Virtual Reality for Traumatic Brain Injury

Elisa R. Zanier; Tommaso Zoerle; Daniele Di Lernia; Giuseppe Riva; Giuseppe Riva

doi:10.3389/fneur.2018.00345

Frontiers in Neurology (May 2018)

Virtual Reality for Traumatic Brain Injury

Elisa R. Zanier,
Tommaso Zoerle,
Daniele Di Lernia,
Giuseppe Riva,
Giuseppe Riva

Affiliations

Elisa R. Zanier: Department of Neuroscience, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy
Tommaso Zoerle: Neuroscience ICU, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda – Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
Daniele Di Lernia: Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy
Giuseppe Riva: Applied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
Giuseppe Riva: Centro Studi e Ricerche di Psicologia della Comunicazione, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2018.00345
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9

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In this perspective, we discuss the potential of virtual reality (VR) in the assessment and rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury, a silent epidemic of extremely high burden and no pharmacological therapy available. VR, endorsed by the mobile and gaming industries, is now available in more usable and cheaper tools allowing its therapeutic engagement both at the bedside and during the daily life at chronic stages after injury with terrific potential for a longitudinal disease modifying effect.

Published in Frontiers in Neurology

ISSN: 1664-2295 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/

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