title: Evidence-based design and development of a VR-based treadmill system for gait research and rehabilitation of patients with Parkinson's disease.
abstract: Virtual reality (VR) in neurorehabilitation allows to reduce patient's risk and allows him to learn on a faster way. Up to now VR has been used in patients with Parkinson disease (PD) as a research tool and none of the developed systems are used in clinical practice. The goal of this project is to develop a VR-based system for gait therapy, and gait research of patients with PD designed based on published evidence. The developed system uses a digital camera to measure spatiotemporal gait parameters. The software was developed in C#, using Open-Source libraries that facilitates VR programming. The system has potential uses in clinical and research settings.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Análisis de Movimiento Humano. Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación.
authors.forename: Alberto Isaac
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Pérez-Sanpablo
authors.forename: Arturo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: González-Mendoza
authors.forename: Ivett
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Quiñones-Uriostegui
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Reyes
authors.forename: Lidia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Núñez-Carrera
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hernández-Arenas
authors.forename: Marie Catherine
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Boll-Woehrlen
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alessi Montero
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D055815:Young Adult