Functional rehabilitation in Virtual Reality
Do you experience any of the following?
• Never enough patients?
• Patients don’t want to exercise?
• Patients are afraid to move and don’t want to cooperate?
• Patients won’t come back after the therapy?
• Do you want the therapists to have more time to focus on the patients?
• Except for the evaluation you have no insights into patients’ performance?
If you have one of those problems then you need a virtual reality device!
The theory of virtual reality
Motivation Repetition
Comparative research studies With passion it’s easier to make
show that therapy in virtual more repetitions. The large
reality works better than amount of repetitions is the
conventional therapy. key of rehabilitation.
Feedback
Positive feedback and real time
information about progress will
make the patients more confident
and interested in exercising.
Virtual Reality induce cortical reorganization from aberrant ipsilateral to
contralateral SMC activation.
Virtual Reality–Induced Cortical Reorganization and Associated Locomotor Recovery in Chronic Stroke An
Experimenter-Blind Randomized Study - Sung H. You
Virtual Reality was found to be significantly more effective than conventional
therapy.
Cochrane review: virtual reality for stroke rehabilitation - K.Laver, S.George, S.Thomas, J.E.Deutsch, M.Crotty
By creating a strong presence in a virtual, interactive environment, distraction can
be taken to greater levels while maintaining the benefits of indoor exercises which
may result in a shift from negative to positive thoughts about exercise.
Use of virtual reality technique for the training of motor control in the elderly. Some theoretical considerations. - de
Bruin ED1, Schoene D, Pichierri G, Smith ST.
Doctor Kinetic has been developed in collaboration with rehabilitation centers from all over
the world. It is registered as a medical device at the Dutch Ministry of Health. The
collaboration makes it the most advanced exercising platform in Virtual Reality in the world.
Doctor Kinetic is providing fun and enjoyable experience in 10 countries on 5 continents.
Indications (according to ICD):
Diseases of the nervous system
• G20 - Parkinson's disease
• G30 – Alzheimer's disease
• G35 – Multiple sclerosis
• G80 – Cerebral palsy
• G81 – Hemiplegia
• G82 – Paraplegia and tetraplegia
• I60-I69 – Cerebrovascular
diseases
• S00-S09 – Head injuries
Diseases of musculoskeletal
system and connective tissue and
injuries
• M16 – Coxarthrosis
• M17 – Gonarthrosis
• M22 – Disorders of patella
• M23 – Internal derangement of
knee
• M24 – Other specific joint
derangements
• M51 – Other intervertebral disc
disorders
• S42-49 – Shoulder and upper arm
• S50-59 – Elbow and forearm
• S70-S79 – Hip and thigh
• S80-S89 – Knee and lower leg
• S90-S99 – Ankle and foot
Diseases of the circulatory
system
• I20-I25 – Ischemic heart diseases
• I60-I69 – Cerebrovascular
diseases
Diseases of the respiratory
system
• J40-J47 – Chronic lower
respiratory diseases
Why Doctor Kinetic?
Covers all kind of exercises
The most comprehensive Virtual Reality training
system. Doctor Kinetic has exercises for upper limb,
lower limb, core, dynamic balance, coordination
and back. It can improve patients’ range of motion,
strength, coordination, ADL abilities and cognition.
It can be used for all kinds of patients.
Designed for clinical use
Doctor Kinetic is designed according to clinical
requirements. It combines experience several
rehabilitation centers from all over the world. The
system is especially designed for rehabilitation
patients but not for fitness training. The exercises are
the regular clinical exercises, so the therapists can
easily start using the system.
Motivates patients
In Doctor Kinetic there are colorful, easy to
understand games. Even seniors can play them.
Positive feedback makes the patients feel more
confident.
Professional biofeedback
Except for feedback in the games, the therapist can
choose to use additional biofeedback. The patients
can see their mirror like image from the camera,
balance graph and other relevant data. It helps
patients with adjusting their movements and
posture.
No fear anymore
Advanced patient recognition allows the therapist to
protect and guide the patient while standing behind or next
to the patient. Early stage patients can use Doctor Kinetic
while sitting on a chair, wheelchair or a gym ball.
