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Rehabilitation Of Upper Limb Using Virtual Reality in Acute Stroke Patient

                              Virtual reality (VR) is an interactive computer generated experience which takes place within a simulated environment which incorporates mainly auditory, visual as well as haptic types of sensory feedback.                                Stroke is a condition which leads to cell death due to poor blood flow to the brain. It is one of the leading causes of death and disability. Almost 55 and 75% of stroke survivors fail to regain functional use of their impaired upper limb. A major goal of physiotherapeutic treatment is to regain the functional movement. Various exercises are being used since long.                               TASK-SPECIFIC and TASK ORIENTED activities help in enhancing motor recovery during the a...