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Applications of VR Technologies for Childhood Disability

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Virtual Reality for Physical and Motor Rehabilitation

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This chapter explores how changing patterns of childhood participation and engagement provide opportunities for using VR technologies for children with disabilities. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health—Children and Youth version is used as a framework to consider the role of VR technologies in evaluation and intervention across body structures and body function, activity performance and participation within different contexts. Benefits of VR are viewed through the lens of current theory and research to consider broader aspects of the potential impact on brain–behaviour relationships.

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  1. Centre for Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Marston Road Campus, Jack Straw’s Lane, Oxford, OX3 0FL, UK

    Dido Green

  2. School of Psychology, Australian Catholic University, 115 Victoria Pde., Melbourne, VIC, 3450, Australia

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    Patrice L. (Tamar) Weiss

  2. Department of Physical Therapy and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Emily A. Keshner

  3. School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Mindy F. Levin

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Green, D., Wilson, P. (2014). Applications of VR Technologies for Childhood Disability. In: Weiss, P., Keshner, E., Levin, M. (eds) Virtual Reality for Physical and Motor Rehabilitation. Virtual Reality Technologies for Health and Clinical Applications. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0968-1_10

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