Virtual Reality based Sensory Motor Rehabilitation Process

Patients mainly suffering from the stroke needs to undergo various treatments such as physiotherapy, psychological counselling and many other rehabilitation process. These methods are often provided to such patients in order to bring back their physical capability as much as possible. After the successful therapy provided, many stroke patients have shown greater improvement in their mobility of limbs. But, some patients need motivational factor to attempt in physical movement of their limbs in the real environment, if not that may even lead to dangerous situation of permanent immobility. This is due to patient's mental status disorder in acceptance of attempting to response for the therapist's advice in limb movement. Also due to pandemic situation, it will not be safe for such patients to physically visit the rehabilitation centers. Virtual Reality (VR) is a technology that replaces a user's immediate physical space with a virtual environment This birthed the idea for a solution which would not only help patients but also be more accessible and affordable. In this work, a model has been proposed to incorporate the rehabilitation process in virtual technology. The task involves the patient tracing the movement of the rehabilitator's finger using his/her own index finger, stacking of boxes in VR world. This method will be able to achieve convenience over traditional method of rehabilitation. This leads to a change in mobility must be quantified, with a delta measured against baselines indicating progress, as it can provide a motivation for patients in attempting of the limb movement.