Virtual Reality to Improve Motor Function After Stroke: Past, Present, and Future

John O Brien, David Roberts and Kenneth Monaghan
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Kenneth Monaghan: Department of Neurology, Clinical Health and Nutrition Centre (CHANCE), Ireland

Open Access Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery, 2019, vol. 10, issue 2, 39-42

Abstract: The World Health Organization report that 15 million people worldwide suffer stroke each year, with stroke being the third leading cause of disability worldwide [1]. In Ireland stroke is the leading cause of disability with 5000-6000 new stroke survivors each year requiring rehabilitation [2]. As rehabilitation and clinical experience has become more sophisticated, behavioral activity has become a central principle to modulating the plasticity of the brain post stroke [3]. Traumatic injury to the adult brain such as ischemia creates an environment ripe for malleability and axonal growth similar to the developmental stages of the brain i.e. childhood [3].

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Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.19080/OAJNN.2019.10.555785

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