부산대학교 도서관

Virtual reality is being increasingly used in the field of rehabilitation. We tested the benefit of a non-immersive virtual rehabilitation program using the Kinect and Leap Motion sensor in the upper limb rehabilitation in subacute and chronic stroke patients. A total of 30 stroke survivors were randomly assigned in two groups in a 1:1 ratio. The active group benefited from 10 sessions of 30 minutes of virtual rehabilitation program added to the standard rehabilitation therapy. The control group received 10 sessions of 1.5 hours/day of standard rehabilitation therapy during their 14 days hospitalization. Upper limb function was assessed using the Action Research Arm Test (ARAT) and Upper Extremity Fugl-Meyer Assessment (UE-FM) at the beginning and at the end of the 14 days of study. The ARAT and UE-FM improvements were significantly higher in the active group compared to the control group. ARAT improvement was 8.13±5.74 points in the active group versus 2(0.25-2) points in the control group, p=0.0003. The UE-FM improvement was 6.86±3.11 points in the intervention group versus 2.2±1.14 points in the control group, p