Eline Haaghedooren (et al) working at University Hospitals Leuven (UZ KU Leuven) published an article in Australian Critical Care on how Virtual Reality can help patients within the ICU. The findings were made using the VR-application MotiVeerUZelf made by ImproVive. The article named “Feasibility and safety of interactive virtual reality upper limb rehabilitation in patients with prolonged critical illness” talks about feasibility, safety and appreciation.
“Interactive upper limb Virtual Reality Rehabiliation (VRR) is a feasible, safe, and appreciated tool to use in rehabilitation of critically ill patients during their prolonged ICU stay. Subsequent future studies should focus on the effects of VRR on neuromuscular and cognitive function and the socioeconomic impact of exergaming for rehabilitation purposes of ICU patients.”
We are proud that ImproVive could contribute to this research by developing MotiVeeRUZelf. Given the context, and design limitations, it was a rewarding challenge to enable Virtual Reality rehab for ICU patients. ImproVive developed the VR Application in collaboration with InMotionVR.
Congrats to Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), XR4REHAB, Interreg Europe, inMotion VR, Rik Gosselink, Renata Haghedooren, Daniel Langer, Gert-Jan Brok, and thanks to our team.
You can read the publication abstract here.