Start using it in 15 seconds
Advanced sensor doesn’t need to be calibrated. It
can recognize the patient automatically. The
therapist only needs three steps to start the
training. The shortest startup time is 15 seconds.
Doctor Kinetic improves the efficiency of the
treatment.
Functional assessment
Doctor Kinetic can assess patients’ balance, range
of motion and functional ability. The therapist can
customize the training protocol according to the
assessments results.
Objective data report
Every session generates a detailed motion report,
including gait, balance, range of motion and motor
control. The reports can be easily compared over
time.
Doctor Kinetic: enjoy your rehabilitation.
Patient case
The patient was a male, 58 years old with brain trauma and femur fracture.
The patient started using Doctor Kinetic at the beginning of his rehabilitation.
Problems: post brain trauma, cognitive disorder, motor disorder of the left side, the distal end of the left
upper limb had better motor function than the proximal end, the left femoral intertrochanteric fracture.
The range of motion of the left hip and the knee was limited.
Result: after two phases of rehabilitation the outcome was significant. The patient was satisfied.
Trunk balance control has increased
The graphs represent the track of
patient’s trunk on sagittal / coronal
planes. On the first one the patient was
doing squats and on the second was
balancing side to side. The patient’s
trunk was more stable after the training
(the blue dots) than before the training
(the red dots).
Left upper limb control has increased
The graphs represent the position of
hand vs shoulder. The first graph was a
circle hand movement pattern and the
second one was a triangle and an
inverted triangle. Both demonstrate
higher quality of movement after the
training (blue dots) than before the
training (red dots).
Sit to stand transfer can perform
Before the training the patient was only
able to sit. After the first phase the
patient was able to perform the sit to
stand transfer. After the second phase the movement was performed better with a higher confidence.
The graph represents the performance of the transfer. On the first training the patient performed it 4
times and on the last 8 times, in the same timeframe.
Patient’s testimonial
“I think this device helped me a lot. Now my upper limbs are more flexible, and I can sit still by myself,
and stand. Besides, the positive feedback that it gave to me, gave me more sense of achievement.”
Therapist’s testimonial
The patient was very motivated thanks to Doctor Kinetic. During the months of treatment we could keep
up his motivation by showing him even small improvements. The outcome was significant and it saved
me a lot of effort.
Customers’ testimonials
“We are using it with all kinds of patients in daily practice. It’s a comprehensive exercising device.
Patients like it so much that sometimes we even use it as reward.”
Jerry Jansen, Fysio Kromennie, The Netherlands
“Doctor Kinetic is a perfect training device for chronic patients. Even those elderly people who’d never
played computer games before prefer to exercise with Doctor Kinetic than conventional equipment. It is
not only fun but also a useful and diverse form of therapy. ”
Ruud Jeltses, FysioCura, The Netherlands
“In the Rehabilitation Center we work with all groups of patients. It’s a great tool for most of them even
those on wheelchairs. I recommend Doctor Kinetic to other physiotherapists.”
Elmer Tiebackx, Sophia Revalidatie, The Netherlands
“Nobody feels bored any more when they are using Doctor Kinetic. A lot of patients even don’t want to
end the training. The outcome is also significant. Meanwhile, it saves a lot of effort for me.”
Zhang Yan, China Rehabilitation Research Center, China
“The exercises are very professional. Our patients are very happy about it, especially when they get
positive feedback. We are using it for 20 to 30 patients every day.”
Bai Zhongfei, Shanghai Sunshine Rehabilitation Hospital, China
“The staff reports the system to be easy to use and that the participants really enjoy playing the games.
The participant really liked seeing her photos on the screen. I think she wanted to show her family.”
Leanne Hassett, The George Institute for Global Health, Australia
Please visit our youtube channel for our video presentations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50E_gpn5QBo&list=UU3suLZ8p7NGtGJfXNBFyT5Q&index=3
Over 200 locations on 5 continents
Enjoy your rehabilitation
Doctor Kinetic B.V.
Kingsfordweg 151
1043 GR Amsterdam
The Netherlands
+31 (0) 6527 369 03
http://www.doctorkinetic.com
contact@doctorkinetic.com
