VISION

To promote the CIRRIS as a provincial, national and even international leader in research involving immersive technology  in rehabilitation and social participation.

OBJECTIVES

• To encourage collaborations and exchanges to push the creation of new ideas.

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• To assist in training, recruiting and retaining highly qualified personnel.

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• To provide means to support communication and knowledge transfer between members and different stakeholders.

To increase the volume and innovation of research in Immersive Technology  in Rehabilitation by optimizing the synergy that generates ideas and by a more efficient sharing of material and human resources.

News

Réalité virtuelle 2019 : top des tendances pour le marché de la VR

Haptic devices can be grouped into three main types: graspable, wearable and touchable. 

VRHealth Announces First Telehealth-VR Medical Platform For Consumers

Mixed Reality Application Treats Balance Disorders

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Articles

Exploring the Relationships Between Altered Body Perception, Limb Position Sense, and Limb Movement Sense in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

Brun C, Giorgi N, Pinard AM, Gagné M, McCabe CS, Mercier C.

J Pain. 2019 Jan;20(1):17-27.

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Quantification of upper limb position sense using an exoskeleton and a virtual reality display.

Deblock-Bellamy A, Batcho CS, Mercier C, Blanchette AK.

J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2018 Mar 16;15(1):24.

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Gait Training after Stroke on a Self-Paced Treadmill with and without Virtual Environment Scenarios: A Proof-of-Principle Study.

Richards CL, Malouin F, Lamontagne A, McFadyen BJ, Dumas F, Comeau F, Robitaille NM, Fung J.

Physiother Can. 2018 Summer;70(3):221-230

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Suppression of Sensorimotor Alpha Power Associated With Pain Expressed by an Avatar: A Preliminary EEG Study.

Joyal CC, Neveu SM, Boukhalfi T, Jackson PL, Renaud P.

Front Hum Neurosci. 2018 Jul 9;12:273

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Motor and sensory disturbances induced by sensorimotor conflicts during passive and active movements in healthy participants.

Brun C, Gagné M, McCabe CS, Mercier C. PLoS One. 2018 Aug 29;13(8)

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A Virtual Reality avatar interaction (VRai) platform to assess residual executive dysfunction in active military personnel with previous mild traumatic brain injury: proof of concept.

Robitaille N, Jackson PL, Hébert LJ, Mercier C, Bouyer LJ, Fecteau S, Richards CL, McFadyen BJ.

Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol. 2017 Oct;12(7):758-764

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Newest publications in immersive technologies in rehabilitation

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Litterature review on IEEE Xplore (2000 à 2018). ULaval access required

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