GOALS AND TOPICS
Universidade Lusófona
de Humanidades e Tecnologias
Campo Grande, 376
1749-024 Lisboa - Portugal
www.ulusofona.pt
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SCOPE
During the last few years, there has been increasing interest in the application of Virtual Reality and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), in the field of rehabilitation, with clinical results that prove their effectiveness.
The virtual reality is being an increasingly used method in physical rehabilitation, allowing individualized treatments, as to facilitate learning motivation, to finally, provides patients pleasant and enjoyable homework exercises. This is can be done, for example, by applying the use of Nintendo Wii Balance Board, a low-cost visual biofeedback systems, and the implementation of programs for improving the patients balance.
OBJECTIVE
This workshop invites authors to submit contributions on concepts Virtual Rehabilitation Discussion, applications, techniques or environments where interaction design play a central role by improving the rehabilitation process at all levels.
Previous editions:
REHAB 2016 Program
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Topics:
- Virtual and enhanced environments
- Motor rehabilitation
- Neuroimaging in rehabilitation
- Virtual rehabilitation
- Clinical assessment
- Cognitive rehabilitation
- Communication and language
- Ambisonics and audio environments
- Haptic devices
- Sensory impairment
- Medical systems
- Input devices, sensors and actuators
- Multi-user systems for user interaction
- Computer access
- Virtual humans
- Balance, posture and mobility
- Communications aids
- Tools for architectural/CAD design
- Product design, testing and prototyping
- Training tools for rehabilitation
- Augmented reality applications
- Human factors
- Rehabilitation robotics
keynote speaker
Sue Cobb, PhD is Associate Professor and Head of the Human Factors Research Group in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham and has been working in this group for 30 years. Her research interest is in multi-disciplinary research for development of new applications of 3D interactive technology and use of user centred and participatory design methods in a variety of contexts including special education and healthcare. She has worked on several projects involving analysis of user requirements and user feedback on new applications of virtual reality and associated technologies. Examples include: The Virtual City: VR program to support daily life skills training for young people with special educational needs (1998), AS Interactive (VR programme to support communication skills in young people with autism (2003), MYUI: Adaptive design of technology for accessibility for elderly people (2009), I-BiT™: Interactive Binocular Treatment system for treatment of amblyopia (2010, COSPATIAL: VR activities to encourage collaboration and social communication in young people with autism (2012). Sue has been an active member of the International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies (ICDVRAT) research community since 1996 and held the position of President of the International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation (ISVR) 2012-2015.
