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ReviewNeurorehabilitation and neural repair2025

MetaRehabVerse: The Great Opportunity to Put the Person's Functioning and Participation at the Center of Healthcare.

Giovanni Morone, Irene Ciancarelli, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò, Antonio Cerasa, Marco Iosa, Francesca Gimigliano

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Review in Neurorehabilitation and neural repair, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Giovanni MoroneDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Irene CiancarelliDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Rocco Salvatore CalabròIRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino Pulejo," Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8566-3166
Antonio CerasaInstitute of BioImaging and Complex Biological Systems, Catanzaro, Italy.
Marco IosaDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Francesca GimiglianoDepartment of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectiveThe metaverse refers to a digital realm accessible via internet connections using virtual reality and augmented reality glasses for promoting a new era of social rehabilitation. It represents the next-generation mobile computing platform expected to see widespread utilization in the future. In the context of rehabilitation, the metaverse is envisioned as a novel approach to enhance the treatment of human functioning exploiting the "synchronized brains" potential exacerbated by social interactions in virtual scenarios.

resultsThe metaverse emerges as an ideal domain for adapting the principles of the-International Classification of Functioning. Its intrinsic capacity to simulate interactions within virtual environments shared by multi-users, while providing a profound sense of presence and comprehensive perception, should facilitate learning and experiential understanding. Technical and conceptual aspects are currently under definition, including the interplay with artificial intelligence, definition of social metrics performance, and the utilization of blockchain technology for economic purposes.

conclusionBuilding upon these foundations, this paper explores potential areas of metaverse applications in rehabilitation and examines how they may facilitate the pillars outlined in the World Health Organization's Rehabilitation 2030 call for action.

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Augmented RealityNeurological RehabilitationSocial InteractionVirtual RealityHumansaugmented realitydisabilityICFmetaverseneurorehabilitation

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PMID39754509
PMCPMC11921206

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