Knowledge Translation - Highlighted Project
Virtual reality for brain injury rehabilitation: An evaluation of clinical practice, therapists' adoption and knowledge translation
Virtual reality (VR) is a relatively new treatment approach being used to target rehabilitation goals following acquired brain injury. The aims of this research were:
- To describe how the GestureTek VR system was being used clinically in ABI rehabilitation
- To outline the development of clinical protocols to meet the resource needs of clinicians
- To describe the development of the ADOPT-VR, a new outcome measure of VR adoption by therapists
- To examine factors influencing therapists' adoption of VR, and
- To evaluate the impact of a multi-faceted knowledge translation (KT) intervention at mediating these factors to facilitate VR implementation.
| Research Team Member | Title | Affiliations |
| Stephanie Glegg, Project Lead | Occupational therapist |    |
| Dr. Liisa Holsti | Associate Professor Canada Research Chair in Neonatal Health & Development |
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| Sue Stanton | Associate Professor Director, Rehabilitation Science Online Programs |
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| Dr. Steven Hanna | Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Rehabilitation Sciences |  |
| Dr. Diana Velikonja | Neuropsychologist Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, DeGroote School of Medicine |
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| Barb Ansley | Manager of Research & Program Evaluation Clinical Manager of Rehabilitation & Seniors Consult Team |
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Funding
CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's Award
Publications
- Glegg, S. M. N., & Jordan, D. (2011). Clinical protocols for virtual rehabilitation: Using the Vivid GX Learning Suite by Gesturetek Health in brain injury rehabilitation. Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children: Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
- Glegg, S. M. N., Holsti, L., Velikonja, D., Ansley, B., Brum, C., & Sartor, D. (2013). Factors Influencing Therapists’ Adoption of Virtual Reality for Brain Injury Rehabilitation. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking,16(5). DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2013.1506
- Glegg, S. M. N., Tatla, S. K. & Holsti, L. (2013). The GestureTek virtual reality system in rehabilitation: a scoping review. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, Early online, 1-23. DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2013.799236
- Glegg, S. M. N. (2012). Virtual reality for brain injury rehabilitation: An evaluation of clinical practice, therapists’ adoption and knowledge translation (thesis).