Medical virtual reality
Medical applications include medical education, surgery, rehabilitation medicine, psychiatry, and psychology, making it an excellent tool for addressing the issues that make the health care journey for patients more agreeable: alleviating pain, dissipating fear, offering more empathy and care. [...]...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of hand therapy 2020-04, Vol.33 (2), p.243-245 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Medical applications include medical education, surgery, rehabilitation medicine, psychiatry, and psychology, making it an excellent tool for addressing the issues that make the health care journey for patients more agreeable: alleviating pain, dissipating fear, offering more empathy and care. [...]due to the immersive nature of these technologies, older populations unfamiliar with gaming platforms will be more likely to adopt their use. In the future, VR systems will get more sophisticated by the inclusion of feedback in the form of auditory, visual, and somatosensory sensations. [...]developers should create devices with multiple modalities focused on accuracy as well as universal design. |
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ISSN: | 0894-1130 1545-004X |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jht.2020.02.003 |