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The impact of near visual impairment on instrumental activities of daily living among community-dwelling older adults in Selangor

open access: yesBMC Research Notes, 2021
Objective Near visual impairment (VI) is a common disability in an aging population. Near vision is crucial in activity of daily living including reading, smartphone and computer use and meal preparation.
Qiu Ting Kee   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Designing games for the rehabilitation of functional vision for children with cerebral visual impairment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Evidence has accumulated that visual rehabilitation for patients with neurological visual impairment can be effective. Unfortunately, the existing therapy tools are repetitive, uninteresting, and unsuitable for use with children.
Banks, Robert   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Clinical and electrophysiological results of eye muscle surgery in 17 patients with downbeat nystagmus

open access: yesIndian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019
Purpose: To test the hypothesis that eye muscle surgery in treatment of patients with acquired downbeat nystagmus results in improvement measures of visual and ocular motor function.
Richard W Hertle, Ashraf Ahmad
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating the impact of a novel telerehabilitation service to address neurological, musculoskeletal, or coronavirus disease 2019 rehabilitation concerns during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic

open access: yesDigital Health, 2022
Introduction A novel telerehabilitation service provides wayfinding and self-management advice to persons with neurological, musculoskeletal, or coronavirus disease 2019 related rehabilitation needs.
Katelyn Brehon   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Labview-based FPGA implementation of sensor data acquisition for human body motion measurement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Measuring body motion is crucial to identify any abnormal neuromuscular control, biomechanical disorders and injury prevention in various applications such as rehabilitation [1], [2], sport science [3],[4], surveillance [5], and virtual reality [6].
Ahmad, Afandi   +4 more
core  

Visual complexity, player experience, performance and physical exertion in motion-based games for older adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Motion-based video games can have a variety of benefits for the players and are increasingly applied in physical therapy, rehabilitation and prevention for older adults. However, little is known about how this audience experiences playing such games, how
Birren J. E.   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Home-based physical therapy with an interactive computer vision system [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In this paper, we present ExerciseCheck. ExerciseCheck is an interactive computer vision system that is sufficiently modular to work with different sources of human pose estimates, i.e., estimates from deep or traditional models that interpret RGB or ...
Betke, Margrit   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon Sensors to Document Handheld Magnifier Use at Home by People with Low Vision

open access: yesSensors, 2021
We explored the feasibility of using Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacon sensors to determine when individuals with low vision (LV) use handheld magnifiers at home.
Ava K. Bittner   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Daily functioning, problem solving and satisfaction for quality of life in visually impaired old persons [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of several dimensions of functioning on satisfaction for quality of life (QoL) experienced by visually impaired older adults.
Carrieri, Loredana   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Self-help group for addressing depression and anxiety in the visually impaired. A Pilot Study

open access: yesMediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2021
Background: This work describes a vision rehabilitation approach integrated with a self-help group, for psychological support of visually impaired people. The effectiveness and benefits of attending self- help group was analyzed in accordance to anxiety,
Emanuela Rellini   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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