[AMP-L] Virtual reality Games Make Rehab Fun for Amputee Patients
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Wayne Renardson
wrenardson at gmail.com
Fri Mar 4 05:20:04 PST 2022
via Hamilton Health Sciences Canada:
Lyndyl Smith isn´t the sporty type.
"My favourite pastimes are reading, calligraphy and spending time with
friends," says the 21-year-old university student and Hamilton Health
Sciences (HHS) patient.
Yet just a few weeks after undergoing an amputation below her right
knee, Smith found herself blocking soccer balls and snowboarding down
a mountain as part of the amputee rehabilitation program at HHS´
Regional Rehabilitation Centre.
"Virtual reality made rehab really fun."
Snowboarding, soccer, and even parachuting are among the virtual
reality (VR) activities offered to patients as part of a six-week amputee
rehabilitation program. Patients visit the hospital for daily programming
that includes physiotherapy, occupational therapy and counselling
services, and helps patients who recently had a limb amputated adjust to
their new normal.
The rest of the story, with photos & video, here:
https://tinyurl.com/ya8cpcd6
Wayne R.
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