Therapists and clinicians have been combining virtual reality (VR) systems for rehabilitation purposes with motion capture systems to accurately keep track of the users' movements and better analyze their kinematic ...

There is an estimated 150 million children worldwide living with a disability. For many of these children in the U.S., physical therapy is provided as an intervention mechanism to support the child’s academic, developmental, ...

During physical therapy intervention protocols, it's important to consider the individual's intrinsic motivation to perform in-home recommended exercises. Physical therapy exercises can become tedious thus limiting the ...

In the rehabilitation field, determining the effectiveness of an intervention protocol begins by comparing the individual’s movement characteristics against a baseline. In most settings, this baseline is determined through ...

Physical therapy is a common treatment for the rehabilitation of hemiparesis, or the weakness of one side of the body. However, a significant issue in the therapy process is that patients may struggle with motivation to ...