Authors:
Claudia Quaresma
1
;
2
;
3
;
Madalena Gomes
1
;
Heitor Cardoso
3
;
Nuno Ferreira
3
;
Ricardo Vigário
1
;
2
;
Carla Quintão
1
;
2
and
Micaela Fonseca
1
;
2
;
3
;
4
Affiliations:
1
Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2892-516 Monte da Caparica, Portugal
;
2
Laboratório de Instrumentação, Engenharia Biomédica e Física da Radiação (LIBPhys-UNL), Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2892-516 Monte da Caparica, Portugal
;
3
VR4NeuroPain, Rua Comandante António Feio nº26 1C1, 2800-255 Almada, Portugal
;
4
Universidade Europeia, Laureate International Universities, Estrada da Correia, nº53, 1500-210 Lisboa, Portugal
Keyword(s):
Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injury, Evaluation, Device.
Abstract:
Spinal cord injuries are one of the most traumatic situations with a major impact on a person's quality of life. This type of injury have a extremely impact in the performance of daily life activities not only due to motor alterations but also due to the appearance of neuropathic pain Throughout the rehabilitation process the evaluation and intervention methodologies are not very systematic and are not personalized. Thus, to bridge this gap, the VR4NeuroPain was developed a technology that associates virtual reality with a glove "GNeuroPathy". The glove "GNeuroPathy" allows the collection of physiological parameters, namely to identify the electrodermic activity (EDA) while the patient carries out activities in an immersive environment. The main objective of this article is to present the validation process of the "GNeuroPathy" in clinical context. "GNeuroPathy" was applied to a group of 17 individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury. The results showed that "GNeuroPathy" is easy
to apply and is suitable for comfort and texture. Data were also collected from EDA and it was found that there is a significant difference in signal amplitude in patients with low and high functionality.
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