Requirements Elicitation and Prototyping of a Fully Immersive Virtual Reality Gaming System for Upper Limb Stroke Rehabilitation in Saudi Arabia

Stroke rehabilitation plays an important role in recovering the lifestyle of stroke survivors. Although existing research proved the effectiveness and engagement of nonimmersive virtual reality- (VR-) based rehabilitation systems, limited research is available on the applicability of fully immersive...

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Main Authors: Maram AlMousa, Hend S. Al-Khalifa, Hana AlSobayel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Mobile Information Systems
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7507940
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spelling doaj-def85712daed4b71a57b02cba83ed4762021-07-02T12:56:31ZengHindawi LimitedMobile Information Systems1574-017X1875-905X2017-01-01201710.1155/2017/75079407507940Requirements Elicitation and Prototyping of a Fully Immersive Virtual Reality Gaming System for Upper Limb Stroke Rehabilitation in Saudi ArabiaMaram AlMousa0Hend S. Al-Khalifa1Hana AlSobayel2Information Technology Department, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaInformation Technology Department, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaStroke rehabilitation plays an important role in recovering the lifestyle of stroke survivors. Although existing research proved the effectiveness and engagement of nonimmersive virtual reality- (VR-) based rehabilitation systems, limited research is available on the applicability of fully immersive VR-based rehabilitation systems. In this paper, we present the elicited requirements of a fully immersive VR-based rehabilitation system that will be designed for domestic upper limb stroke patients; we will also provide an initial conceptual prototype of the proposed system.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7507940
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Hana AlSobayel
Requirements Elicitation and Prototyping of a Fully Immersive Virtual Reality Gaming System for Upper Limb Stroke Rehabilitation in Saudi Arabia
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Hend S. Al-Khalifa
Hana AlSobayel
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title Requirements Elicitation and Prototyping of a Fully Immersive Virtual Reality Gaming System for Upper Limb Stroke Rehabilitation in Saudi Arabia
title_short Requirements Elicitation and Prototyping of a Fully Immersive Virtual Reality Gaming System for Upper Limb Stroke Rehabilitation in Saudi Arabia
title_full Requirements Elicitation and Prototyping of a Fully Immersive Virtual Reality Gaming System for Upper Limb Stroke Rehabilitation in Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Requirements Elicitation and Prototyping of a Fully Immersive Virtual Reality Gaming System for Upper Limb Stroke Rehabilitation in Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Requirements Elicitation and Prototyping of a Fully Immersive Virtual Reality Gaming System for Upper Limb Stroke Rehabilitation in Saudi Arabia
title_sort requirements elicitation and prototyping of a fully immersive virtual reality gaming system for upper limb stroke rehabilitation in saudi arabia
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Mobile Information Systems
issn 1574-017X
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publishDate 2017-01-01
description Stroke rehabilitation plays an important role in recovering the lifestyle of stroke survivors. Although existing research proved the effectiveness and engagement of nonimmersive virtual reality- (VR-) based rehabilitation systems, limited research is available on the applicability of fully immersive VR-based rehabilitation systems. In this paper, we present the elicited requirements of a fully immersive VR-based rehabilitation system that will be designed for domestic upper limb stroke patients; we will also provide an initial conceptual prototype of the proposed system.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7507940
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