The meal-maker: A functional virtual environment for children with cerebral palsy

Sharon Kirshner, Saskia Blum, Tamar Weiss, Emanual Tirosh

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Abstract

Virtual reality enables dynamic interaction between children and their environments, and active engagement in functional activities using a highly motivating, user-friendly and safe interface. The present work describes a new virtual environment, the Meal-Maker, created to evaluate and treat functional performance in a familiar context (kitchen) for children with cerebral palsy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2009 Virtual Rehabilitation International Conference, VR 2009
Pages218
Number of pages1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event2009 Virtual Rehabilitation International Conference, VR 2009 - Haifa, Israel
Duration: 29 Jun 20092 Jul 2009

Publication series

Name2009 Virtual Rehabilitation International Conference, VR 2009

Conference

Conference2009 Virtual Rehabilitation International Conference, VR 2009
Country/TerritoryIsrael
CityHaifa
Period29/06/092/07/09

Keywords

  • Cerebral palsy
  • Functional virtual environment
  • Video capture virtual reality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Software
  • Biomedical Engineering

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