ABSTRACT
Virtual reality-based technologies have great potential for the development of novel paradigms useful for neuro-rehabilitation (Cameirao et al. 2010; Lucca et al. 2010). Real-time simulations of an environment, scenario, or activity can be created to allow for presentation of complex multimodal sensory information to the user and elicit a substantial feeling of reality and activity, despite its artificial nature (Adamovich et al. 2009). Different advantages can be obtained by the application of virtual reality in motor and sensor-cognitive rehabilitation: 1) motor impairment and recovery can be accurately measured in real time providing the user with the knowledge of the subject performance; 2) interactive virtual environments are flexible and customizable for different therapeutic purposes; 3) online or offline visual feedbacks of the subject performance in the virtual environment can be provided to the patient during the rehabilitation session (Lucca et al. 2010).
