School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, 20900 Monza, Italy.
IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, 20148 Milan, Italy.
Sensors (Basel). 2024 Aug 28;24(17):5578. doi: 10.3390/s24175578.
Virtual reality (VR) applications in paediatric rehabilitation are recent but promising. This brief report describes a VR rehabilitation program for a small sample of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). The program focused explicitly on executive functions, a key area of concern for this population. It was conducted over 11 weeks in the CARE Lab. This lab was designed with appropriate structural characteristics and sophisticated technology to provide a rehabilitative setting with recreational and semi-immersive features. Before and after the VR training, the children were evaluated in terms of visual attention, inhibition, planning abilities, and visual-motor coordination. The rehabilitation programs were customised according to the clinical needs and the functional profile of each patient, proposing different games with variable complexity levels. These preliminary results showed a global and clinically significant change in executive functions, especially visual attention and inhibition skills. These findings suggest interesting implications for clinical practice, providing new information for professionals regarding the application of VR in the field of paediatric rehabilitation.
虚拟现实（VR）在儿科康复中的应用虽然较新，但前景广阔。本简要报告介绍了一个针对发育性协调障碍（DCD）儿童的小样本 VR 康复计划。该计划明确侧重于执行功能，这是该人群关注的关键领域。该计划在 CARE 实验室中进行了 11 周。该实验室具有适当的结构特征和复杂的技术，提供了具有娱乐和半沉浸式功能的康复环境。在 VR 训练之前和之后，对儿童的视觉注意力、抑制能力、计划能力和视动协调能力进行了评估。康复计划根据每个患者的临床需求和功能概况进行定制，提出了不同具有不同复杂程度的游戏。这些初步结果显示，执行功能有了全面的、具有临床意义的改善，特别是在视觉注意力和抑制技能方面。这些发现为临床实践提供了有趣的启示，为专业人员提供了有关 VR 在儿科康复领域应用的新信息。
