@article{ref1,
title="Training wheelchair navigation in immersive virtual environments for patients with spinal cord injury - end-user input to design an effective system",
journal="Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology",
year="2016",
author="Nunnerley, Joanne and Gupta, Swati and Snell, Deborah and King, Marcus",
volume="12",
number="4",
pages="417-423",
abstract="PURPOSE: A user-centred design was used to develop and test the feasibility of an immersive 3D virtual reality wheelchair training tool for people with spinal cord injury (SCI). <br><br>METHOD: A Wheelchair Training System was designed and modelled using the Oculus Rift headset and a Dynamic Control wheelchair joystick. The system was tested by clinicians and expert wheelchair users with SCI. Data from focus groups and individual interviews were analysed using a general inductive approach to thematic analysis. <br><br>RESULTS: Four themes emerged: Realistic System, which described the advantages of a realistic virtual environment; a Wheelchair Training System, which described participants' thoughts on the wheelchair training applications; Overcoming Resistance to Technology, the obstacles to introducing technology within the clinical setting; and Working outside the Rehabilitation Bubble which described the protective hospital environment. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The Oculus Rift Wheelchair Training System has the potential to provide a virtual rehabilitation setting which could allow wheelchair users to learn valuable community wheelchair use in a safe environment. Nausea appears to be a side effect of the system, which will need to be resolved before this can be a viable clinical tool. Implications for Rehabilitation Immersive virtual reality shows promising benefit for wheelchair training in a rehabilitation setting. Early engagement with consumers can improve product development.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1748-3107",
doi="10.1080/17483107.2016.1176259",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2016.1176259"
}