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Computer-Assisted Rehabilitation Program – Virtual Reality (CARP-VR): A Program for Cognitive Rehabilitation of Executive Dysfunction

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Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 248))

Abstract

Every year millions of individuals sustain Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) often resulting in physical, cognitive and psychosocial deficits, leading to life-long changes in the quality of life of patients and their families. In the domain of rehabilitation, virtual-reality (VR) technology has assumed a crucial role in the creation of innovative assessment and training programs. The purpose of this study is to present the Computer-Assisted Rehabilitation Program (CARP-VR) after a brief review of the state of the art. CARP-VR was tailored to the rehabilitation of executive functioning and other related cognitive functions in patients with ABI.  It consists of virtual environments that simulate real-life contexts in which patients perform various activities that are based on daily situations. The final version of CARP-VR is now ready to be employed, and tests have been designed to validate it as a tool for the rehabilitation of executive functioning and related cognitive functions.

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  1. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto (ICBAS-UP), Lg. Prof. Abel Salazar nº 2., 4099-003, Porto, Portugal

    Artemisa Rocha Dores & Liliana de Sousa

  2. Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto (ESTSP-IPP), Portugal

    Artemisa Rocha Dores

  3. LABRP, Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto (FPCEUP), Portugal

    Artemisa Rocha Dores

  4. Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FMUP), Portugal

    Irene Palmares Carvalho

  5. Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto (FPCEUP), Portugal

    Fernando Barbosa

  6. Centro de Reabilitação Profissional de Gaia (CRPG), Portugal

    Isabel Almeida & Sandra Guerreiro

  7. Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP), Portugal

    Bruno Oliveira

  8. Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (ICS-UCP), Portugal

    Alexandre Castro Caldas

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Dores, A.R. et al. (2012). Computer-Assisted Rehabilitation Program – Virtual Reality (CARP-VR): A Program for Cognitive Rehabilitation of Executive Dysfunction. In: Putnik, G.D., Cruz-Cunha, M.M. (eds) Virtual and Networked Organizations, Emergent Technologies and Tools. ViNOrg 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 248. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31800-9_10

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