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Source: http://www.newsday.com/technology/wire/sns-ap-virtual-reality-rehab,0,4748963.story
Virtual Reality Boosts Rehab in Israel
[AP/Newsday] Steven Stanek - On most days, a tumor on Zvulun Muola's spinal cord keeps him confined to a wheelchair, but today he is standing on a small, wooden dinghy gliding downstream, navigating between the islands of a tropical paradise. Muola, whose legs are partially paralyzed, is among a handful of disabled patients in Israel using the Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment. The virtual-reality system puts patients at the helm of a life-size video game, forces them to use atrophied muscles, and teaches the basic skills necessary to recover from severe injuries and disorders.