How Engaging Content can Aid Rehabilitation and Reduce Pain
Virtual Reality is generally viewed as a technology only for entertainment purposes, but in recent times it has shown incredible potential in the area of healthcare. There has been previous research into how effective it is with pain distraction. ImpactVR at Sheffield Hallam University has been exploring how the new advancements in VR hardware and development tools can produce innovative healthcare interventions.
This talk will discuss work that spans a wide area from pain distraction, upper and lower limb rehabilitation, and prosthetic training systems. It will provide insights into how the systems were designed and developed along with details on ImpactVR’s next project.
Date and Time:
Friday, April 9, 2021
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET
(One-hour presentation followed by a question-and-answer session)
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https://vimeo.com/537387278/941733b6ef
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Ivan Phelan works as a Senior Research Fellow in Sheffield Hallam’s Research Institute (Centre for Culture, Media and Society) where his research focus is on how Virtual Reality can be used in healthcare.
Ivan's primary area of expertise is with the Unreal game engine which is a great tool to create high-quality game content.
He is currently involved with multiple VR projects funded by NIHR and the MRC, exploring virtual reality training for upper limb prosthetics, pain distraction during burn treatments, and rehab for children after arm injuries and lower limb surgery.