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Liebermann, D. G., Berman, S., Weiss, P. L. T., & Levin, M. F. (2012). Kinematics of reaching movements in a 2-d virtual environment in adults with and without stroke. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng, 20(6), 778–787.
Abstract: Virtual reality environments are increasingly being used for upper limb rehabilitation in poststroke patients. Our goal was to determine if arm reaching movements made in a 2-D video-capture virtual reality environment are similar to those made in a comparable physical environment. We compared arm and trunk kinematics for reaches made with the right, dominant arm to three targets (14 trials per target) in both environments by 16 adults with right poststroke hemiparesis and by eight healthy age-matched controls. Movement kinematics were recorded with a three-camera optoelectronic system at 100 samples/s. Reaching movements made by both control and stroke subjects were affected by viewing the targets in the video-capture 2-D virtual environment. Movements were slower, shorter, less straight, less accurate and involved smaller ranges of shoulder and elbow joint excursions for target reaches in the virtual environment compared to the physical environment in all subjects. Thus, there was a decrease in the overall movement quality for movements made in the 2-D virtual environment. This suggests that 2-D video-capture virtual reality environments should be used with caution when the goal of the rehabilitation program is to improve the quality of movement patterns of the upper limb.
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Flash, T., Richardson, M. E., Handzel, A. A., & Liebermann, D. G. (2003). Computational Models and Geometric Approaches in Arm Trajectory Control Studies. In M. L. Latash, & M. F. Levin (Eds.), Progress in Motor Control III: From Basic Science to Applications. Champaign, Il: Human Kinetics.
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Liebermann, D. G., & Franks, I. M. (2004). The use of feedback-based technologies in skill acquisition. In M. Hughes, & I.M. Franks (Eds.), Notational analysis of Sport and Coaching Science. E & FN Spon Pub.
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Carmeli E., & Liebermann, D. G. (2007). The Function of the Aging Hand. In T. L. Kauffman, M. Moran, & J. Barr (Eds.), The Geriatric Rehabilitation Manual. NY: Elsevier.
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Liebermann, D. G. (2008). Biomechanical aspects of motor control in human landing. In R. Bartlett, & Y. Hong (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Biomechanics and Human Movement Science. Routledge Ltd.
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