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

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  • John O Brien
  • David Roberts
  • Kenneth Monaghan

    (Department of Neurology, Clinical Health and Nutrition Centre (CHANCE), Ireland
    Department of Neurology, Neuroplasticity Research Group, Clinical Health and Nutrition Centre (CHANCE), Ireland)

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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  • John O Brien & David Roberts & Kenneth Monaghan, 2019. "Virtual Reality to Improve Motor Function After Stroke: Past, Present, and Future," Open Access Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 10(2), pages 39-42, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:joajnn:v:10:y:2019:i:2:p:39-42
    DOI: 10.19080/OAJNN.2019.10.555785
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