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Why Virtual Reality Is A Learning Machine In Healthcare: Report

Reinventing Healthcare Using Augmented Reality

The Promise of Virtual Reality in Healthcare: Report

Virtual Reality Simulation in Peritoneal Dialysis Training: The Beginning of a New Era

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held the following public workshop entitled "Medical Extended Reality: Toward Best Evaluation Practices for Virtual and Augmented Reality in Medicine." The purpose of the public workshop was to discuss evaluation techniques for hardware, standards development, and assessment challenges for applications of Extended Reality (XR) in medicine. The goal was to identify critical gaps that may impede medical XR device development, innovation, and to advance the evaluation of medical XR devices and applications, thus accelerating the development of safe and effective medical XR devices benefiting patients and healthcare.

Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality for Medical Applications ... PLEASE Remember the Human!

Why Shared Experiences Matter in Kidney Care

Virtual and Augmented Reality Systems for Renal Interventions: A Systematic Review

[Purpose] The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of a virtual reality exercise
program (VREP) on physical fitness, body composition, and fatigue in hemodialysis (HD) patients with end-stage
renal failure. [Subjects and Methods] A nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. Forty-six HD
patients were divided into exercise (n=23) and control groups (n=23); while waiting for their dialyses, the exercise
group followed a VREP, and the control group received only their usual care. The VREP was accomplished using
Nintendo’s Wii Fit Plus for 40 minutes, 3 times a week for 8 weeks during the period of May 27 to July 19, 2013.
Physical fitness (muscle strength, balance, flexibility), body composition (skeletal muscle mass, body fat rate, arm
and leg muscle mass), and fatigue were measured at baseline and after the intervention. [Results] After the VREP,
physical fitness and body composition significantly increased, and the level of fatigue significantly decreased in
the exercise group. [Conclusion] These results suggest that a VREP improves physical fitness, body composition,
and fatigue in HD patients. Based on the findings, VREPs should be used as a health promotion programs for HD patients. (Cho, et al., J Phys Ther Sci, 2014)

VR Clinical Research: Promises and Challenges

"A good [study] design will contrast a VR experience with a non-VR equivalent of the same experience, controlling for the effects of the medium compared to the media."

(Garrett, et al. in JMIR Serious Games, 2018)