IMMERSIVE AND INTERACTIVE VR PLATFORM FOR QUANTITATIVE TELEHEALTH REHABILITATION OF RARE DISEASES. SBIR PHASE I TOPIC 020.

用于罕见疾病定量远程健康康复的沉浸式交互式 VR 平台。

• 批准号: 10505109
• 负责人: JOSHUA KLINE
• 金额: $ 32.47万
• 依托单位: ALTEC, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-23 至 2022-06-22
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10505109
• 关键词: Address; Behavioral; Biometry; Cognitive; Contracts; Emerging Technologies; Environment; Exercise; Freedom; Goals; Health; Health Personnel; Healthcare; Immersion; Masks; Mechanics; Monitor; Motion; Movement; Occupational Therapy; Pain; Patient Care; Patients; Perception; Phase; Physical Medicine; Physical Rehabilitation; Physical therapy; Physicians; Play; Protocols documentation; Quality of Care; Rare Diseases; Rehabilitation therapy; Research; Series; Small Business Innovation Research Grant; Therapeutic exercise; Translating; collaborative environment; design; emotional experience; experience; haptic feedback; multimodality; pain reduction; remote health care; telehealth; virtual; virtual reality; virtual reality environment; virtual reality system

To address the needs for user engagement and remote metrics for rare disease patients, physicians, therapists and healthcare providers are collaborating to develop an immersive virtual reality (VR) environment for physical and occupational therapy and rehabilitation. The experience provides a remote medium to monitor user pain, discomfort, mobility, and biometrics during a prescribed therapeutic exercise session. Research has indicated that immersion afforded by VR can reduce pain and discomfort in the physical medicine and rehabilitation context. However, perception of immersion is highly individualized and context-dependent to the patient. To address the needs for user engagement and remote metrics, physicians, therapists and healthcare providers are working with developers to advance an immersive VR environment for physical and occupational therapy and rehabilitation. Efforts in game design mechanics through multi-modal immersion such as haptic feedback vests, olfactory masks, and other emerging technologies are being investigated to understand how to best design healthcare experiences for emotional engagement and interpersonal connection. These metrics can provide a remote medium for physicians and therapists to understand patient movement and engagement in therapy protocols. Now, these efforts should evolve into an interactive environment so physicians and healthcare providers and rare disease patients can meet remotely and still receive quality care.

为了满足罕见病患者的用户参与和远程指标需求，医生、治疗师和医疗保健提供者正在合作开发用于物理和职业治疗和康复的沉浸式虚拟现实 (VR) 环境。该体验提供了一种远程媒介，可以在规定的治疗性锻炼过程中监测用户的疼痛、不适、活动能力和生物特征。研究表明，VR 提供的沉浸感可以减轻物理医学和康复领域的疼痛和不适。然而，对沉浸感的感知是高度个性化的，并且取决于患者的具体情况。为了满足用户参与和远程指标的需求，医生、治疗师和医疗保健提供者正在与开发人员合作，推进用于物理和职业治疗和康复的沉浸式 VR 环境。正在研究通过多模式沉浸（例如触觉反馈背心、嗅觉面罩和其他新兴技术）在游戏设计机制方面所做的努力，以了解如何最好地设计情感参与和人际联系的医疗保健体验。这些指标可以为医生和治疗师提供远程媒介，以了解患者的活动和治疗方案的参与情况。现在，这些努力应该发展成为一个互动环境，以便医生和医疗保健提供者以及罕见疾病患者可以远程会面并仍然获得优质护理。