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PROJECT HEAVEN: Preoperative Training in Virtual Reality

A cephalosomatic anastomosis (CSA; also called HEAVEN: head anastomosis venture) has been proposed as an option for patients with neurological impairments, such as spinal cord injury (SCI), and terminal medical illnesses, for which medicine is currently powerless. Protocols to prepare a patient for...

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Autores principales: Iamsakul, Kiratipath, Pavlovcik, Alexander V., Calderon, Jesus I., Sanderson, Lance M.
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5421260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28540125
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_371_16
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author Iamsakul, Kiratipath
Pavlovcik, Alexander V.
Calderon, Jesus I.
Sanderson, Lance M.
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description A cephalosomatic anastomosis (CSA; also called HEAVEN: head anastomosis venture) has been proposed as an option for patients with neurological impairments, such as spinal cord injury (SCI), and terminal medical illnesses, for which medicine is currently powerless. Protocols to prepare a patient for life after CSA do not currently exist. However, methods used in conventional neurorehabilitation can be used as a reference for developing preparatory training. Studies on virtual reality (VR) technologies have documented VR's ability to enhance rehabilitation and improve the quality of recovery in patients with neurological disabilities. VR-augmented rehabilitation resulted in increased motivation towards performing functional training and improved the biopsychosocial state of patients. In addition, VR experiences coupled with haptic feedback promote neuroplasticity, resulting in the recovery of motor functions in neurologically-impaired individuals. To prepare the recipient psychologically for life after CSA, the development of VR experiences paired with haptic feedback is proposed. This proposal aims to innovate techniques in conventional neurorehabilitation to implement preoperative psychological training for the recipient of HEAVEN. Recipient's familiarity to body movements will prevent unexpected psychological reactions from occurring after the HEAVEN procedure.
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spelling pubmed-54212602017-05-24 PROJECT HEAVEN: Preoperative Training in Virtual Reality Iamsakul, Kiratipath Pavlovcik, Alexander V. Calderon, Jesus I. Sanderson, Lance M. Surg Neurol Int Head and Spinal Cord Transplantation: Original Article A cephalosomatic anastomosis (CSA; also called HEAVEN: head anastomosis venture) has been proposed as an option for patients with neurological impairments, such as spinal cord injury (SCI), and terminal medical illnesses, for which medicine is currently powerless. Protocols to prepare a patient for life after CSA do not currently exist. However, methods used in conventional neurorehabilitation can be used as a reference for developing preparatory training. Studies on virtual reality (VR) technologies have documented VR's ability to enhance rehabilitation and improve the quality of recovery in patients with neurological disabilities. VR-augmented rehabilitation resulted in increased motivation towards performing functional training and improved the biopsychosocial state of patients. In addition, VR experiences coupled with haptic feedback promote neuroplasticity, resulting in the recovery of motor functions in neurologically-impaired individuals. To prepare the recipient psychologically for life after CSA, the development of VR experiences paired with haptic feedback is proposed. This proposal aims to innovate techniques in conventional neurorehabilitation to implement preoperative psychological training for the recipient of HEAVEN. Recipient's familiarity to body movements will prevent unexpected psychological reactions from occurring after the HEAVEN procedure. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5421260/ /pubmed/28540125 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_371_16 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Surgical Neurology International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
spellingShingle Head and Spinal Cord Transplantation: Original Article
Iamsakul, Kiratipath
Pavlovcik, Alexander V.
Calderon, Jesus I.
Sanderson, Lance M.
PROJECT HEAVEN: Preoperative Training in Virtual Reality
title PROJECT HEAVEN: Preoperative Training in Virtual Reality
title_full PROJECT HEAVEN: Preoperative Training in Virtual Reality
title_fullStr PROJECT HEAVEN: Preoperative Training in Virtual Reality
title_full_unstemmed PROJECT HEAVEN: Preoperative Training in Virtual Reality
title_short PROJECT HEAVEN: Preoperative Training in Virtual Reality
title_sort project heaven: preoperative training in virtual reality
topic Head and Spinal Cord Transplantation: Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5421260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28540125
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_371_16
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