Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Can VR help find the next generation of basketball stars?
A study shows how virtual reality could be used by basketball coaches to scout new talent and improve training.
May 16, 2023
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Medical research
How virtual reality can help relieve chronic pain
The first time Nancy Baker saw people use virtual reality to deal with chronic pain, it was a revelation.
Apr 11, 2023
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Neuroscience
Brain-computer-leg interface restores motion after stroke
Skoltech researchers have devised a novel method for leg rehabilitation after injury or stroke that uses a brain-computer interface and electrical stimulation of the spine delivered through the skin. Created by scientists ...
Jan 11, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why every office needs a window: The influence of a view on cognitive performance
People looking at blue sky and trees through a window are more creative and happier than those without a view according to a new study that has implications for workplace design and productivity.
Dec 8, 2022
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Surgery
How virtual reality training may improve 'blind' surgery to treat female urinary incontinence
For the 1 in 3 women who experience urinary incontinence, treatment often comes in the form of surgery: implanting a device called a midurethral sling. The sling stops uncontrolled urination during physical activity, such ...
Dec 7, 2022
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Some tennis players turn to VR as 'game changer' when they're off court
Jennifer Brady, the 2021 Australian Open finalist and top-15 player in the world, has not been able to play a competitive match in more than 14 months due to a significant foot injury.
Nov 3, 2022
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Health
'Room to reflect': A pilot workplace resiliency intervention for nurses
Adrienne Banavage, interim nurse manager in the infusion clinic at the University of Virginia's Emily Couric Cancer Center, is no stranger to mindfulness. But Banavage, who meditates regularly, said the immediacy and proximity ...
Aug 24, 2022
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Surgery
Exploring new dimensions in surgery
When you enter Operating Theatre 3 of the new central operating department at Pius Hospital Oldenburg, Germany, the first thing you notice is the large, three-part mural on the back wall: a dreamlike landscape of white dunes, ...
Aug 3, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shows audio experience in virtual reality can be 'authentic'
Experts, as part of the University of York's XR Stories project, have proposed a new sound strategy to developing virtual reality (VR) environments, based on how people receive images and sounds from the real world, ultimately ...
Aug 3, 2022
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Surgery
Orthopedic surgeons have another tool for knee replacement: Augmented reality
For people with severe arthritis pain in the knee joints, knee replacement is a viable option to improve their quality of life. Orthopedic surgeons now have a new tool for knee replacement: augmented reality.
Jun 9, 2022
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