Virtual Tech Makes Recovery a Reality at Walter Reed
From: US Army - 10/19/2009
By: Elizabeth Lockwood

Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment, or CAREN, is a new therapeutic
technology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.  

CAREN is a revolutionary tool that provides therapists the ability to tailor
its use to meet a patient's specific needs. Chiefly comprised of a large,
tilting motion platform embedded with a treadmill, CAREN looks like a
pedestal of honor. Standing on the platform and secured by a harness, a
patient faces a single, curved screen that immerses him or her in the action
of a virtual world. 

CAREN is a versatile, multi sensory system for diagnostic, rehabilitation,
evaluation and registration of the human balance system. The system works in
real-time and enables the creation of a variety of experiments in a
controlled and repeatable environment by using different virtual reality
principals. CAREN enables researchers to analyze balance behavior, latency,
response times and the relations between different sensory inputs that affect
human decision protocols, human balance, posture and locomotion behaviors. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.army.mil/-news/2009/10/19/28986-virtual-tech-makes-recovery-a-reality-at-walter-reed/

Links:
CAREN: Virtual Reality for Rehab
http://medgadget.com/archives/2007/02/caren_virtual_r.html

Caren Base
http://www.motekmedical.com/caren_base.html

Caren Extended
http://www.motekmedical.com/caren_extended.html

Caren Highend
http://www.motekmedical.com/caren_high_end.html

Submitted by David Savage