4th International Workshop on Virtual Rehabilitation
 

Program
(last updated: August 29, 2005 | subject to change)

Day One (Monday, Sept 19)
8:30 AM
Opening and Welcome  
9:00 AM
Keynote Address - Patrice (Tamar) Weiss
The TIES that BIND: How we’ve got to where we’re going in Virtual Rehabilitation
10:00 AM
Break (included)  
10:30 AM

Session One:

Feasibility, motivation and efficacy of a virtual reality exercise program compared to a conventional home exercise program in children with and without cerebral palsy
H. Sveistrup, J. McLean, C. Richardson, M. Brien, A. McCormick

Integrating haptic-tactile feedback into a video capture based VE for rehabilitation
Uri Feintuch, Liat Raz, Jane Hwang, Jang Yongseok, Naomi Josman, Noomi Katz , Rachel Kizony, Debbie Rand, Albert "Skip" Rizzo, Meir Shahar, and Patrice L. (Tamar) Weiss

Reaching within video-capture virtual reality: using VR as a motor control paradigm.
Assaf Y. Dvorkin, Meir Shahar and Patrice L. (Tamar) Weiss

Development and testing of an immersive virtual reality based rehabilitation system for the upper limb after stroke: the user’s perspective.
J H Crosbie, S M McDonough, S Lennon, and M D J McNeill

 




12:30 AM
Lunch (included)  
1:30 PM

Session Two:

Virtual and Physical Toys – Open-ended Features towards Non-formal Learning
Eva Petersson and Anthony Brooks

Rethinking Realism: A Tale of Two Paradoxes
Reality check: The role of realism in stress reduction using VR and media technology
W.A. IJsselsteijn & Y.A.W. de Kort

Effectiveness of Virtual Reality for Pediatric Pain Distraction during IV Placement
Jeffrey I. Gold, Seok H. Kim, Alexis J. Kant, Michael H. Joseph, Albert “Skip” Rizzo

 



3:00 PM
Break (included)  
3:30 PM

Panel One - Autism

Facing the Challenge of Autism with VR– A sponsored session by Cure Autism Now(CAN)
Dan Gillette, Corrina Lathan, Cheryl Trepagnier, Dorothy Strickland, & Narcis Pares

 
5:30 PM
End of Day One  
Day Two (Tuesday, Sept 20)
8:30 AM

Session Three:

Usability of the Remote Console (ReCon) for Virtual Reality Telerehabilitation: Formative Evaluation
Jeffrey A. Lewis, Judith E. Deutsch, Grigore Burdea

The Rutgers Arm: An Upper-Extremity Rehabilitation System in Virtual Reality
Manjuladevi Kuttuva, Rares Boian, Alma Merians, Grigore Burdea, Mourad Bouzit, Jeffrey Lewis, and Devin Fensterheim

Haptic Immersive Workbench for Stroke Rehabilitation
Martin Rydmark, Jurgen Broeren, Mark Dixon, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen

 



10:00 AM
Break (included)  
10:30 AM

Session Four:

Virtual Reality Counterparts of Pencil and Paper Tests for Hemispatial Neglect
Kenji Baheux, Makoto Yoshizawa, Kazunori Seki, Yasunobu Handa

Human Experience Modeler: Narrative Threads and Context Driven Cognitive Retraining
C.M. Fidopiastis, C.B. Stapleton, J.D. Whiteside, C.E. Hughes, S.M. Fiore, G.A. Martin, J.P. Rolland, & E.M. Smith

Virtual Reality Assessment of Psychosocial Status in Patients with Schizophrenia
Elizabeth K. Baker, Matthew Kurtz, PhD, Robert S. Astur PhD

Immersive Virtual Reality as a Rehabilitative Technology for Phantom Limb Experience
Craig D. Murray, Stephen Pettifer, Fabrice Caillette, Emma Patchick & Toby Howard

 




12:30 PM
Lunch (included)  
1:30 PM

Session Five:

Motor Training of the Movements of Flexible Objects in Haptic Environments
I.Goncharenko, M.Svinin, Y.Kanou, S.Hosoe

Application of a Haptic Interface for Investigating Movement Patterns Following Stroke
Theresa M. Sukal, Michael D. Ellis, and Julius P.A. Dewald

Using Virtual Environment to Improve Spatial Perception by People who are Blind
O. Lahav, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Touch Lab

The Jerusalem TeleRehabilitation System: A new low-cost, haptic rehabilitation approach
Heidi Sugarman, Ehud Dayan, Aviva Weisel-Eichler, Joseph Tiran

 




3:30 PM
Break (included)  
4:00 PM
Poster & Demo Session  
5:00 PM
End of Day 2  
6:00 PM - ???
Beach, BBQ, Blues Banquet!!! (included)  
Day Three(Wednesday, Sept 21)
9:00 AM

Session Six:

Sound Immersed Virtual Environments for Blind Children
Jaime Sánchez & Mauricio Sáenz

Responses to a Virtual Reality Grocery Store in Persons with and without Vestibular Dysfunction
Susan L. Whitney, PhD, PT, NCS, ATC, Patrick J. Sparto, PhD, PT, Larry F. Hodges, PhD, Sabarish V. Babu, MS, Joseph M. Furman, MD, PhD, Mark S. Redfern, PhD

A Treadmill and Motion Coupled Virtual Reality System for Gait Training Post-Stroke
J. Fung, C. L. Richards, F. Malouin, B. J. McFadyen, A. Lamontagne

 



10:30 AM
Break (included)  
11:00 AM

Panel Two - VR and PTSD

Ken Graap, Skip Rizzo, Jim Spira, Robert Astur, Naomi Josman, Mike Roy

 
Conference Closing