Unifrat, a clinic in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico, uses virtual reality headsets as part of therapy at its Centro de Rehabilitación Integral Unitaria. The technology is used with people who have suffered neurological damage, to help them recover mobility and coordination and to do basic daily tasks such as dressing or eating on their own again.
With the headsets on, patients enter simulated scenarios where they repeat everyday tasks, exercising both body and mind. According to the centre's director, Alejandra Uruchurtu, the method works on memory, balance, coordination and range of movement, as well as gait and spatial orientation in different spaces.
Uruchurtu says the centre has worked with this technology for several years and that, as far as she knows, it is the only clinic in Sonora using it in its rehabilitation processes. The clinic is in the Nueva Real del Norte neighbourhood of Ciudad Obregón.
