title: Facilitating clinical decision-making about the use of virtual reality within paediatric motor rehabilitation: application of a classification framework.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Multiple virtual reality (VR) systems are used to improve motor function in children and youth with neurological impairments. Galvin and Levac developed a classification framework to facilitate clinical decision-making about VR system use. This paper applies the classification framework to identify its strengths and limitations.
  
  
  METHODS
  The classification framework is applied to three case studies where therapists may consider using VR with children involved in paediatric rehabilitation programmes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The classification framework identified VR systems that met each child's individual needs. The relevance of each category to clinical decision-making varied depending on each child's goals. Categories requiring further development and suggestions for additional categories are discussed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The classification framework facilitates child-centred decision-making about the use of VR as a therapeutic intervention. It has shown initial utility but requires further validation with clinicians working in a variety of clinical settings and with a range of client populations.
authors.affiliation: McMaster University, School of Rehabilitation Science, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. levacde@univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca
authors.forename: Danielle E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Levac
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Galvin
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills; D019957:Motor Skills Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D014584:User-Computer Interface