Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 5 , Pages 793-802 , May 2009

Kinematics of Pointing Movements Made in a Virtual Versus a Physical 3-Dimensional Environment in Healthy and Stroke Subjects

Presented as an abstract to the Society for Neuroscience, October 14–18, 2006, Atlanta, GA; and the World Conference of Physical Therapy, June 2–6, 2007, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

  • Luiz A. Knaut, MSc

      Affiliations

    • School of Rehabilitation, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
    • Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain, Montreal, QC, Canada
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  • Sandeep K. Subramanian, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain, Montreal, QC, Canada
    • School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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  • Bradford J. McFadyen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada
    • Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration, Quebec, QC, Canada
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  • Daniel Bourbonnais, PhD, OT

      Affiliations

    • School of Rehabilitation, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
    • Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain, Montreal, QC, Canada
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  • Mindy F. Levin, PhD, PT

      Affiliations

    • Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain, Montreal, QC, Canada
    • School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Mindy F. Levin, PhD, PT, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, 3630 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3G 1Y5

  • Image Result

    Target arrangement in the coronal (A) and transverse (B) planes for both the physical and virtual environments for participants reaching with the right arm. Abbreviations: LC, lower contralateral; LI,

    Target arrangement in the coronal (A) and transverse (B) planes for both the physical and virtual environments for participants reaching with the right arm. Abbreviations: LC, lower contralateral; LI, lower ipsilateral; LM, lower middle; UC, upper contralateral; UI, upper ipsilateral; UM, upper middle.

  • Image Result
    Endpoint and trunk trajectories toward the 3 upper (UI, UM, UC) and 3 lower (LI, LM, LC) targets in the physical environment (PE) and the VEs obtained from 1 healthy subject and 1 patient with stroke.

    Endpoint and trunk trajectories toward the 3 upper (UI, UM, UC) and 3 lower (LI, LM, LC) targets in the physical environment (PE) and the VEs obtained from 1 healthy subject and 1 patient with stroke. Abbreviations: LC, lower contralateral; LI, lower ipsilateral; LM, lower middle; UC, upper contralateral; UI, upper ipsilateral; UM, upper middle.

 Supported by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (project no. 202524).

 We certify that no party having a direct interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on us or on any organization with which we are associated, and we certify that all financial and material support for this research (eg, National Institutes of Health or National Health Service grants) and work is clearly identified on the title page of the article.

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PII: S0003-9993(09)00080-X

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.10.030

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 5 , Pages 793-802 , May 2009

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