; agent-based simulation and multi-agent systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are currently running a Special Issue titled “Sensors, Devices, and Advanced Applications for Virtual Reality-Based Patient Rehabilitation", on the open access journal Sensors (IF 3.275, ISSN 1424-8220). The submission deadline is 31 August 2021, and papers may be submitted immediately or at any point until the deadline, as papers will be published on an ongoing basis.
In recent decades, the introduction of new technologies in the patient rehabilitation process has been outstanding. Rapid technological advances have made it possible to lower costs in the devices to be used, which has made the phenomenon much more popular. In this sense, for the last two decades, we have experienced an almost exponential growth in the use of virtual reality (in its different modalities) applied to the treatment of a wide variety of clinical conditions. Without a doubt, the field of rehabilitation has been one of the most prolific in terms of published papers. We can attribute many advantages to virtual reality—among others, the repeatability of the task (intensity), an individualized and flexible treatment, low cost technology, telerehabilitation, as well as the already well-known motivation. Furthermore, sensor systems play a fundamental role, facilitating the development of applications to aid rehabilitation processes. The joint use of motion sensors and other types of sensory devices plays a fundamental role, allowing us to monitor the progress of patients.
However, it is still necessary to test new approaches and conduct many more experiments that provide clearer evidence to corroborate the results obtained to date. This is why the objective of the current Special Issue is to gather outstanding studies dealing with the integration of sensory technology in rehabilitation processes to make them much more effective. Therefore, we encourage authors from academia and industry to submit both original research and review articles in the fields of patient rehabilitation using the most cutting-edge technologies. The Special Issue topics include but are not limited to:
- Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR);
- Head mounted display (HMD)-based applications;
- Immersive systems;
- Motion sensors;
- Telerehabilitation;
- Wearable sensors;
- Cognitive and motor rehabilitation;
- Serious games;
- Multisensory systems;
- Neurodegenerative diseases;
- Motor sensory disorders
Prof. Guillermo Palacios-Navarro
Dr. Iván García-Magariño
Guest Editor
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