Isaacson Brad M, Swanson Thomas M, Pasquina Paul F
The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA.
J Spinal Cord Med. 2013 Jul;36(4):296-9. doi: 10.1179/2045772313Y.0000000119.
This paper seeks to describe how novel technologies such as the computer-assisted research environment (CAREN) may improve physical and cognitive rehabilitation for wounded warfighters.
DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: The CAREN system is a dynamic platform which may assist service members who have sustained improvised explosive device injuries during Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation New Dawn. The complex nature of warfighter injuries present unique rehabilitation challenges that demand new tools for quick return to active duty or the civilian community.
Virtual reality-based gait training programs may directly influence physiological and biomechanical performance for those who have endured combat injuries. The CAREN system provides a safe, interactive environment for the user while capturing kinematic and kinetic data capture to improve rehabilitation regimens.
This paper provides an overview of the CAREN system and describes how this dynamic rehabilitation aid may be a translational tool for collecting biomechanical and physiological data during prosthetic training. The CAREN platform allows users to be fully immersed in a virtual environment while healthcare providers use these simulations to improve gait and stability, obstacle avoidance, or improved weight shifting. As such, rehabilitation regimens may be patient specific.
本文旨在描述诸如计算机辅助研究环境（CAREN）等新技术如何改善受伤战士的身体和认知康复。
设计/方法/途径：CAREN系统是一个动态平台，可协助在持久自由行动、伊拉克自由行动和新黎明行动中遭受简易爆炸装置伤害的军人。战士受伤的复杂性带来了独特的康复挑战，需要新的工具以便快速重返现役或平民社区。
基于虚拟现实的步态训练计划可能会直接影响那些受过战斗伤的人的生理和生物力学表现。CAREN系统为用户提供了一个安全、互动的环境，同时采集运动学和动力学数据以改进康复方案。
本文概述了CAREN系统，并描述了这种动态康复辅助工具如何成为在假肢训练期间收集生物力学和生理数据的转化工具。CAREN平台允许用户完全沉浸在虚拟环境中，而医疗保健提供者则利用这些模拟来改善步态和稳定性、避障能力或改善体重转移。因此，康复方案可能是针对患者个体的。
