VIRTUAL EVENT: Virtual Reality in Healthcare – sensorimotor interventions

International Day of Disabled Persons is the 3rd of December 2023. UCL Faculty of Medical Sciences celebrate this event with this lecture that focuses on sensorimotor interventions in rehabilitation and clinical training.

For over two decades there has been a growing interest and activity to explore the use of Virtual Reality (VR) and robots in rehabilitation and clinical (surgical) training. In rehabilitation, the model is to incorporate robotic assistance designed to enhance recovery following injury. In this model it is expected that the robotic system will be made available possibly during the patient’s hospital stay or in the months that follow. In surgical training, the model is to optimise personalised clinical procedures by facilitating co-development of new surgical techniques and the tailoring of difficult patient-specific interventions. Today VR technology is applied to advanced fields of medicine, engineering, education, design, training, and entertainment. VR uses computer interfaces to mimic real world beyond the flat monitor to give immersive 3D (Three Dimensional) visual experiences. Often it is hard to reconstruct the scales and distances between objects in static 2D images. Thus, the third dimension helps bringing depth to objects. In this talk will look at new ways of using VR and Robots through a gamification paradigm for clinical training and will demonstrate how strategies that aim to ‘trick’ the brain can have a positive impact on the recovery of cognitive and physical injuries and in reducing pain.

This lecture will be followed by a Q&A with our speaker, Prof Rui Loureiro.

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