Take me away — virtual reality (VR) coding rules for 2023
By
Renee Kinder
Dec 01, 2022
“Hey, you are the McKnight’s lady?” “The one that writes about rehab.” I am indeed. Those lines, during the past few months of conference season I have heard often. The questions also often come...
FDA approves virtual reality system to ease back pain
Nov 17, 2021
EaseVRx system uses number of cognitive behavioral therapy methods to achieve pain relief
Virtual reality, brain health, pest pressures featured topics at Oct. 21 Online Forum
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 15, 2021
Earn up to two continuing education credits Oct. 21 by attending the latest McKnight’s Online Forum. The event will kick off at 10:30 a.m. ET with “Pest pressures in a rapidly changing world.” Speaking...
How skilled nursing facilities are using virtual reality to enhance resident stays
By
Sushant Abrol, PT, MS, DPT and Jennifer Wenk
May 14, 2018
The use of virtual reality can help improve the lives of seniors with mobility problems who require physical rehabilitation and for those residents who are unable to leave the facility.
A Day In the Life: Taking a walk on the virtual side
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 08, 2018
As the leaves were falling outside Ebenezer Minneapolis last fall, a new reality was taking hold inside.
‘Virtual hands’ take stroke rehabilitation into a new realm, researchers believe
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 19, 2013
3-D glasses soon might be seen in long-term care facilities as well as movie theaters, thanks to a potential breakthrough in stroke rehabilitation. Stroke survivors in a study successfully used a virtual...