title: Using video-capture virtual reality for children with acquired brain injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the use of a video-capture projected VR system for children with acquired brain injury (ABI), and to compare their performance to that of matched healthy controls.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-three children (age range: 6-11.4 years) were divided into two groups: 17 children with ABI and 16 controls matched for age, gender and maternal education.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants experienced three video-captured virtual environments and completed the SFQ child at the end of each specific environment. Participants with ABI experienced three virtual reality (VR) sessions over a period of 10 days. Attention was evaluated using the TEA-Ch. Upper extremity motor abilities were evaluated with the Melbourne Assessment, and self-care abilities were evaluated with the PEDI.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The video-capture projected system differentiated between the performance of children with ABI and control participants. There was a correlation between VR performance and some attention factors and self-care abilities. No significant correlations were found between performance in the Melbourne assessment and performance within VR.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results highlight the potential of the video-capture virtual reality as a tool in the rehabilitation process of children with ABI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Therapy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. o_bart@bezeqint.net
authors.forename: Orit
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bart
authors.forename: Tami
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Agam
authors.forename: Patrice L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kizony
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012648:Self Care; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014741:Video Recording