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标题：A Virtual Reality-Based Cognitive TeleRehabilitation System for Use in the COVID-19 Pandemic
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作者：José Varela-Aldás ; Jorge Buele ; Pedro Ramos Lorente 等
期刊名称：Sustainability
印刷版ISSN：2071-1050
出版年度：2021
卷号：13
期号：4
页码：2183
DOI：10.3390/su13042183
语种：English
出版社：MDPI, Open Access Journal
摘要：The COVID-19 pandemic has changed people’s lives and the way in which certain services are provided. Such changes are not uncommon in healthcare services and they will have to adapt to the new situation by increasing the number of services remotely offered. Limited mobility has resulted in interruption of treatments that traditionally have been administered through face-to-face modalities, especially those related to cognitive impairments. In this telerehabilitation approach, both the patient and the specialist physician enter a virtual reality (VR) environment where they can interact in real time through avatars. A spaced retrieval (SR) task is implemented in the system to analyze cognitive performance. An experimental group (<i>n</i> = 20) performed the SR task in telerehabilitation mode, whereas a control group (<i>n</i> = 20) performed the SR task through a traditional face-to-face mode. The obtained results showed that it is possible to carry out cognitive rehabilitation processes through a telerehabilitation modality in conjunction with VR. The cost-effectiveness of the system will also contribute to making healthcare systems more efficient, overcoming both geographical and temporal limitations.