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Israeli virtual reality treatment for stroke patients entering Phase II Study Sep. 06 - A virtual reality (VR) system for the treatment of chronic pain and stroke rehabilitation has begun Phase II clinical trials in Israel. The VR system under development at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem and being commercialized by Hadasit, simulates a virtual environment where the patients view themselves doing pain-free movements that that may be chronically painful or paralyzed. Shimon Shiri, a rehabilitation psychologist at Hadassah and an inventor of the system, believes that the virtual experience “induces a therapeutic effect on the brain that reduces pain and increases function. By viewing the movement of the arm without pain, the brain undergoes a corrective learning process. Hadassah is also in the process of developing other products utilizing virtual reality as a possible treatment for tension headaches and migraines
Source: ISRAEL21c
