Virtual Environments (VEs): The Potentials and Challenges for Use in Cognitive Rehabilitation of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs)

Authors

  • Leigh Lehman Research Health Scientist Center for Innovation on Disability and Rehabilitation Research 151-B, NF/SG VA Medical Center 1601 SW Archer Road Gainesville, FL 32608 Adjunct Research Professor University of Florida Department of Occupational Therapy College of Public Health and Health Professions 1225 Center Drive PO Box 100164 Gainesville, FL 32610-0164 University of Florida lalehman@phhp.ufl.edu phone: 864-316-7643

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12922/jshp.v2i2.41

Keywords:

rehabilitation, telerehabilitation, virtual reality, virtual environments, cognition

Abstract

Virtual Environments (VEs): The Potentials and Challenges for Use in Cognitive Rehabilitation of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs)

Author Biography

  • Leigh Lehman, Research Health Scientist Center for Innovation on Disability and Rehabilitation Research 151-B, NF/SG VA Medical Center 1601 SW Archer Road Gainesville, FL 32608 Adjunct Research Professor University of Florida Department of Occupational Therapy College of Public Health and Health Professions 1225 Center Drive PO Box 100164 Gainesville, FL 32610-0164 University of Florida lalehman@phhp.ufl.edu phone: 864-316-7643

    Research Health Scientist

    Center for Innovation on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

    151-B, NF/SG VA Medical Center

    1601 SW Archer Road

    Gainesville, FL 32608

    Adjunct Research Professor

    University of Florida

    Department of Occupational Therapy

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

    1225 Center Drive

    PO Box 100164

    Gainesville, FL 32610-0164

    University of Florida

    lalehman@phhp.ufl.edu

    phone: 864-316-7643

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Published

2014-09-25

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Virtual Environments (VEs): The Potentials and Challenges for Use in Cognitive Rehabilitation of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs). (2014). Journal of Sport and Human Performance, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.12922/jshp.v2i2.41